Senior Project Manager - Transmission Routing and Siting

Senior Project Manager - Transmission Routing and Siting (190067)

At HDR, our employee‑owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, empowered to bring authentic ideas to work each day. We weave diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the company and communities, ensuring a sense of belonging. Our mission: electricity powers modern life. You will help shape how electricity is generated, transmitted and delivered as global demands grow.

• Opportunity to impact how regional and national energy needs are met
• Opportunity to own and develop your career with diverse projects
• Exposure to projects in sectors such as water, waste, transportation
• Become an employee‑owner and share in HDR’s success
• Participate in practice group developing recommended practices and professional development

• Develop buildable routing and siting solutions for utility and developer infrastructure
• Collaborate with project teams, including utility, developer staff and consultants
• Engage with stakeholders such as government agencies, regulators, communities, landowners
• Prepare testimony and technical documentation for defensible line routes and facility site selection
• Monitor project scope, schedule, and budget
• Train and mentor newer staff to produce client deliverables
• Build key relationships with HDR and utility staff
• Apply strategic thinking, networking, client relations and lead development
• Travel average 10‑20% of time expected
• Perform other duties as needed

• Prior experience managing and providing technical leadership on projects, looking for broader leadership overseeing complex projects
• Strong background in routing, siting, regulatory approvals for electric facilities; expert witness testimony experience desired

The successful candidate will perform non‑routine tasks on multiple projects, research, write concise technical documents, innovate, and follow through to completion. Must be detail‑oriented, organized, effective communicator, team player focused on quality and client service.

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning, environmental science, community planning, engineering, landscape architecture or related field
• Minimum 10 years of experience in linear projects involving land acquisition, routing or environmental planning
• Minimum 8 years experience writing proposals, developing scopes of work, budget and schedules for complex environmental projects with multi‑disciplinary teams and multi‑agency efforts focused on siting and routing studies
• Experience preparing applications for state utility regulatory agencies and system operators
• Experience providing expert witness testimony
• Understanding of permit requirements
• Strong conceptual, organizational, analytical, problem‑solving, and research abilities
• Ability to support multiple complex time‑sensitive projects effectively
• Identify and resolve issues efficiently
• Positive proactive interaction with design and construction teams

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 10 years related experience
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
• Excellent organizational, project management and communication skills
• Commitment to being an active participant of employee‑owned culture

Primary

Location:

United States‑Minnesota‑Saint Louis Park

Other Locations:
United States‑Wyoming‑Cheyenne, United States‑Missouri‑Kansas City, United States‑South Dakota‑Sioux Falls, United States‑Colorado‑Denver, United States‑Illinois‑Springfield, United States‑Missouri‑St. Louis, United States‑Michigan‑Ann Arbor, United States‑Iowa‑Council Bluffs, United States‑Colorado‑Colorado Springs, United States‑Missouri‑Columbia, United States‑Wisconsin‑Madison, United States‑North Dakota‑Bismarck, United States‑Illinois‑Rosemont, United States‑Colorado‑Fort Collins, United States‑Iowa‑Des Moines, United States‑Minnesota‑Thief River Falls, United States‑North Dakota‑Fargo, United States‑Illinois‑Chicago, United States‑Missouri‑Springfield, United States‑Wyoming‑Gillette, United States‑Minnesota‑Minneapolis, United States‑Indiana‑Indianapolis, United States‑Wyoming‑Lander, United States‑Michigan‑Lansing, United States‑Colorado‑Englewood

Power

Full‑time

Regular

Jan 7, 2026

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.

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