West Region Alternative Delivery Lead

Job Overview

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West Region Alternative Delivery Lead – Power Sector, Power Delivery Practice

• Lead and manage the power delivery AD program within HDR’s West Region, covering Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Hawaii.
• Partner with business development, operations, and technical leadership to develop new opportunities, markets, and staffing plans.
• Collaborate with AD Director, operations, and legal counsel to negotiate teaming agreements with construction partners that align with HDR’s business goals.
• Drive the development of a front‑end engineering and design (FEED) team to evaluate and mitigate technical risk of AD opportunities before and during Go/No‑Go decisions.
• Review AD project intel, opportunities, and RFPs to estimate technical investments prior to Go/No‑Go discussions.
• Assist in Go/No‑Go discussions, risk assessments, SOQ development, proposals, interviews, and negotiations as required.
• Help pursue scope, schedule, and budget with a focus on AD‑specific activities and risks (e.g., procurement support, construction support, critical path scheduling).
• Provide AD best‑practice guidance to pursuit and project delivery teams.
• Collaborate with HDR regional and area leaders, market sector leaders, practice leaders, project managers, commercial managers, and project teams to deliver world‑class quality in engineering, environmental, real‑estate, geospatial, and construction support services for AD projects.
• Drive the development of AD project teams, including project managers, technical leaders, project controls, and commercial managers.
• Act as senior advisor during AD project execution, providing contract administration and management support.
• Serve as Project Manager or Engineering Manager on select power delivery projects, including both AD and traditional design‑bid‑build delivery.
• Oversee production sections covering delivery, staffing, recruiting, quality, utilization, workload forecasting, work‑sharing, safety, and morale.
• Mentor and develop other employees.
• Perform other duties as needed.
• Report to the Power Sector Alternative Delivery Director.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a similar combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 15 years of power delivery experience.
• Minimum 5 years building and/or managing engineering teams on EPC projects.
• Strong leadership skills and project management experience with multiple remote teams.
• Understanding of contractual risk and mitigation strategies in AD models.
• Proven experience managing projects, client relationships, proposal development, and business development.
• Self‑starter with excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem‑solving, and collaboration skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and conferencing platforms (Zoom, Web Ex, Teams, etc.).
• Position requires up to 30% travel.
• Professional Engineer licensure or DBIA certification is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 10 years of related experience.
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software.
• Ability to interact with various design teams and excellent organizational, project management, and communication skills.
• Commitment to HDR’s employee‑owned culture.

HDR provides a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance, employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement. The…