Area Airfield Design Business Class Leader

Area Airfield Design Business Class Leader

Primary Location: Tampa, FL; Other Locations: Doral, West Palm Beach, Pensacola, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando, FL.

Employment Type: Full-time, Regular.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, monitor and improve 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.
• Lead business class practice and professional discipline groups, as well as project teams.
• Contribute to annual business plan development and partner with market sector and business group leadership to manage business plan goals.
• 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.
• Ensure design deliverables have technical accuracy and quality control.
• Act as ambassador for internal quality program for airfield design business class services and oversee QA/QC procedures.
• Lead project teams to successfully deliver on a variety of projects.
• Oversee the creation of technical reports, presentations and other materials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Proficiency in aviation planning and design principles.
• Demonstrated history of leading teams on complex airport/airfield projects.
• Experience with FAA and U.S. DoD aviation design criteria.
• Experience with large, multi‑disciplined programs at hub airports.
• Geographic diversity of experience throughout the U.S.
• Knowledge of the aviation market in Florida, including client relationships and past project experience.
• Excellent analytical, communication, leadership, planning and mentoring skills.
• PMP certification.
• Preference given to local candidates.
• Commitment to an active participation in an employee‑owned culture.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a professional, architectural, engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Commitment to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Maintenance of a professional or engineering registration and related technical experience.
• Experience in development and management of diverse teams.
• Cooperative work with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Commitment to active participation in an employee‑owned culture.

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.