Southeast Transportation Planning Business Class Lead

Southeast Transportation Planning Business Class Lead

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At HDR, our employee‑owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and communities, constantly asking how we can positively impact the world.

HDR’s Transportation Business Group shapes systems that move people and goods safely, efficiently, and sustainably. From designing resilient highways and iconic bridges to advancing transit, passenger and freight rail, aviation, federal transportation ports and marine infrastructure, we support economic vitality, public safety, sustainable communities, and quality of life. Our collaborative teams solve complex mobility challenges with innovation and technical excellence, welcoming diverse perspectives to drive progress.

As the Regional Transportation Planning Business Class Leader for the Southeast, you will collaborate with area transportation planning business class managers, section managers, project managers, regional and national subject matter experts, business development and marketing teams to grow our multimodal transportation planning practice, mentor junior, mid‑level, and senior planners and engineers, and oversee staff and project execution.

• Manage a team of transportation planners, engineers and related professionals in close coordination with Transportation Leadership.
• Coordinate, mentor and develop regional transportation planning staff and deliver high‑quality deliverables that meet client needs and market drivers.
• Lead staff, business development, pursuit and management of major transportation planning projects.
• Engage in high‑profile project pursuits involving extensive client interactions in coordination with Area Business Development Leaders.
• Plan, direct and monitor all aspects of large multidisciplinary transportation planning projects, including long‑range visioning, strategic and tactical planning, policy and systems planning, data analytics and modeling, multimodal and intermodal planning, and project development.
• Lead scope development and execution in collaboration with technical professionals across transportation disciplines.
• Drive open communication of current and projected production needs and collaborate with management to influence staffing and expertise levels.
• Coordinate project staffing and workload management of the regional transportation planning group.
• Participate in and provide input to the Annual Budgeting and Strategic Planning process in collaboration with all levels of leadership.
• Perform additional duties as needed.

• Master’s degree in Planning, Engineering, or related discipline required.
• Professional registration such as AICP, PE, PTOE, PTP, PMP preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in a professional, architecture, engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience in the related field.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other business class regional directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• 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, fostering a collaborative culture that encourages trust and connection with clients and communities.

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.

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