Area Environmental Science & Planning Business Class Leader

Area Environmental Science & Planning Business Class Leader

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HDR has an excellent opportunity in Arizona or New Mexico for a professional to lead the development and growth of our Area’s Environmental Science & Planning Business Class. The Area Business Class Leader (BCL) is responsible for broad knowledge of Environmental Business Class services supporting transportation and cross‑sector projects. Although this role is based in Transportation, it is cross‑sector and may support environmental permitting tasks across other business groups, including Water, Federal, Resources (power, mining, industrial), and Building Engineering Services.

This position leads and manages a team of business class professionals including Environmental Planners, Scientists, and Cultural Resource Specialists.

The primary duties of the Area Environmental Science & Planning BCL include: responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of BC staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers all within the direction and goals of BC plans; participation in delivery of project services to meet client expectations; collaboration on BC efforts with area operations, marketing and project management;

participation in BC practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices; implementation of effective quality assurance and quality control reviews; participation in regional and area BC strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation; tracking staff workloads and utilizations; establishing internal and external training programs and training schedules; assist with business development efforts and provide support on proposal preparation;

plan for project needs and recruit/hire staff accordingly, and drive the BC to meet project goals for growth, client satisfaction, and service diversification.

• Provide Area leadership of technical capabilities within the Environmental Science & Planning Business Class
• Manage project staffing, resourcing, workload and resource balancing and BC utilization in coordination with Project Managers and the Area Transportation Manager
• Coordinate across Business Groups within the area as well as outside as necessary
• Focus on Quality, technical delivery; consult with and provide input on project discipline requirements
• Lead, manage, and staff
• Maintain appropriate QA/QC procedures and best practices
• Monitor area performance within BC to achieve defined goals and support operational managers in monitoring project performance and implementation of corrective actions
• Responsible for the technical sector growth in the Area
• Support top line growth across all market sectors in their technical area of focus
• Prioritize BC activities across Arizona and New Mexico to best implement Market Sector and Business Group objectives and promote technical services of their section in the Area
• Facilitate BC teamwork, communication and work sharing between Area offices, business classes, management, marketing, and staff
• Serve as client manager, project principal and/or PM
• Actively participate in projects or manage projects to meet assigned utilization rate
• Serve as a senior technical resource on projects and programs
• Build and retain strong relationships with staff, PMs, and Client Development Managers throughout the Area and within HDR’s Southwest Region
• Provide strategic and tactical input on BC‑related business trends and local office planning
• Manage staff workloads and make…