Resources (Power/ Industrial/ Waste) Business Group Professional Services Director - Engineering
🔍 United States, Nebraska, Omaha
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 foster a culture of inclusion throughout our 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.
At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth. Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities.
Position Overview
The RBG Professional Services Director, Engineering will work with the RBG Professional Services Director (PSD) to lead and execute RBG professional services programs and initiatives assocaited with our Engineering Business Classes (i.e. Power Generation, Hydropower, Substation, Transmission / Distribution, System Protection and Planning, Waste, Oil Gas and Chemicals, Industrial Water / Wastewater, and Mine Water). The RBG Professional Services Director, Engineering will partner with (as appropriate) various Market Sector, Practice, Business Class, Operational, and/or Corporate Leaders throughout HDR to successfully execute programs and initiatives as assigned by the RBG Professional Services Director. In addition, the RBG Professional Services Director, Engineering will also support project teams by acting as a Principal In-Charge, Senior Technical Advisor, and/or Project Approach and Resources Review (PARR) Lead Reviewer. This position will be part of the RBG Professional Services Organization, report to the RBG Professional Services Director, and be a peer to the RBG Professional Services Director, Cross Sector, RBG Technology Director, and RBG Digital Delivery Director.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Program Growth
- Define and lead the long-term vision and growth strategy for the RBG’s Engineering Business Classes, aligned with the RBG Professional Services strategic objectives.
- Partner with market sector, operational and technical leadership to identify and capture large, programmatic opportunities and/or strategic hires.
Strategy Execution & Operationalization
- Align market sector, professional services and operations leadership to deliver consistent execution of the services offered by our engineering business classes throughout all of our geographies (i.e. domestic and international).
- Drive implementation of enterprise initiatives in alignment with RBG Professional Services priorities.
Standardization & Delivery Excellence
- Support RBG Professional Services in establishing and maintaining standardized processes, procedures, and delivery frameworks across our Engineering Business Classes.
- Support RBG Professional Services in codifying and deploying standards, recommended practices, tools, templates, and lessons learned to verify consistent, high-quality delivery.
- Promote continuous improvement, innovation, and digital delivery across the RBG Engineering Business Classes.
Operations Integration & Resource Management
- Collaborate with RBG Engineering Business Class Leaders to support our Operational Leaders with balancing staffing, workload, and delivery capacity.
- Partner with the RBG’s Regional Directors to support area and regional growth strategies.
- Work with the RBG Engineering Business Class Leads to drive consistent approaches to project staffing, utilization, and workshare.
- Partner with our Operational Leaders to optimize staffing models (HDR staff vs. teaming partners vs. contingent workers) via informed, data-driven decisions.
Leadership & Talent Development
- Lead and develop the RBG Engineering Business Class Leads.
- Promote career development, succession planning, and workforce growth across our Engineering Business Classes.
- Actively support the recruitment process of strategic hires (including leading the process if so called upon).
Technical Excellence & Risk Management
- Drive a culture of safety and quality as a top priority in our RBG Professional Services Organization.
- Partner with professional services leadership to support adoption of our technical, quality, and digital delivery and health and safety standards and recommended practices.
- Partner with our Engineering Business Class Leads to drive consistency in technical execution.
Leadership Profile
- Enterprise Influencer: Proven ability to lead and influence across a complex, matrixed organization.
- Strategic Executor: Demonstrated success translating strategy into scalable, operational programs.
- Commercial Acumen: Deep expertise in construction services pricing, including overhead structures and markups.
- Growth-Oriented Leader: Track record of building and scaling construction or field services programs.
- Technical Credibility: Recognized leader in construction management and field services delivery.
- Collaborative Leader: Strong partnership mindset across market sectors, operations, and professional services.
- People Developer: Committed to mentoring, leadership development, and building high-performing teams.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Self-starter with strong initiative and focus on continuous improvement.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
- Global project execution experience
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- Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
- A minimum of 10 years' experience.
- Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
- Demonstrated experience with leading diverse teams. Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
- Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
- Ability to work cooperatively with regional and local office managers, other area business group directors, technical directors and marketing managers.
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.
What We Believe
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.
