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. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.
HDR has an excellent opportunity to join our strong and growing Coastal Practice group.
We are seeking a Louisiana Coastal Team Lead with coastal engineering/project management experience, coastal engineering design experience, numerical modeling experience, and the ability to execute projects and help expand our coastal services practice in new regions and markets. Candidate should have a strong technical background in coastal engineering analysis and coastal resiliency including extended experience with projects applied to coastal processes. Responsibilities will include managing projects, serving as coastal engineering technical lead, supervising/mentoring junior staff, development, and implementation of business strategies for growth of our coastal services practice in Louisiana, leading and supporting pursuit teams nationwide, and preparing proposals including project scope and fee estimates. Suitable candidates must possess strong analytical and communication skills and demonstrate familiarity with sea level rise, coastal resiliency, coastal infrastructure, wave growth and transformation, coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics, littoral processes, and sediment transport.
In the role of Coastal Engineering Business Class Leader, we'll count on you to:
Required Qualifications
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.
Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.
HDR has an excellent opportunity to join our strong and growing Coastal Practice group.
We are seeking a Louisiana Coastal Team Lead with coastal engineering/project management experience, coastal engineering design experience, numerical modeling experience, and the ability to execute projects and help expand our coastal services practice in new regions and markets. Candidate should have a strong technical background in coastal engineering analysis and coastal resiliency including extended experience with projects applied to coastal processes. Responsibilities will include managing projects, serving as coastal engineering technical lead, supervising/mentoring junior staff, development, and implementation of business strategies for growth of our coastal services practice in Louisiana, leading and supporting pursuit teams nationwide, and preparing proposals including project scope and fee estimates. Suitable candidates must possess strong analytical and communication skills and demonstrate familiarity with sea level rise, coastal resiliency, coastal infrastructure, wave growth and transformation, coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics, littoral processes, and sediment transport.
In the role of Coastal Engineering Business Class Leader, we'll count on you to:
- Lead and manage the daily operations of the Louisiana coastal team. This includes taking responsibility for staff development, morale, quality control, profitability and marketing support. It also includes coordinating with other HDR teams and prioritizing projects and staffing to meet scope, schedule, and budget commitments.
- Plan and manage all aspects of small to medium single-discipline projects or large, routine projects.
- Track the financial aspects of the projects and coordinate and adjust the work effort with the team to ensure that the work is completed within the parameters of the scope, schedule and budget.
- Promoting and helping to expand the coastal services and staff in Louisiana.
- Establish client relations and be involved with the marketing, contractual, design, and production meetings.
- Coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within direction and goals of business class plans for Louisiana.
- Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
- Perform technical design and analysis of coastal engineering projects within Louisiana and throughout the US, including but not limited to preparation of construction plans and specifications.
- Candidate must be able to travel.
- Master's degree in Coastal or Ocean Engineering
- Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand
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
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.