Oregon Transportation Planning Business Class Lead

HDR, Inc.
United States, Oregon, Portland
Mar 01, 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 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? 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. In the role of Transportation Planning Business Class Lead, we'll count on you to: * Implement the Oregon Transportation Planning Business Class vision at a statewide, county, and municipal level. * Serve as a key member of the Transportation Planning Business Class and be responsible for business development, pursuit management, and management of transportation planning projects of all sizes and complexities. * Lead projects and pursuit efforts for clients within the Oregon area including state DOTs, MPOs, Counties, and Municipalities. * Manage a group consisting of transportation planners and related professionals, in close coordination with the Area Transportation Leadership. * Take responsibility for the coordination, mentoring and development of area transportation planning staff, including morale, career development, and production of quality deliverables to meet client needs and market drivers. * Coordinate with grants team and take responsibility for leading and supporting transportation planning-related grant writing opportunities within the Oregon Area * Coordinate with the Pacific Northwest Transportation Planning Business Class Lead to support transportation planning pursuits in the Northwest region including Washington, Montana, Idaho, and Alaska. Function as a Project Manager; be responsible for maintaining project scopes/schedules/budgets and take on responsibility for production-level activities as needed. * Collaborate with HDR's 10 Transportation Planning Practice Groups to bring industry leading service to the Oregon Area. * Engage in high profile project pursuits involving extensive client interactions in coordination with the Oregon Area Business Development Leader. * Plan, direct and monitor all aspects of large multi-disciplinary transportation planning projects including, but not limited to long-range visioning, strategic and tactical planning, policy and systems planning, data analytics and modeling, multimodal and intermodal planning, and project development. Project types may include, but are not limited to program management contracts, long-range transportation plans, master plans, corridor studies, transit projects, freight plans, rail plans, intermodal/multimodal studies, traffic operational studies, managed lane studies, interchange justifications, Complete Streets/active transportation plans, and emerging mobility plans. * Lead scope, schedule and budget development and execution in conjunction with appropriate technical professionals in multiple transportation disciplines. * Understand local staff skill sets, including in other business classes, and leverage appropriate teams for project delivery. * Coordinate closely with other Oregon Area Business Classes (e.g., Traffic, Roadway, Environmental) and provide support for cross-discipline projects and pursuits as needed. * Provide ongoing project management and production-level support to other HDR Areas as needed. Coordinate with Transportation Planning Leadership in other Areas to proactively balance workloads as needed. * Actively drive open communication of current/projected production needs and collaborate with management to influence staffing and expertise levels. * Coordinate project staffing and workload management of the area transportation planning group; coordinate with the Pacific Northwest Transportation Planning Business Class Lead for regional workload planning/balancing/workshare opportunities as needed. * Participate in and provide input to the Annual Budgeting and Strategic Planning process in collaboration with Area, Regional, National, and Global leadership. * Collaborate with Geographic and Area Transportation Leadership for recruiting and hiring in the Transportation Planning Business Class. * Perform other duties as needed. Preferred Qualifications Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand Master's degree in Planning, Engineering, or related discipline Professional registration such as AICP, PE, PTOE, PTP, PMP preferred Highly collaborative with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts Required Qualifications 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 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. Primary Location : United States-Oregon-Portland Industry : Highway + Road Schedule : Full-time Employee Status : Regular BusinessClass : Transportation Planning Job Posting : Feb 26, 2025