Dams Risk Lead

The California Dam Risk Lead is responsible for strategic planning with a focus on growing the practice in California, staff development and succession planning, and supporting planning and delivery of dam risk projects in California. The position will coordinate closely with HDR's National Technical Lead for Dam Safety and Risk. The person in this position will assist HDR's clients in dam risk analysis (SQRA and QRA), portfolio risk assessments, and risk informed decision making (RIDM). This person will facilitate risk workshops, serve as a subject matter expert (SME), build and maintain client relations, and lead project delivery. The person in this position will also mentor mid- and junior-level staff across a variety of disciplines in risk related practices. HDR incorporates risk into all aspects of dam planning, analysis, decision making, and design. Therefore, this position will participate in and provide risk oversight of a variety of project types including planning, design, inspection, construction management of dams and reservoirs projects involving hydropower, water supply, recreation, flood control, and navigation. The person in this position will coordinate projects with HDR's National Technical Lead for Dam Safety and Risk and coordinate with subject matter experts in inter-related disciplines such as hydrology, hydraulics, structural, geology, geotechnical, civil, mechanical, CADD, and GIS. The person in this position will also coordinate with HDR's other regional and corporate business class technical leads and advisors to support California's program delivery and growth. In the role of Dams and Risk Lead, we'll count on you to: • Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project's lifecycle (from development and initiation to close-out) • Responsible for all aspects of complex small to medium projects or routine large projects • Produce and coordinate several small to medium projects concurrently • Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings • Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders • Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule • Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule • Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews • Implement QA/QC procedures • Perform other duties as needed Preferred Qualifications • BS in civil, structural, or geotechnical engineering. • Minimum ten (10) years related experience. • A strong background in risk analyses. • Self-starters that are highly motivated and team oriented. • Master's degree • Strong technical writing abilities, strong engineering background in a related field, and effective presentation skills. • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills and the ability to assimilate data and put it into a big picture. • Experience working in, or with, dam owner organizations. • Experience as a task lead, project manager, or management position in a consulting business. • Experience facilitating multi-discipline risk workshops Qualifications Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Engineering • 7 years related experience inclusive of a minimum 2 years experience in project management • Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license. • MS Office and MS Project experience is required • Demonstrated leadership skills • An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must