Senior Power Generation Project and Client Manager

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Are you interested in a company that is developing a strong local presence supported by national experts in the future of power and energy and provides you with opportunities to work on transformational energy projects throughout the US? As a power industry professional are you looking for a new "home" where your employer's values are aligned with yours? Are you interested in a company that is diverse and inclusive and takes extraordinary efforts to create high performance teams? Are you interested in a firm that is 100-percent employee owned with full transparency of financial results and a solid record of performance year-to-year? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, HDR may be a new home for you.

HDR is looking for a Senior Power Generation Project and Client Manager to join our team.

Our key services relevant to this position encompass resource planning, project development, detailed design, and owner's engineer work for new and existing utility scale generation facilities including natural gas, hydrogen, solar, energy storage, and hydroelectric power plants as well as distributed generation applications to support electrification and microgrids for resilience.

Primary Responsibilities

As a Senior Power Generation Project and Client Manager, you will help develop a highly diverse power and energy business across numerous clients in the region. In this role you will focus on fostering existing and developing new power and energy business with utility power and energy developer clients, both locally and in collaboration with other HDR Areas. You will be in position to develop, inspire, lead and oversee the activities of a multi-discipline engineering and project team involving mechanical, chemical, electrical, instrumentation & controls, and project controls disciplines.

This position will be responsible for deepening relationships with local and regional clients to grow HDR's market presence and develop meaningful client relationships. As these relationships grow, this individual will be required to manage key projects, collaborate with local and regional execution teams, and develop a staffing strategy to support these clients in the future.

Responsibilities include:

• Participating in local and regional strategic planning activities for the Power Sector.
• Cultivate Power Generation relationships with a targeted list of local, strategic clients who are important for the growth of the power generation program. Participate in development of strong client relationships and serve as a client manager for select clients.
• Working with internal market leaders and client leaders to identify/target clients and projects resulting in expansion of the business in the area.
• Grow HDR's portfolio of Power Generation services. Leverage experience and personal networks to work with clients to create opportunities to deliver a variety of HDR services including consulting, detailed design, owners engineering, permitting, siting, right-of-way, environmental and planning. Recognize other HDR services and activities outside of core development services that would benefit clients.
• Partner with other regional and national client managers and business development leaders to grow the practice through client activities and marketing.
• Inform and support growing the size and capabilities of the local team through recruitment, mentoring, staff development, staff retention, work-sharing, and training.
• Create and implement client development plans for local and regional clients.
• Lead pursuit efforts for a wide range of opportunities; cross sell all services HDR can offer. Develop and/or review proposals including scope, cost estimates, schedules, work plans and staffing.
• Serve as a local project manager for key projects.
• Facilitating teamwork, communication, and work-sharing between HDR offices and business groups.
• Participating in business and community activities as a representative of HDR.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current professional engineer (PE) registration or equivalency in professional industry of practice and experience.
• Proven history of developing and maintaining client relationships in the power industry.
• Experience developing proposals and responses to solicitations across a variety of clients, project delivery methods, and project complexities.
• Minimum 10 years' experience, including project and program management in the power and energy industry.
• Experience in thermal (simple cycle and combined cycle) and distributed generation markets is desired. Renewable energy, energy storage, and/or hydrogen experience considered a bonus.
• Experienced in the successful development and management of diverse teams.
• Committed to quality, improvement, and promoting company values at HDR.
• Strong communication, leadership, planning, organization, and listening skills.

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