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Central / West Tunnel Practice Lead
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At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.
We believe water is more than a resource; it is a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you will help shape how communities manage water for generations to come, supporting public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience.
Primary Responsibilities
Direct involvement and oversight on select tunneling projects to manage tunnel-related services
Advise on and review alternatives analyses and feasibility studies related to tunnels
Risk management and awareness of the WBG tunneling portfolio
Subconsultant vetting and working with teams for subconsultant risk management, including required Quality Assurance activities and scope provisions
Assessment and enhancement of HDR’s capabilities regarding tunnel construction and trenchless technologies, including expertise with SEM and NATM
Collaborate with HDR’s WBG Tunnel Practice Lead and Geotechnical Cross Sector
Verify qualifications and training of field staff assigned to construction-phase services related to tunnels
Secondary Responsibilities
Cost engineering support
Skills and bench-depth management for tunnel instrumentation, mechanical, civil, and mechanical consulting and design support for projects
Assessing terrestrial and marine construction capabilities
Numerical modeling to support tunnel projects, including modeling of ground/structure interaction and underpinning of buildings and utilities
Technology coordination/production of design calculations, design products, and contract documents
Site characterization and geotechnical evaluations
Construction engineering support
Inspections and condition assessments
Resiliency, operations, and emergency response issues
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree
Ability to communicate and coordinate work within an integrated multidisciplinary team
Applicable experience in U.S.-focused tunneling design and construction, leading the design and construction of tunnels and underground facilities for major projects, rock mechanics, soil mechanics, and geotechnical engineering, a wide variety of ground conditions, and applications of various approaches and technologies such as SEM, NATM, SCL, EPBM, and cut-and-cover techniques
Track record of industry-facing publication and presentation of technical papers and active participation in professional organizations
Ph.D. in engineering or related field
Previous experience managing staff, clients and contracts, and hiring staff for an engineering consulting firm is desired
Excellent marketing and business development skills with contacts/relationships in respective business class discipline
Experience in numerical analysis such as FLAC, UDEC, PHASES2, PLAXIS 2D & 3D, MIDAS GTS, MODFLOW, etc. is a plus
Ground-structure-interaction modeling (FEM or similar)
Experience in large-scale underground projects, urban tunneling, tunnel rehabilitation
Prior working experience in construction or working for a contractor
Robust interpersonal skills and professional demeanor appropriate for interacting with clients, other design professionals and colleagues
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
10 years related experience
Minimum 5 years project management experience
Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered (e.g., Professional Engineer (PE) license)
MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be a plus)
Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
Commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must
What We Believe HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other’s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day.
Our Commitment As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Benefits We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success, including medical, dental, vision, short and long‑term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.
Primary Location United States-Wisconsin-Madison
At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.
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Central / West Tunnel Practice Lead
role at
HDR
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.
We believe water is more than a resource; it is a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you will help shape how communities manage water for generations to come, supporting public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience.
Primary Responsibilities
Direct involvement and oversight on select tunneling projects to manage tunnel-related services
Advise on and review alternatives analyses and feasibility studies related to tunnels
Risk management and awareness of the WBG tunneling portfolio
Subconsultant vetting and working with teams for subconsultant risk management, including required Quality Assurance activities and scope provisions
Assessment and enhancement of HDR’s capabilities regarding tunnel construction and trenchless technologies, including expertise with SEM and NATM
Collaborate with HDR’s WBG Tunnel Practice Lead and Geotechnical Cross Sector
Verify qualifications and training of field staff assigned to construction-phase services related to tunnels
Secondary Responsibilities
Cost engineering support
Skills and bench-depth management for tunnel instrumentation, mechanical, civil, and mechanical consulting and design support for projects
Assessing terrestrial and marine construction capabilities
Numerical modeling to support tunnel projects, including modeling of ground/structure interaction and underpinning of buildings and utilities
Technology coordination/production of design calculations, design products, and contract documents
Site characterization and geotechnical evaluations
Construction engineering support
Inspections and condition assessments
Resiliency, operations, and emergency response issues
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree
Ability to communicate and coordinate work within an integrated multidisciplinary team
Applicable experience in U.S.-focused tunneling design and construction, leading the design and construction of tunnels and underground facilities for major projects, rock mechanics, soil mechanics, and geotechnical engineering, a wide variety of ground conditions, and applications of various approaches and technologies such as SEM, NATM, SCL, EPBM, and cut-and-cover techniques
Track record of industry-facing publication and presentation of technical papers and active participation in professional organizations
Ph.D. in engineering or related field
Previous experience managing staff, clients and contracts, and hiring staff for an engineering consulting firm is desired
Excellent marketing and business development skills with contacts/relationships in respective business class discipline
Experience in numerical analysis such as FLAC, UDEC, PHASES2, PLAXIS 2D & 3D, MIDAS GTS, MODFLOW, etc. is a plus
Ground-structure-interaction modeling (FEM or similar)
Experience in large-scale underground projects, urban tunneling, tunnel rehabilitation
Prior working experience in construction or working for a contractor
Robust interpersonal skills and professional demeanor appropriate for interacting with clients, other design professionals and colleagues
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
10 years related experience
Minimum 5 years project management experience
Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered (e.g., Professional Engineer (PE) license)
MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be a plus)
Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
Commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must
What We Believe HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other’s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day.
Our Commitment As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Benefits We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success, including medical, dental, vision, short and long‑term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.
Primary Location United States-Wisconsin-Madison
At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.
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