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Southwest Region Wastewater Treatment Business Class Leader

HDR, Inc.
life insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement
United States, California, Irvine
3230 El Camino Real Ste 200 (Show on map)
Apr 28, 2025

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. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, 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. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.


HDR is currently looking for a Wastewater Treatment Business Class Leader for the Southwest Region that includes Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The Regional Wastewater Treatment Business Class Leader will collaborate with area water business group managers, area market sector leaders, national and regional business class leaders, project managers, subject matter experts, and business development teams to grow and develop our wastewater treatment practice. The Regional Business Class Leader will provide technical support to regional and national projects, active participation in national wastewater treatment practice groups, and active participation in National and Regional Wastewater Professional Organizations. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and technical skills to oversee the large wastewater treatment projects in the Southwest Region while providing guidance and mentorship to junior, mid-level, and senior engineers.

Primary Responsibilities

In the role of Regional Wastewater Treatment Business Class Leader, we'll count on you to:



  • Provide key leadership with strategic wastewater clients in the Southwest Region via technical workshops, professional organization involvement in regional conferences, committees, and other professional activities.
  • Provide leadership for large multi-disciplinary wastewater treatment projects including long-range visioning, strategic and tactical planning, policy planning, data analytics, process modeling, and project development. Project types may include program management, planning, Owner's Advisor, and detailed design.
  • Serve as client manager and project manager for regional and national projects as needed.
  • Lead or support scope development and execution in conjunction with appropriate technical professionals in multiple disciplines.
  • Participate in Project Approach and Resource Reviews (PARR) and provide guidance and follow-up as needed.
  • Identify Subject Matter Experts (SME) in the region that can support regional and national projects. Propose other national SMEs to support regional projects in new and emerging technologies.
  • Engage in high-profile project and contract pursuits that leverage the candidate's experience, technical expertise, and client relationships with Area Business Development Leaders, Client Managers, and other leadership.
  • Assist in managing a group consisting of wastewater treatment engineers and related professionals, in close coordination with Water Business Group leadership in the Southwest Region.
  • Provide coordination, mentoring, recruiting, and development of regional wastewater treatment staff and production of quality deliverables to meet client needs.
  • Serve as a key member of the Wastewater Treatment Business Class and participate in management of staff, business development, pursuit and management of major wastewater projects, and HDR's technical quality program.
  • Participate in and provide input to the Annual Budgeting, Strategic Planning, and Strategic Initiatives process in collaboration with Area, Regional, National, and Global leadership.
  • Assist HDR wastewater teams in other regions as needed through occasional workshop attendance, technical guidance and quality control in areas when the candidate is a subject matter expert.
  • Participate in internal wastewater practice groups and external professional societies and other organizations that promote the water industry.


This position can be in any of our Southwest offices and has the potential to be remote.


Preferred Qualifications


  • 15+ years of relevant experience with wastewater projects and programs strongly preferred.
  • Must have well-developed analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
  • Experience in the Wastewater Market Sector as a technical leader, project manager, and client manager.
  • Strong client relationships with water utilities in the Southwest United States.


Keywords: Wastewater Treatment, Business Development, Master and Facility Planning, Biosolids, Nutrient Removal, Water Reuse, Engineering, Civil, Environmental, Project Manager, Consulting, Construction.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
  • 10 years experience in related field
  • Maintains a professional or Engineering registration and has related technical experience
  • Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
  • Works cooperatively with other business class regional directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
  • Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
  • 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. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

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.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes 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. The expected compensation range for this position is $170,000 - $287,000 and depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.
Primary Location : United States-California-Irvine
Other Locations : United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-California-San Francisco, United States-Nevada, United States-Nevada-Reno, United States-California-Walnut Creek, United States-California-Long Beach, United States-California-Folsom, United States-Arizona, United States-California-Los Angeles, United States-Utah, United States-Arizona-Tucson, United States-Utah-Salt Lake City, United States-New Mexico, United States-Nevada-Las Vegas, United States-California, United States-California-San Diego, United States-New Mexico-Albuquerque
Industry : Water
Schedule : Full-time
Employee Status : Regular
BusinessClass : WW Treatment and Effluent Mgmt
Job Posting : Apr 28, 2025
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