Industrial Water​/Wastewater Lead

Description 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. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story:' ' Each and every role throughout our organisation makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. We believe industry drives progress. As part of our Industrial sector, you’ll help shape efficient, advanced infrastructure and environmental stewardship.

We partner with clients across industries to responsibly optimize processes, modernize facilities and solve complex challenges. Our work spans the full project life cycle, from up-front evaluation and planning studies through design and into construction monitoring and operations. You can help clients push boundaries and meet evolving industrial demands while supporting resilient infrastructure and responsible growth. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to engineer smarter solutions, drive industrial innovation and make a lasting impact.

About the Role As the Industrial Water/Wastewater Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving the growth, technical excellence and successful delivery of our industrial water and wastewater portfolio, helping to build and mature the programme within the United Kingdom. This position brings together client‑facing leadership, multidisciplinary project management and deep technical expertise to ensure high‑quality outcomes across complex assignments.

Through strong collaboration, rigorous project oversight and forward‑thinking engineering leadership, you will advance our capabilities and strengthen our position as a partner of choice within the industrial water sector.

Responsibilities Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project’s lifecycle (from development and initiation to close-out)
Responsible for all aspects of complex small to medium projects or routine large projects

Produce and coordinate several small to medium projects concurrently

Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings

Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders

Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule

Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule

Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews

Implement QA/QC procedures

Perform other duties as needed

Requirements Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Science, or equivalent field or experienceA minimum of 10 years of experience.

Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example:
Chartered Engineer Experience in project execution within the Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Mining, Food and Beverage and/or Industrial Markets.

Computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Chemical / Process design software (examples include Hysys, Aspen Suite, Enviro Sim Bio Win, Hatch GPS-X, or OLI Systems).Willingness to work on international work

An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.#LI-KK2

Qualifications What We BelieveHDR 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.

Our Commitment 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.

Job Field:
Industrial

Schedule:

Full-time Employee Status:
Regular