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Central / West Tunnel Practice Lead

HDR, Everett, Washington, us, 98213

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HDR is committed to an inclusive environment where employee-owners are valued and empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. This role focuses on hydraulic tunnel engineering within HDR’s Water Business Group, leading large-scale trenchless projects in the Central and West Regions. The Central/West Tunnel Practice Lead will partner with top water professionals, oversee trenchless discipline work, support client relations, and participate in project development and contract document preparation. Regular travel may be required to support project execution, business development, and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

Direct involvement and oversight on select projects to manage tunnel related services

Advising on and review of alternatives analyses and feasibility studies related to tunnels

Risk Management and risk 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 Sequential Excavation Method (SEM) and the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM)

Collaboration with HDR’s WBG Tunnel Practice Lead our 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

Technologies for 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

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a strategic and technical expert. The role supports the tunnel practice focusing on execution, supervision and planning of tunneling projects and manages client relationships. Regular travel may be required to support project execution, ongoing business development, and to meet with internal and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

10 years related experience

A minimum 5 years project management experience

Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered (e.g., PE or P.Eng)

MS Office and MS Project experience (Access would be a plus)

Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills

An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture

Preferred Qualifications

Masters 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

Wide varieties of ground conditions

Applications of various approaches and technologies such as SEM, NATM, SCL, EPBM, and cut-and-cover techniques

Track record of industry-facing publications and professional involvement

Ph.D. in engineering or related field

Experience managing staff, clients and contracts in an engineering consulting firm

Excellent marketing and business development skills and professional network in the discipline

Experience with numerical analysis tools (e.g., FLAC, UDEC, PHASES2, PLAXIS 2D/3D, MIDAS GTS, MODFLOW) is a plus

Ground-structure-interaction modelling (FEM or similar)

Experience in large-scale underground projects, urban tunneling, tunnel rehabilitation

Prior experience with construction or contractor environments

What We Believe and Our Commitment: HDR is committed to employment equity and is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide a comprehensive benefits package and compensation details are available in the posting.

Location and Schedule Primary Location: United States-Wisconsin-Madison. Other locations listed reflect HDR’s nationwide opportunities.

Industry: Water | Schedule: Full-time | Employee Status: Regular

This position is subject to HDR’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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