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Central Region Power Delivery Alternative Delivery Lead

HDR, Inc.
life insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Mar 29, 2025

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 is seeking a Central Region Alternative Delivery Lead within the Power Sector, Power Delivery Practice to be part of our national Alternative Delivery (AD) Leadership Team. Within HDR, AD consists of collaborative delivery models such as Design-Build (DB) / Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC), Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Construction Manager-General Contractor (CMGC) / Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), and/or Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). This position will be involved with all aspects of our power delivery AD program. The successful candidate will drive collaboration between HDR's global power delivery staff and our construction teaming partners, focusing on mitigating the inherent engineering risks associated with AD projects. The primary duties of this position include planning, pursuing, managing, and delivering all aspects of power delivery AD projects within the electric transmission, substation, distribution, and renewables (medium/high voltage) markets. The successful candidate will also have part-time responsibilities as the area Power Delivery Section Manager where they will provide technical leadership and assume responsibility for the operational management of the local Power Delivery team.


Primary responsibilities include:



  • In collaboration with Power Sector AD Director, provide overall leadership and responsibility for elevating the power delivery AD program within HDR's Central Region, which includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas.
  • Partner with business development, operations and technical leadership to develop new opportunities, markets and staffing plans.
  • In coordination with AD Director, operations and legal counsel, drive teaming agreement negotiations with potential construction partners that align with HDR's business goals and initiatives.
  • Lead and drive development of a power delivery front-end engineering and design (FEED) team that evaluates and mitigates technical risk of AD opportunities prior to and during the Go/No-Go evaluation. The FEED team may include discipline specific practitioners such as substation physical, substation electrical, transmission structural/foundation, distribution and/or site civil individuals.
  • In collaboration with technical teams, review AD project intel, opportunities and RFPs to estimate technical investments prior to the Go/No-Go discussion.
  • Assist in Go/No-Go discussions, project risk assessments, SOQs, proposals, interviews, and negotiations as required.
  • While working with pursuit teams, drive development of scope, schedule, and budget, with a focus on activities and risks unique to AD projects (e.g. procurement support, construction support, critical path scheduling, etc.).
  • Provide AD best practice guidance to pursuit and project delivery teams.
  • Collaborate with HDR regional and area operations leaders, market sector leaders, practice leaders, project managers, commercial managers, and project teams to deliver world-class quality in engineering, environmental, real estate, geospatial and construction support services for power delivery AD projects.
  • Drive development of AD project teams, including AD project managers, technical leaders, project controls and commercial managers. Specific skillsets will be identified in coordination with the AD leadership team.
  • Actively serve as a senior advisor during AD project execution. Provide project delivery support including contract administration and management.
  • Serve as the Project Manager or Engineering Manager on select power delivery projects, including both AD and traditional design-bid-build delivery.
  • Provide oversight of a production section including project delivery, staffing, recruiting, quality, utilization, workload forecasting, work-sharing, safety and morale.
  • Mentor and develop other employees.
  • Perform other duties as needed.
  • Report to Power Sector Alternative Delivery Director.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong leadership skills and project management experience with multiple remote teams is preferred.
  • Understands contractual risk and mitigation strategies in AD models.
  • Proven experience managing projects, client relationships, proposal development, and business development.
  • Self-starter with excellent writing and communication skills.
  • Strong conceptual, organizational, problem solving, and collaboration skills.
  • Master's degree
  • PMP certification
  • Position requires up to 30% travel.

    Required Qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
    • 15 years related experience
    • A minimum 7 years project management experience
    • Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
    • MS Office and MS Project experience is required (Access experience would be plus)
    • Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
    • 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.

    We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.): $150,381.00- $214,830.00
    Primary Location : United States-Illinois-Chicago
    Industry : Power
    Schedule : Full-time
    Employee Status : Regular
    BusinessClass : Power Generation
    Job Posting : Mar 28, 2025
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