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Stormwater Business Class Leader
2025-11-03 HDR San Diego,CAAt 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 work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
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The primary responsibility of the Stormwater Business Class Lead will be to provide in-house leadership and guidance as it relates to stormwater services as well as developing and delivering projects for clients related to stormwater work in the Southern California Region.
This role is responsible for the overall vision and strategy of the Stormwater team, will function as a supervisor to staff, manage projects and provide production on projects in addition to business development responsibilities.
This role is responsible for planning and design of stormwater and hydraulic design elements including, but not limited to:
- Stormwater management facilities;
- Site drainage;
- Storm drain design;
- Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI);
- Best management practices (BMPs) for water quality treatment;
- Low-impact development;
- Watershed planning; and
- Hydrologic and stormwater/drainage modeling.
- Perform other duties as needed
In this role, you will work closely with the project engineers to prepare both planning level and design level projects including drainage reports, and contract/bid documents; and work collaboratively with other design disciplines to provide integrated solutions and business development opportunities. This role reports to and works closely with the Water Resources Market Sector Lead. Keywords: Stormwater Business Class Lead, stormwater, drainage, Low Impact Development, Stormwater management facilities, Site drainage, Storm drain design, Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), watershed planning, hydrologic modeling, structural BMPs, infiltration, bioretention basins, bioswales, green streets, stormwater vaults. #LI-JC8
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydraulics, Water Resources, or a related field from an accredited four year college or university.
- CA Registered Professional Engineer License (PE)
- Proven business development in the Los Angeles Region, with an understanding of the Measure W Goals
- Experience in conceptual, preliminary and final design of drainage and stormwater
- Experience with Low Impact Development
- Experience with hydrology, hydraulic/drainage design and stormwater facility design software.
- Experience with the design of structural BMPs, including infiltration, bioretention basins, bioswales, green streets, and stormwater vaults
- Knowledge of Southern California water quality regulations and the Total Maximum Daily Load programs
- Experience with supervising staff
- A minimum of four years experience in the preparation of storm water reports and plans, specifications, and estimates in a design lead role
- Preference will be given to local candidates
- Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
- 10 years of experience
- Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
- Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience
- Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
- Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
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