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. HDR is seeking qualified applicants for a Senior Project Manager and Technical Lead for Utility Infrastructure Planning work for projects in the Southern California Area.
Requirements
- Serve as the project manager for water supply planning projects, maintaining task/project budgets and schedules, and mentoring junior-level staff.
- Establish strong, productive, collaborative relationships.
- Work closely with client development leads, other project managers, other internal staff and client staff to define scopes of work, resources requirements, budgets, schedules and deliverables.
- Prepare and periodically review/update project execution plans.
- Communicate progress effectively with team members and senior management.
- Provide effective leadership of the project team.
- Supervise project engineers/scientists and subcontractors in the successful delivery of technical projects.
- Manage financial aspects of project contracts to protect HDR’s interests and simultaneously maintain good relationships with the client.
- Ensure that all project work is completed on time and within budget, with a focus on meeting contract scope and terms and conditions.
- Monitor significant deviations/inconsistencies and project progress and take corrective action when required.
- Manage planning and preliminary design efforts for projects.
- Lead planning/pre-design efforts and coordinate with other project managers, client staff, and stakeholders, including written reports, meetings, and presentations.
- Communicate efforts with client counterparts and ensure an ongoing positive relationship.
- Represent HDR in project meetings.
- Participate in or lead proposal preparation, presentations, contract negotiations, amendments, change notices, and contract claims.
- Develop relationships with HDR clients to identify and develop new planning project opportunities.
- Identify, develop, and lead pursuit of new planning work.
- Lead proposal and interview efforts to win new work.
- Participate in regional and national conferences to promote HDR clients and projects.
- Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication and negotiating skills.
- Consistently adhere to and enforce internal HDR processes and policies such as business and contracting rules.
- Work in a manner to ensure personal safety and that of fellow employees by following HDR and client health and safety guidelines and policies.
- Perform additional assignments as requested by senior management.
- Perform other duties as needed
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Employee assistance program
- Paid time away
- Parental leave
- Paid holidays
- Retirement savings plan with employer match
- Employee referral bonus
- Tuition reimbursement
