Industrial Wastewater Program Lead - Oil, Gas and Chemicals Practice

Industrial Wastewater (IWW) Program Lead – Oil, Gas, and Chemicals Practice

We are looking for an experienced Industrial Wastewater (IWW) Program Lead within the Oil, Gas, and Chemicals Practice in North America. Candidates should possess a minimum of 10 years of direct experience with industrial water/wastewater treatment systems for the Oil, Gas, and Chemicals industries and be capable of developing the business and leading teams of engineers and designers on detailed design and owner’s engineer projects.

• Lead Business Development of IWW Services for our Oil, Gas, and Chemicals Practice in North America.
• Lead business development activities including proposal development, delivering technical presentations, pursuit interviews, and supporting the growth of client relationships.
• Collaborate/interact with other Business Development Teams.
• Work on strategic projects as SME or/and technical advisor.
• Provide technical leadership for front‑end oriented projects, including business case studies, and DBM’s.
• Help with client development and project positioning as senior process engineering advisor.
• Participate in strategic planning and the development of annual and long‑term goals to support program and client development, community and industry participation, project pursuits, and talent acquisition and development.
• Conduct site visits to gather relevant technical information, support construction and commissioning, and project closeout.
• Perform or oversee process design sizing and hydraulic calculations including mass balances, water treatment system conceptual designs, and calculations to determine required equipment and tank sizes and capacities.
• Develop design criteria, equipment and procurement specifications, studies, bid evaluations, and reports.
• Lead the development of process flow diagrams, P&IDs, general arrangement drawings, piping arrangement drawings and installation details.
• Review and evaluate equipment vendor and installation contractor proposals and submittals.
• Develop and execute QA/QC plans.
• Lead technical teams including engineers, EITs, designers, and drafters.
• Work directly with project managers and clients to ensure that projects meet or exceed client expectations.
• Develop water supply and discharge agreements and permits. Meet and coordinate with permitting authorities.
• Provide internal and external training on industrial process W/WW systems.
• Implement, monitor and support company policies.
• Assist in the selection, training, development and management of technical personnel.
• Create recommendations for client facility standard monitoring systems, procedures, lab/chemical/reagent management, and staff training.
• Actively participate in industry conferences. Publish at least one technical paper annually.

• Process modeling experience.
• Existing relationships with industrial clients.
• Project engineering and management experience in a consulting or EPC firm.

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years experience in 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.
• Attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.

Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, tuition reimbursement.

Salary range: $170,000 - $230,000. Primary location:
Houston, Texas. Other locations available across the United States and Canada.

Full-time, Regular Employment.

Industrial Water/Wastewater Services.

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.