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Area Environmental Science & Planning Business Class Leader
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 a 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 including Environmental Planners and Scientists, and Cultural Resource Specialists.
Primary Responsibilities
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.
The responsibilities are as follows:
* 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, 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 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 "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.
Preferred Qualifications * 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
* Experience managing budgets, preparing scopes and developing cost estimates
* Must have experience effectively managing and motivating direct reports.
* Excellent written and verbal communication and listening skills
* Strong attention to detail.
* Strong leadership and organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
* Ability to work efficiently and effectively under tight deadlines, as well as balance multiple projects by prioritizing effectively.
* Ability to understand applicable laws, policies and procedures that each project is governed by.
* Ability to build, effective implement and manage training programs; workload and staffing plans; marketing plans and proposal preparation and business group budgets
* Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
* Prior experience managing budgets and preparing reports on project financials.
* Proven ability of contract development and implementation of capital improvements.
* Strong project management skills, go-getter attitude and self-starter who takes initiative.
* An attitude and commitment to being a pro-active participant in our employee-owned culture is a must
* Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand
* Proficient with MS Office Suite, specifically, Outlook, Word and Excel, and SharePoint or equivalent database
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
- 10 years of experience
- Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
- Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
- Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
HDR 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.
Primary Location
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United States-Arizona-Phoenix
Industry
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Environment/Sciences
Schedule
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Full-time
Employee Status
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Regular
BusinessClass
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Environmental Sci and Planning
Job Posting
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Feb 24, 2026 |
HDR, Inc.
Feb 25, 2026