Drinking Water Business Class Lead

As part of our Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. Your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

This isn’t just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.

• Be responsible for management of staff in the Drinking Water Business Class, including performance reviews, salary adjustments, staff recruitment and selection, staff development and morale, quality control, and marketing support.
• Manage and execute multi‑discipline projects.
• Be responsible for profitability and identifying, obtaining, and assigning appropriate resources to projects to meet budget, schedule, and scope requirements.
• Ensure the Business Class is compliant with QA/QC requirements, and other project management and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing and project management.
• Identify project opportunities, lead client development and pursuits to win work of key projects in the Drinking Water market sector and assist with others as directed.
• Actively engage in selected professional conferences and industry associations with presentations, committee assignments, and leadership positions.
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
• Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation.
• Commit to quality, improvement, and HDR values.
• Serve as a strong team player with the ability to function effectively in a variety of roles on integrated project teams.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Water market sector business development accomplishments and aptitude.
• Strong client relations skills, along with an interest in client and business development.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.

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Location:

United States-Missouri-Kansas City Industry: Water Schedule: Full‑time Employee Status: Regular Business Class: Water Treatment Job Posting: Jul 6, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.