South Carolina Power Market Lead

Overview

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HDR is looking for a Power Market Sector Leader to provide oversight and direction for the growth of HDR’s Power program in South Carolina. HDR is recognized by Engineering News Record in the Top 20 for Power. With over 1,000 professionals working within the Power Market Sector, we are leading siting and routing, environmental due diligence, transmission and distribution design, power generation, and hydropower.

HDR has established and growing offices in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, and Fort Mill that are well positioned to support our state’s design demands for utilities, data centers, and renewable energy.

Specific duties include:

• Being responsible for growing, monitoring, and participating in the execution of HDR’s portfolio of Power services in South Carolina.
• Partnering with local and regional business development leaders to position ahead of market trends and implement strategies to diversify work and grow client relationships.
• Identifying and pursuing opportunities to deliver a variety of services including but not limited to design, consulting, advisory services, owners engineering, asset management, due diligence, and planning. Clients may include power utilities, cooperatives, energy developers, industrial and technology companies.
• Identifying and establishing effective external teaming relationships to support program growth. This includes developing relationships with industry counterparts and representing HDR in industry associations and as a role model in business and community organizations.
• Providing leadership and project management to ensure projects have appropriate staff and that work is executed in a quality manner.
• Performing client management, project management and/or technical support activities. Serve as a Principal-in-Charge or Project Manager.
• Coordinating closely with the South Carolina Business Group Manager, Power Market Leaders, and Power Business Development Leaders, to align resources and technical expertise with workload and marketing efforts to deliver for the clients.
• Driving client growth, locally and regionally, including recruiting and hiring staff to support and implement business development and marketing plans.
• Coordinating with local operations, section managers, and business group leadership to support work sharing efforts.
• Leading and motivating the staff to meet growth goals.

• PE license, or Industry equivalent
• PMP Certification
• Ability to travel for client and project meetings (up to 25%), meeting with staff in South Carolina offices, and regional meetings with key Power Market Sector leadership
• Local candidates are preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering, planning or a related field
• A minimum of 10 years of industry experience
• Experienced in development and management of strategic marketing programs for planning and/or engineering services
• Experienced in development and management of a wide range of client relationships and specific program and/or project pursuits
• Experienced in overall staff development to include recruiting, career path and professional growth
• Experienced with industry associations and maintains a visible profile in the market sector
• Ability to work cooperatively with Regional Market Sector Directors, Market Sector Directors, Business Class Directors, Regional Business Group Directors, Area Business Group Managers, Area Marketing Managers and Area Managers
• Demonstrated commitment to HDR values. An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Primary

Location:

United States-South Carolina-Columbia

Other Locations: United States-South Carolina-Greenville, United States-South Carolina-Fort Mill, United States-South Carolina-Charleston

Industry: Power

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Power Generation

Job Posting: Aug 19, 2025

HDR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to employment equity and encourage all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, arrest and conviction records, to apply.