Office Principal

The Office Principal provides leadership, management, and direction for the Nebraska/Iowa area and serves as a day-to-day operational partner to the Area Manager. The Office Principal will assist with office operational matters for our engineering practice, as well as designated area-wide initiatives. In this role, we'll count on you to: • Serve as a day-to-day operational partner to the Area Manager, resolving routine issues within delegated authority and elevating matters requiring area-level decisions with clear recommendations. • Assist with developing, implementing, and monitoring the NE/IA operating plan, costs, and budget. Monitor business indicators, identify exceptions and emerging trends, and coordinate corrective actions with clear ownership and follow-through to meet operational goals. • Participate in Area quality assurance and quality control activities, project reviews, risk management reviews, business reviews, and project claims or losses discussions. • Actively participate in development and implementation of the strategic plan for Area growth in cooperation with business groups and operational management. • Establish and monitor Area procedures, processes and adherence to corporate and company policies, project contractual terms, and quality control procedures. • Communicate, implement, monitor and enforce company policies within the Area. • Anticipate and coordinate cross-business-group needs, including staffing capacity, shared resources, administrative support, and office logistics. • Assist with hiring, performance evaluation, staff development, training and recognition. • Lead administrative staff and coordinate office support needs with facilities, IT, finance, and Human Resources. Establishing clear priorities and resolving routine issues. • Maintain key client relationships and occasionally serve as Project Principal or Project Manager. • Provide signatory authority for the Area. • Serve as a company representative in business and the community. • Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and communicate clearly during organizational change. • Perform other duties as needed. Preferred Qualifications • Maintains a professional Engineering or Architecture registration and has extensive related technical management experience. *LI-BC1 Qualifications Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field • Outstanding leadership, communication and team-building skills • Experienced in management and development of diverse teams • Work cooperatively with company operations managers, business group and technical directors and marketing managers on departmental efforts • Committed to quality, improvement and promoting HDR values • An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must