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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, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. We constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story: https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience.
This key leadership role functions in partnership with some of the best and brightest water professionals in the industry, leading large and complex infrastructure projects in the Central and West Regions with a focus on hydraulic tunnel engineering.
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 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
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
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 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, desired
Excellent marketing and business development skills in addition to 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 modelling (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
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., Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license)
MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
An attitude and 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, fostering collaborative culture, organizational trust, and closer connections to clients and communities.
Our Commitment As employee owners, we all play a role in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work every day.
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.
Location Primary Location: United States-Wisconsin-Madison
Other Locations: United States-Oklahoma, United States-Texas-Round Rock, United States-South Dakota-Rapid City, United States-Minnesota, United States-Washington-Bellevue, United States-Wyoming-Cheyenne, United States-Missouri-Kansas City, United States-South Dakota-Sioux Falls, United States-Oregon, United States-California-Long Beach, United States-Minnesota-Saint Louis Park, United States-Hawaii, United States-Wyoming, United States-Oregon-Salem, United States-Louisiana-New Orleans, United States-Texas-Fort Worth, United States-Montana-Missoula, United States-Wisconsin, United States-New Mexico-Albuquerque, United States-Texas-Houston, United States-Michigan, United States-California-Irvine, United States-Missouri-Columbia, United States-Washington-Tacoma, United States-Nevada, United States-Nevada-Reno, United States-Colorado-Fort Collins, United States-Colorado, United States-Iowa-Des Moines, United States-California-Folsom, United States-Oregon-Portland, United States-Washington, United States-Montana-Bozeman, United States-Texas-El Paso, United States-Arizona, United States-Colorado-Durango, United States-Utah, United States-Alaska-Anchorage, United States-Texas-Corpus Christi, United States-Louisiana, United States-Minnesota-Minneapolis, United States-Washington-Seattle, United States-New Mexico, United States-Nevada-Las Vegas, United States-Montana-Billings, United States-Texas-Dallas, United States-California, United States-Washington-Spokane, United States-California-San Diego, United States-Iowa-Cedar Rapids, United States-Michigan-Lansing, United States-Washington-Pasco, United States-Nebraska, United States-California-Riverside, United States-Texas-Austin, United States-Texas, United States-Nebraska-Omaha, United States-Colorado-Denver, United States-Oregon-Bend, United States-Illinois-Springfield, United States-California-Sacramento, United States-Texas-Brownsville, United States-Missouri-St Louis, United States-Alaska, United States-California-Pasadena, United States-South Dakota, United States-Arizona-Tucson, United States-Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States-Indiana, United States-Utah-Salt Lake City, United States-North Dakota, United States-Washington-Olympia, United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs, United States-Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States-Hawaii-Honolulu, United States-Michigan-Detroit, United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-North Dakota-Bismarck, United States-Idaho, United States-Washington-Everett, United States-Montana, United States-California-Walnut Creek, United States-Illinois, United States-Louisiana-Baton Rouge, United States-Illinois-Chicago, United States-California-Los Angeles, United States-Missouri, United States-Idaho-Boise, United States-Iowa, United States-Texas-San Antonio, United States-Washington-Edmonds, United States-California-Ventura
Industry Water
Schedule Full-time
Employee Status Regular
Business Class Pump Stations and Pipelines
Job Posting Oct 13, 2025
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.
Referral Opportunities Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at HDR by 2x.
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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, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. We constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story: https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience.
This key leadership role functions in partnership with some of the best and brightest water professionals in the industry, leading large and complex infrastructure projects in the Central and West Regions with a focus on hydraulic tunnel engineering.
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 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
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
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 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, desired
Excellent marketing and business development skills in addition to 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 modelling (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
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., Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license)
MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
An attitude and 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, fostering collaborative culture, organizational trust, and closer connections to clients and communities.
Our Commitment As employee owners, we all play a role in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work every day.
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.
Location Primary Location: United States-Wisconsin-Madison
Other Locations: United States-Oklahoma, United States-Texas-Round Rock, United States-South Dakota-Rapid City, United States-Minnesota, United States-Washington-Bellevue, United States-Wyoming-Cheyenne, United States-Missouri-Kansas City, United States-South Dakota-Sioux Falls, United States-Oregon, United States-California-Long Beach, United States-Minnesota-Saint Louis Park, United States-Hawaii, United States-Wyoming, United States-Oregon-Salem, United States-Louisiana-New Orleans, United States-Texas-Fort Worth, United States-Montana-Missoula, United States-Wisconsin, United States-New Mexico-Albuquerque, United States-Texas-Houston, United States-Michigan, United States-California-Irvine, United States-Missouri-Columbia, United States-Washington-Tacoma, United States-Nevada, United States-Nevada-Reno, United States-Colorado-Fort Collins, United States-Colorado, United States-Iowa-Des Moines, United States-California-Folsom, United States-Oregon-Portland, United States-Washington, United States-Montana-Bozeman, United States-Texas-El Paso, United States-Arizona, United States-Colorado-Durango, United States-Utah, United States-Alaska-Anchorage, United States-Texas-Corpus Christi, United States-Louisiana, United States-Minnesota-Minneapolis, United States-Washington-Seattle, United States-New Mexico, United States-Nevada-Las Vegas, United States-Montana-Billings, United States-Texas-Dallas, United States-California, United States-Washington-Spokane, United States-California-San Diego, United States-Iowa-Cedar Rapids, United States-Michigan-Lansing, United States-Washington-Pasco, United States-Nebraska, United States-California-Riverside, United States-Texas-Austin, United States-Texas, United States-Nebraska-Omaha, United States-Colorado-Denver, United States-Oregon-Bend, United States-Illinois-Springfield, United States-California-Sacramento, United States-Texas-Brownsville, United States-Missouri-St Louis, United States-Alaska, United States-California-Pasadena, United States-South Dakota, United States-Arizona-Tucson, United States-Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States-Indiana, United States-Utah-Salt Lake City, United States-North Dakota, United States-Washington-Olympia, United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs, United States-Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States-Hawaii-Honolulu, United States-Michigan-Detroit, United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-North Dakota-Bismarck, United States-Idaho, United States-Washington-Everett, United States-Montana, United States-California-Walnut Creek, United States-Illinois, United States-Louisiana-Baton Rouge, United States-Illinois-Chicago, United States-California-Los Angeles, United States-Missouri, United States-Idaho-Boise, United States-Iowa, United States-Texas-San Antonio, United States-Washington-Edmonds, United States-California-Ventura
Industry Water
Schedule Full-time
Employee Status Regular
Business Class Pump Stations and Pipelines
Job Posting Oct 13, 2025
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.
Referral Opportunities Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at HDR by 2x.
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