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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. The position will be involved with all aspects of HDR's power delivery AD program and will drive collaboration between HDR's global power delivery staff and our construction teaming partners, 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.

Primary responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Power Sector AD Director, provide overall leadership and responsibility for elevating the power delivery AD program within HDR's West Region (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii).
• 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 alignment with HDR's goals and initiatives.
• Lead and drive development of a power delivery FEED team to evaluate and mitigate technical risk of AD opportunities prior to and during Go/No-Go decisions. The FEED team may include substation physical, substation electrical, transmission structural/foundation, distribution and/or site civil practitioners.
• Review AD project intel, opportunities and RFPs with technical teams to estimate technical investments prior to Go/No-Go discussions.
• Assist in Go/No-Go discussions, project risk assessments, SOQs, proposals, interviews, and negotiations as required.
• Drive development of scope, schedule, and budget with a focus on AD-specific activities and risks (procurement, construction support, critical path scheduling, etc.).
• 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 quality in engineering, environmental, real estate, geospatial and construction support services for AD projects.
• Drive development of AD project teams, including AD project managers, technical leaders, project controls and commercial managers.
• Serve as a senior advisor during AD project execution, providing project delivery support including contract administration and management.
• May serve as Project Manager or Engineering Manager on select power delivery projects, including both AD and traditional design-bid-build delivery.
• Provide oversight of a production section including project delivery, staffing, recruiting, quality, utilization, workload forecasting, work-sharing, safety and morale.
• Mentor and develop other employees.
• Perform other duties as needed.
• Report to Power Sector Alternative Delivery Director.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil and/or Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or similar education/experience.
• 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 preferred.
• Understanding of contractual risk and mitigation in AD models.
• Proven experience managing projects, client relationships, proposals, and business development.
• Self-starter with excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem solving, and collaboration skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and conferencing platforms (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.).
• Position requires up to 30% travel.
• Professional Engineer licensure or DBIA certification preferred.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 10 years related experience
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
• Ability to interact with various design teams; strong organizational, project management and communication skills
• Active participant in an employee-owned culture

What We Believe

HDR is our company. We build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day, shaping our collaborative culture and client relationships.

Our Commitment

As employee-owners, we create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups foster belonging and contribution, with executive sponsorship. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and compensation varies by skills, experience and location.

Primary Location: United States-Montana-Billings

Other Locations: United States-Washington-Pasco, United States-Washington-Bellevue, United States-Montana-Butte, United States-California-Long Beach, United States-Oregon-Bend, United States-California-Sacramento, United States-Oregon-Salem, United States-Arizona-Tucson, United States-Montana-Missoula, United States-Utah-Salt Lake City, United States-Washington-Olympia, United States-Washington-Vancouver, United States-California-Irvine, United States-Hawaii-Honolulu, United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-California-San Francisco, United States-Washington-Everett, United States-Nevada-Reno, United States-Idaho-Coeur d'Alene, United States-California-Walnut Creek, United States-Montana-Kalispell, United States-California-Folsom, United States-Oregon-Portland, United States-Montana-Bozeman, United States-Washington-Gig Harbor, United States-California-Los Angeles, United States-Alaska-Anchorage, United States-Idaho-Boise, United States-Washington-Seattle, United States-Nevada-Las Vegas, United States-Montana-Helena, United States-Washington-Spokane, United States-California-San Diego

Industry: Power

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Transmission/Distribution Eng

Job Posting: Oct 7, 2025

EEO statement: HDR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.