Area Environmental Science %26 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) has broad knowledge of Environmental Business Class (BC) services supporting transportation and cross‑sector projects. Although this role is based in Transportation, it is cross‑sector and may support environmental and permitting tasks/projects 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 which includes Environmental Planners and Scientists, and Cultural Resource Specialists.

• 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 (PMs) and the Area Transportation Manager
• Coordinate across Business Groups within the area as well as outside the area as necessary
• Focus on quality and 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 the 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 the 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 recommendations for adjustments and recruitments as needed
• Manage training and licensing requirements and identify opportunities for continuing education
• Develop a technical mentoring and employee advancement process to advance staff
• Champion marketing opportunities to grow the practice
• Support Area pursuits and actively participate in proposal development
• Identify project needs and recruit professionals to join our HDR team
• Demonstrate a “can‑do” problem‑solver approach to colleagues and clients
• Ability to build positive internal and external client relationships, with strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills, and to manage and motivate direct reports

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Planning, or closely related field
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience leading transportation projects and teams within this market
• Proven ability to manage Environmental Science & Planning projects and teams effectively
• Demonstrated ability to manage a large Environmental Science & Planning program and staff working statewide in multiple offices
• Ex…