Water Program Manager - Data Centers

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We have an exceptional opportunity for a Water Infrastructure Program Manager (PgmM), focused on developing, coordinating, and delivering water infrastructure consulting, design projects and tasks for data center clients. The role will coordinate and collaborate with teams inside HDR to support water infrastructure oriented tasks including environmental, permitting, industrial water/wastewater treatment, building architecture, and other expertise from all HDR’s service areas relating to data center water infrastructure.

The role will also work with vendors and subconsultants as needed.

This role includes program development, planning, and project delivery responsibilities supporting water infrastructure relating to designing and constructing data centers for a specific client or set of clients. This position will manage teams working to complete tasks from front‑end site due‑diligence evaluation, consulting, planning, and detailed design support through the construction administration and commissioning phases of data center projects.

• Planning/consulting (due diligence/campus planning phase)
• Design (including construction administration and commissioning phases)
• O&M/retrofit scopes
• Support water sustainability initiatives as aligned by client goals
• Collaborate with practices and professional discipline groups across HDR on staff assignments, technical services, activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implementation of effective QA/QC procedures
• Balance the fast pace and variable environment of working with data center clients
• Participate in and oversee the execution of consulting, planning, and design scope delivery, including overall performance, financial metrics for water infrastructure tasks, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, HDR task order safety planning, risk mitigation, and overall excellent client experience and satisfaction
• Day‑to‑day coordination of new potential task orders with the client and HDR’s TMT business development teams
• Work with TMT leadership and business development to grow HDR’s water‑related work for data center clients and continue growth as one of the top data center designers in the world
• Identify and develop opportunities and pursuits; interface with clients to formulate project approaches and develop detailed project scopes that meet client expectations

• Incorporate our HDR Corporate 2027 Goals and specific strategic vision within the data center / mission critical market to become the industry leader
• Communicate strategic and growth business plans to meet key financial objectives of our TMT sector specifically focused on Data Centers
• Serve as the Client Manager for water infrastructure scope with selected data center clients in North America and be active and visible in the industry

• Support business development and pursuit activities through identification of project opportunities, proposal development, presentation to clients and scope development/contract negotiations after selection; opportunities may include both new and existing sites
• Cultivate long‑term, sustainable, value‑based client relationships with clients; in time the role may expand to include partners such as subconsultants, water treatment vendors, and water treatment equipment manufacturers

• Take on Project Management (PM) and Principal in Charge (PIC) assignments that leverage this leadership role by driving client satisfaction, staff development, technical excellence and mentoring opportunities
• Manage day‑to‑day activities of project‑based team members and ensure they meet deadlines and deliver high quality work; may include assigning tasks, providing feedback, and facilitating collaboration
• Identify key staff to support new opportunities, including monitoring staff workload and facilitating work sharing among and between HDR groups; scope may expand to recruit new staff based on client project needs
• Provide mentorship and coaching to staff working on data center projects
• Facilitate…