West Region Alternative Delivery Lead

Overview

HDR is seeking a West Region Alternative Delivery Lead within the Power Sector, Power Delivery Practice to be part of our national Alternative Delivery (AD) Leadership Team. AD includes delivery models such as Design-Build (DB)/Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC), Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Construction Manager-General Contractor (CMGC)/Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). This position will be involved with all aspects of HDR's power delivery AD program, driving collaboration between HDR’s global power delivery staff and construction partners, and focusing on mitigating engineering risks associated with AD projects.

The primary duties include planning, pursuing, managing, and delivering all aspects of power delivery AD projects within the electric transmission, substation, distribution, and renewables (medium/high voltage) markets.

• Provide overall leadership and responsibility for elevating the power delivery AD program within HDR’s West Region, covering multiple states including Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii, in collaboration with the Power Sector AD Director.
• Partner with business development, operations and technical leadership to develop new opportunities, markets and staffing plans.
• Drive teaming agreement negotiations with potential construction partners in coordination with AD Director, operations and legal counsel, aligning with HDR’s business goals.
• Lead and drive development of a power delivery FEED (front-end engineering and design) team to evaluate and mitigate technical risk of AD opportunities prior to and during Go/No-Go evaluations. The FEED team may include substation physical, substation electrical, transmission structural/foundation, distribution and/or site civil specialists.
• Collaborate with technical teams to review AD project intelligence, opportunities and RFPs to estimate technical investments prior to the Go/No-Go decision.
• Assist in Go/No-Go discussions, project risk assessments, Statements of Qualifications (SOQs), proposals, interviews and negotiations as required.
• Guide pursuit teams in scope, schedule and budget development, focusing on activities and risks unique to AD projects (e.g., procurement support, construction support, critical path scheduling).
• Provide AD best-practice guidance to pursuit and project delivery teams.
• Collaborate with HDR regional and area operations leaders, market sector leaders, practice leaders, project managers, commercial managers and project teams to deliver high-quality engineering, environmental, real estate, geospatial and construction support services for power delivery AD projects.
• Develop AD project teams, including AD project managers, technical leads, project controls and commercial managers, with roles identified in coordination with the AD leadership team.
• Act as a senior advisor during AD project execution, providing project delivery support including contract administration and management.
• Serve as Project Manager or Engineering Manager on select power delivery projects, including both AD and traditional design-bid-build delivery.
• Oversee a production section including project delivery, staffing, recruiting, quality, utilization, workload forecasting, work-sharing and morale.
• Mentor and develop other employees; perform other duties as needed.
• Report to the Power Sector Alternative Delivery Director.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil and/or Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of power delivery experience.
• Minimum 5 years building and/or managing engineering teams on EPC projects.
• Strong leadership and project management experience with multiple remote teams.
• Understanding of contractual risk and mitigation strategies in AD models.
• Proven experience managing projects, client relationships, proposals and business development.
• Self-starter with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem-solving and collaboration skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and…