MO​/KS Water Business Group Professional Services Leader

MO/KS Water Business Group Professional Services Leader

As PSL, you will report to the Missouri/Kansas Water Business Group Manager (BGM) and work alongside the BGM to provide technical oversight and staffing resource assignments for projects across all five offices within Missouri and Kansas (Kansas City, St Louis, Columbia, Springfield, and Forsyth). You will serve as supervisor for each of the six Business Class Leads in the area who lead technical delivery for drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, effluent management, utility management services, pump stations, and pipelines, stormwater, and dams, levees, and civil works.

You will support the career development of supervisors within the area and collaborate closely with HDR’s Water Professional Services Global Director to implement technical and quality initiatives.

In addition to your primary responsibilities, the PSL will collaborate on technical delivery and business development for cross‑business group opportunities with HDR’s Transportation, Resources, Architecture, and Building Engineering Systems business groups and support recruiting efforts to attract and retain talent for the local program.

• Develop technical delivery skills for staff across all Area offices (Kansas City, St Louis, Springfield, Columbia, and Forsyth).
• Provide technical oversight and staff resource assignment to projects across Area offices.
• Perform project reviews focusing on scheduling, leadership, and participation.
• Mentor delivery staff and develop technical learning paths.
• Implement technical and digital delivery evolution in collaboration with Professional Services Director.
• Coordinate business processes with BGM consistent with Area, corporate policy, and HDR’s matrix of authority (MOA).
• Implement quality, standards, and best practices in projects across Area offices.

• MS in a relevant Engineering field (Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Environmental) preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience focused on solving client issues in the water, wastewater, and federal water regulatory, planning, and design practice.
• History of successful project and/or program management with a focus on technical delivery and project leadership.
• Demonstrated success in cultivating client relationships to win pursuits and execute projects, especially in the local markets.
• Success in initiating and managing growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Team‑first collaborative attitude.
• Self‑motivated requiring minimal oversight.
• Well organized with multi‑tasking skills.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Well‑developed analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to interact with design and construction teams positively and proactively.
• Prior wastewater, drinking water, or water resources management consulting experience preferred.
• Local candidates preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Maintains professional or engineering registration and related technical experience with 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.
• Active participant of an employee‑owned culture is a must.

Primary

Location:

United States‑Missouri‑Kansas City

Other Locations:
United States‑Missouri‑St Louis

Schedule:

Full-time

Employee Status:
Regular

Business Class: WW Treatment and Effluent Management