Central Region Construction Field Services Leader

Overview

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 within our communities. Each role makes a difference in HDR’s ability to change the world for the better.

HDR believes construction services are more than project delivery; they’re about safeguarding quality, safety, and trust at every step.

As part of HDR's Field Services team, you’ll be on the front lines of infrastructure development, ensuring that what’s designed is built to the highest standards. From highways and bridges to water treatment plants, transit systems, and power facilities, your work ensures clients’ visions become reality with precision, integrity, and excellence. Our construction professionals—Construction Managers, Inspectors, Resident Engineers, and field specialists—bring deep technical knowledge, hands-on experience, and a commitment to quality that sets industry benchmarks.

This isn’t just a job; it’s a chance to lead in the field, uphold the highest standards, and leave a legacy of quality that communities can rely on for generations. We are all employee-owners at HDR, which is the foundation of our collaborative culture that connects employees around the world.

HDR has an exceptional career opportunity for an experienced industry professional to serve in a leadership position as our Central Region Construction Field Services (CFS) Leader.

In this role, you will report to the Construction Field Services Director and work alongside the Field Office Principals and Area Leads to provide technical oversight and support staff resources for projects across all the offices within the region. Coordination with the Construction Field Services Business Group Leads, who serve as the technical delivery leads across their respective business groups and market sectors, will be a key component of the job.

This position will also support the continued career development of our delivery staff and closely collaborate with HDR's Professional Services Directors to implement the various Business Groups’ technical, career growth and quality initiatives.

In addition to your primary responsibilities as summarized below, you will be responsible for collaborating on technical delivery for cross-business group opportunities. The role also plays an important part in recruiting efforts aimed at attracting and retaining eminent talent for our programs across the organization.

• Drive Construction Field Services growth across all business groups within your region
• Balance workload, staffing and utilization for Construction Field Services staff in your region
• Participate in regional business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation
• Grow, develop and mentor our Field Office Principals and support the growth of our future leaders within Construction Field Services
• Collaborating closely with Construction Field Services business group leads and other Regional Business Class Leads to form a partnership that is focused on successfully pursuing and delivering CFS services to our clients
• Assist in the development and progression of Construction Field Services strategic partnerships
• Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within direction and goals of business class plans
• Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing and project management
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices
• Provide technical oversight and support staff resources across projects
• Participate in project reviews with a focus on deliverables, risk identification and management of resources
• Monitoring performance of staff and projects, assistance in implementing measures to drive successful project performance and support in maintaining positive client…