Area Airfield Design Business Class Leader

Area Airfield Design Business Class Leader

We are seeking a leader to develop, coordinate, and elevate our airfield design business class services, ensuring top‑quality delivery of projects and strengthening our aviation services.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for area‑wide development, coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of airfield business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers.
• Collaborate with area and company operations, marketing and management on business class efforts.
• Develop and lead business class practice and professional discipline groups, and project teams.
• Participate in and contribute to annual business plan development, partnering with market sector and business group leadership to manage business plan goals throughout the year.
• Internally and externally recruit, develop and retain aviation staff in accordance with Market Sector needs and strategy.
• Oversee delivery of project services and deliverables to meet client expectations, workload leveling needs and best‑practice application.
• Responsible for overseeing design deliverables with technical accuracy and quality control.
• Serve as an ambassador for our internal quality program for airfield design business class services and oversee QA/QC procedures.
• Oversee project teams to successfully deliver on a variety of projects.
• Oversee the writing of technical reports, presentations, and other materials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Proficient in aviation planning and design principles.
• Demonstrated history in successfully leading teams on complex airport / airfield projects.
• Experience with FAA and US DoD Aviation design criteria.
• Experience with large, multi‑disciplined programs at hub airports.
• Geographic diversity of experience throughout the US.
• Knowledge of aviation market in Florida, including client relationships and past project experience.
• Excellent analytical, communication, leadership, planning and mentoring skills.
• Master's degree.
• PMP certification.
• Preference given to local candidates.
• Attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture.

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.
• Attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture.

Primary location: United States‑Florida‑Tampa.

HDR is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest, and conviction records.