Area Rail Transit Business Class Lead

Area Rail Transit Business Class Lead

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? 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.

In the role of Transit/Rail Business Class Lead, we'll count on you to:

• Oversee Transit/Rail staff assigned to the Utah area.
• Acts as a champion for staff and actively drive talent management, training investments, performance appraisals, compensation, development and recognition, industry and professional organization involvement.
• Work cooperatively with Area Operations, Business Group Managers, Market Sector Leads, and Business Development teams in local and regional marketing efforts. Involved in marketing planning, proposals, and interviews. Collaborate on development and implementation of a strategy to broaden HDRs rail and transit market presence and delivery in Utah.
• Orchestrate work sharing including coordination of staff availability, workload, and priorities.
• Actively champion opportunities to grow the team. Drive the can-do spirit among all parties.
• Take responsibility for area 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.
• Oversee the delivery of project services and deliverables to meet client expectations. Lead and/or participate in project teams as project manager, transit/rail QA/QC, transit/rail advisor, and/or transit/rail lead.
• 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.
• Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• A minimum of 20 years' experience in the transit / rail field is preferred.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• 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. 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.

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

Primary Location: United States-Utah-Salt Lake City

Industry: Transit

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Transit Engineering

Job Posting: Oct 13, 2025