The Business Class Lead (BCL) will work with the Business Class Director (BCD) and HDR peers on monitoring and improvement of technical competencies, staff development, and execution of work associated with water resource planning that meets federal planning standards and expectations. The overall goal of the role is to promote a quality culture, drive or support BC initiatives that drive growth and project delivery, and work with areas to hire, train and support career progression of staff within this technical service area.
The successful candidate will bring a vision for delivery, mentoring, and market growth; and have a proven ability to work broadly with teams to deliver positive outcomes for projects. The BCL will collaborate on business class efforts with market sector directors, business group regional directors, other business class leaders, local business group leaders, local market sector (marketing) leaders, cross sector leadership, and area staff.
The BCL responsibilities include the following:
- Fostering a quality culture though project delivery excellence and staff coaching. Serve as a Quality Control lead, technical advisor, and technical lead (i.e., Project Manager or Task Manager) for specific projects. Work with project teams to field needs and align staff to meet delivery expectations and develop strategy to promote knowledge transfer and staff development within water resource plan formulation.
- Leading or supporting Business Class sponsored standards and guidelines (i.e., best practices) technical tools, checklists, workflows, and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency. Promoting forward thinking delivery and strategy approaches as well as technology use and adoption.
- Participating in tactical planning including engagement others within HDR to align initiatives with market drivers and client needs. Maintain awareness related to industry trends and drivers. Implementing actions associated with annual planning including leading or supporting recruiting key positions in partnership with others.
- Working with others within HDR including client facing and marketing staff to track, develop and share qualifications and project approaches. Engage on specific pursuits as a lead or team member. Drive industry facing strategies associated with technical service area (e.g., professional association engagement, webinars, workshops, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading plan formulation for Federal clients. Specific experience with the USACE's Principles, Requirements and Guidelines (PR&G) ideal.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams to successful project outcomes.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- A minimum of 10 years experience
- Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role
- Strong communication and listening skills
- Ability to handle multiple assignments
- Good leadership and organizational skills
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
