Transmission Team Lead

HDR Engineering is looking for a Transmission Team Lead to join our growing and nationally ranked team of Power Delivery professionals. The primary role of a Transmission Team Lead includes managing all aspects of transmission engineering projects of all sizes and complexity, including scope and/or proposal development, project team development and assignment, project execution, project closeout, and quality control, schedule, and budget management. You will also be supervising and growing a local team of engineers and technicians to support projects and engaging in business development activities to support existing and new clients in the region.

Primary Responsibilities As Transmission Team Lead, we'll count on you to:

• Be responsible for establishing the Power Delivery relationship with one or more local, key clients. This includes overseeing project execution, driving quality and delivery for that client, technical leadership, marketing new opportunities, and profitability to achieve business objectives.
• Supervise and continue to grow a local transmission team of engineers and designers and provide oversight over workload, quality, utilization, team morale, training, and performing annual performance reviews of team members.
• Understand basic project management tools and techniques including client goals and objectives, contract types and project risk, work breakdown structures, project scope, schedule, and budget, financial management and controls, including earned value, and project closeout.
• Collaborate with substation team members across the region and nationally and balance staff workload, quality, utilization, team morale, and training.
• Establish a network of relationships with technical peers in other offices and leverage those relationships and resources in work-sharing opportunities.
• Coordinate with marketing and technical leadership for business development.
• Must thoroughly understand and implement the HDR Quality Management Systems (QMS) requirements, processes, and procedures.
• May also be responsible for overseeing non-engineering components of projects, including public involvement, environmental permitting, right of way acquisition, construction management, and other services.
• Works independently and may direct, mentor, train, and/or supervise one or more Project Engineers, Engineers in Training, and/or junior design staff.
• Perform client management, project management and/or technical support activities. Represent HDR to support marketing and proposal development for new opportunities. Some travel for business development and execution may be required.
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications Project Management Professional (PMP) or ability to obtain is desired. Professional Engineer (P.E.) license preferred. Existing familiarity with Idaho based utilities is desired.

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience A minimum of 7 years experience Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role Strong communication and listening skills Ability to handle multiple assignments Good leadership and organizational skills An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must