Water Program Manager - Data Centers

Water Program Manager – Data Centers

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. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout the company and within our communities. We ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world?

We have an exceptional opportunity for a Water Infrastructure Program Manager 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. The position manages teams working to complete tasks from front‑end site due‑diligence evaluation, consulting, planning, and detailed design support through construction administration and commissioning phases of data center projects. Services may include planning/consulting (due diligence/campus planning phase), design (including construction administration and commissioning phases), and O&M/retrofit scopes.

The Program Manager will also support water sustainability initiatives as aligned by client goals.

• Collaborate with practices and professional discipline groups across HDR on staff assignments, technical services, activity to continually improve standards and best practices, and implementation of effective quality assurance and quality control 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, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, safety planning, risk mitigation, and overall excellent client experience.
• Coordinate new potential task orders with the client and HDR’s Tech/Media/Telecom (TMT) business development teams, and grow HDR’s water‑related work for data center clients.
• Travel estimated at 20‑30 %.

• Incorporate HDR Corporate 2027 Goals and specific strategic vision into the data center / mission‑critical market to become the industry leader.
• Communicate strategic and growth business plans to meet key financial objectives of the TMT sector 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.
• Cultivate long‑term, sustainable, value‑based client relationships. May expand to include partners such as subconsultants, water treatment vendors, and equipment manufacturers.

• Take on PM and Principal in Charge (PIC) assignments that leverage leadership to drive client satisfaction, staff development, technical excellence, and mentoring.
• Manage day‑to‑day activities of project‑based team members to meet deadlines and deliver high quality work.
• Identify key staff to support new opportunities and facilitate work sharing among HDR groups.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to staff working on data center projects.
• Facilitate development and dissemination of lessons learned, standards & practices, and other key delivery guidance/tools.

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental, Civil or other similar engineering…