Senior Project Manager - Transmission Routing and Siting

Senior Project Manager - Transmission Routing and Siting

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United States-Minnesota - Saint Louis Park

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

Environmental Sci and Planning

Jan 7, 2026

• Opportunity to have an impact on how regional and national energy needs are met
• Opportunity to own and develop your career with a variety of projects and challenges
• Opportunity and exposure to projects in different sectors including water, waste and transportation, for example
• Become an employee-owner and share in HDR’s success—open to all employees.
• Opportunity to participate in HDR’s practice group that develops and facilitates recommended practices and professional development

• Responsible for developing buildable routing and siting solutions to support utility and developer infrastructure
• Working with project teams including utility and developer staff and consultants
• Working with stakeholders including government agencies, regulators, communities and landowners
• Preparing testimony and technical documentation including studies to present defensible line route and facility site selection
• Preparing and monitoring project scope, schedule, and budget
• Working with and developing newer staff to produce client deliverables
• Building key relationships with HDR and utility staff
• Strategic thinking, networking, client relations and lead development
• Travel on average 10-20% of the time expected
• Perform other duties as needed

• The ideal candidate has prior experience managing and providing technical leadership on projects and is looking for a broader leadership role overseeing all aspects of larger and more complex projects. Candidates have the desire and drive to grow a high‑performing team to help execute these projects.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in routing, siting and supporting regulatory approvals for electric facilities. Expert witness testimony experience is desired.
• The successful candidate will be expected to perform non‑routine tasks on multiple projects simultaneously; contribute to researching and writing concise technical documents; assist with diverse projects and innovate and follow through to completion of all assigned and delegated tasks. This position requires the ability to work independently and as part of a team as well as complete tasks within tight deadlines.
  
  Applicants must be detail‑oriented, organized, effective communicators, and a team player with a strong focus 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 with a strong focus on siting and routing studies.
• Experience preparing applications for submittal to state utility regulatory agencies and…