Southeast Transportation Planning Business Class Lead

Southeast Transportation Planning Business Class Lead

HDR is seeking a Transportation Planning Business Class Leader for the Southeast Region. The Regional Transportation Planning Business Class Leader 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 support the growth and development of HDR's multimodal transportation planning practice. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills to oversee the transportation planning practice in the Southeast while providing guidance and mentorship to junior, mid-level, and senior planners and engineers.

• Manage a group consisting of transportation planners, engineers and related professionals, in close coordination with Transportation Leadership.
• Coordinate, mentor and develop regional transportation planning staff and production of quality deliverables to meet client needs and market drivers.
• Serve as a key member of the Transportation Planning Business Class and manage 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 multi-disciplinary 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. Projects may include program management contracts, long-range transportation plans, master plans, corridor studies, transit projects, freight plans, rail plans, intermodal/multimodal studies, traffic operational studies, managed lane studies, interchange justifications, and emerging mobility plans.
• Lead scope development and execution in conjunction with appropriate technical professionals in multiple transportation disciplines.
• Actively drive open communication of current/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 Area, Regional, National, and Global leadership.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• 10 years of 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
• Active participation in HDR's employee-owned culture

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

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Primary

Location:

United States-Florida-Jacksonville

Other Locations: United States-North Carolina-Charlotte, United States-Kentucky-Bowling Green, United States-Florida-Doral, United States-Florida-Miami, United States-Alabama-Birmingham, United States-Alabama-Mobile, United States-Florida-Fort Lauderdale, United States-Florida-Sarasota, United States-North Carolina-Wilmington, United States-Tennessee-Nashville, United States-Kentucky-Elizabethtown, United States-Georgia-Savannah, United States-Kentucky-Paducah, United States-North Carolina-Winston-Salem, United States-Florida-Pensacola, United States-Alabama-Montgomery, United States-Florida-Tallahassee, United States-Kentucky-Louisville, United States-Georgia-Atlanta, United States-South Carolina-Greenville, United States-South Carolina-Charleston, United States-South Carolina-Columbia, United States-Tennessee-Memphis, United States-North Carolina-Asheville, United States-Florida-Orlando, United States-North Carolina-Raleigh, United States-South…