Senior Routing and Siting Project Manager

Senior Routing and Siting Project Manager - ( )

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?

HDR Engineering is currently seeking a Senior Routing and Siting Project Manager to join our growing and nationally ranked team of Environmental and Power Delivery professionals in our Mid-Atlantic area, specifically the state of Virginia.

Primary Responsibilities

In the role of Senior Routing and Siting Project Manager, we'll count on you to:

• Lead renewables and substation siting efforts as well as transmission line routing and siting for projects in HDR's Northeast Region and across the country.
• Manage and provide technical leadership on projects, overseeing all aspects of larger and more complex projects.
• Grow a high-performing team to help execute these projects.
• Act as a client manager for select clients.
• Lead risk management activities for both contract reviews and project deliverables.
• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams which could include engineers, attorneys, planners, permitting and environmental specialists, and real estate experts.
• Perform routing/siting studies and analyses and prepare associated reports.
• Prepare and monitor project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Provide advice and direction on state filing requirements.
• Prepare state-specific siting applications.
• Prepare state environmental review, National Environmental Policy Act, and other environmental documents.
• Travel on average 20% of the time expected.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in linear projects involving land acquisition, routing or environmental planning.
• Prefer a minimum of 8 years writing proposals, developing scopes of work, budget, and schedules for complex environmental projects with multi-disciplinary teams and multi-agency efforts.
• Experience preparing applications for submittal to state utility regulatory agencies in the PJM footprint.
• Experience preparing and providing expert witness testimony.
• Experience and understanding of permit requirements in one or more states in HDR's Northeast Region.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and research abilities.
• Ability to support multiple complex and time sensitive projects effectively.
• Identify and resolve issues effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to interact with design and construction teams in a positive and proactive manner.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 10 years related experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of project management experience.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software.
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) 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.