North Texas Wastewater Market Sector Leader
hdrDallas (TX)
North Texas Wastewater Market Sector Leader
Posted today
hdrDallas (TX)
SENIORITY
Manager
About the role
Description:
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. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
Watch Our Story:
' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story' Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. We believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you're modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. This isn’t just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy. Employee-owned HDR is an industry leader in the drinking water and recycled water markets. Ranked #6 by ENR in water, HDR has an excellent career opportunity for a Wastewater Market Sector Leader that is passionate about protecting public health and understands the “One Water” concept and the inherent synergies between the drinking water, wastewater, recycled water, and stormwater markets. We are looking for someone who will work in a collaborative manner with local and national leadership to set the vision and strategy to expand and provide research, planning, design, and engineering services to drinking water agencies, related clients in other sectors, and relevant research organizations. This leader will serve as a client manager to select agencies, and as appropriate will serve as either Principal in Charge, Project Manager, Technical Lead and/or Quality Manager on projects. Services may include studies, planning, design, financial analysis, O&M, and alternative delivery. This individual will identify and develop new project opportunities in collaboration with business development teams, serve as a pursuit champion, and act as a resource for HDR pursuits where assistance is needed relative to the drinking water market. This role will collaborate with our business class practice leaders and professional discipline groups on technical services, marketing, activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and to implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews. As a leader and mentor to junior staff, the successful candidate will engage in and encourage technical involvement in industry organizations and functions including presentations and publications. The candidate will also participate in discussions and facilitate lessons learned for project delivery processes, trends, successes, strengths, and weaknesses.
Primary Responsibilities
Wastewater Growth and Strategy:
- Develop and drive a long-range Wastewater vision and strategy for HDR’s North Texas Area.
- Lead HDR’s Wastewater branding in North Texas Area by engaging in professional organizations allied to the wastewater market.
- Responsibilities also include collaborating with other technical and marketing staff in the pursuit of new projects, taking a leadership role in selected key pursuits.
- Support the development of and provide reviews of scopes of work, fee estimate, project risk identification and project schedules.
- Work with area leadership to coordinate staffing/recruiting plans for key hires and assist leadership as necessary with technical or project management hires.
- Identify technical gaps and support talent management and recruiting.
- Identity and apply Wastewater initiatives to the marketplace.
- Implement national Wastewater initiatives to marketplace.
- Participate in industry associations and serve as a company role-model in business and community organizations.
- Develop relationships with industry counterparts in other consulting organizations
- Client Management Activities.
- In alignment and in support of our Client Managers, promote the Wastewater market. Be involved in marketing planning, proposals, and interviews for Wastewater projects.
- Serve as the Client Manager for selected key clients.
Project Delivery:
- Function as a project manager on large or key projects Assist with contract review on key projects to help ensure risk management, proper staffing, quality reviews and resolution of claims.
- Ensure the best technology and solutions are integrated into project delivery
- Serve as a QAQC reviewer for Wastewater projects, including plans, specifications, models, presentation, and report, and be engaged early in the project delivery process.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering.
- Masters’s degree in engineering, planning, or related field.
- Professional Engineering License from Texas, Oklahoma, or Arkansas
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in major water infrastructure projects
- Minimum 10 years managing municipal water and wastewater projects, engineering budgets, project teams.
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on project engineering experience
- Ability to handle multiple assignments.
- Good leadership and organizational skills.
- Experience with staff mentoring and development of multidiscipline teams a must.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in an engineering, planning or a related field
- A minimum of 10 years of industry experience
- Experienced in development and management of strategic marketing programs for planning and/or engineering services
- Experienced in development and management of a wide range of client relationships and specific program and/or project pursuits
- Experienced in overall staff development to include recruiting, career path and professional growth
- Experienced with industry associations and maintains a visible profile in the market sector
- Ability to work cooperatively with Regional Market Sector Directors, Market Sector Directors, Business Class Directors, Regional Business Group Directors, Area Business Group Managers, Area Marketing Managers and Area Managers
Demonstrated commitment to HDR values. An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must What We BelieveHDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
Job Field: Water
Schedule: Full-time
Employee Status: Regular
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