Regional Construction Operations ManagerAt 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 foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? 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.HDR serves as the General Engineering Management Consultant (GEMC) to Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, supporting a multi-billion-dollar statewide transportation program across one of the nation's largest and most active toll highway systems. Working as an extension of Transportation Operations, our multidisciplinary team helps deliver major capital improvements while strengthening program delivery, operational performance, organizational effectiveness, and long-term workforce readiness. Our team offers opportunities to work alongside industry leaders on high-profile transportation projects while helping shape the future of one of Florida's premier transportation agencies.We are currently seeking a Regional Construction Operations Manager to join our team for this exciting program.The purpose of this role is to ensure construction activities (with a value of $2B within the Pompano Beach region spanning from Miami-Dade County to St.
Lucie County) are operationally ready, conflict-free, and customer-focused, and that construction decisions are made with full awareness of system-wide impacts, risks, and tradeoffs.The selected candidate will translate enterprise priorities into executable construction operations and provides decision-ready recommendations to the FDOT Operations Center Program Manager and GEC Program Leadership.In the role of Regional Construction Program Operations Manager, we'll count on you to be involved with:Serve as the program-level operational lead for all construction activities within the assigned region.Own the construction operational picture.Ensure construction activities align with enterprise safety, mobility, and reliability objectives.Coordinate construction activities with maintenance delivery, asset performance, incident response, and other operations functions.Identify and resolve operational conflicts between construction, maintenance, permitted work, and special events before they impact customers.Ensure no construction activity proceeds without proper Operations Center coordination and approval.Proactively identify construction-related operational risks affecting safety, mobility, schedule, or asset condition.Prepare completed staff work for escalations, including analysis, impacts, and recommended actions.Support the FDOT Operations Center Program Manager and GEC Program Leadership with timely, decision-ready information.Coordinate construction impacts and contractor response during incidents, emergencies, and severe weather events.Adjust or suspend construction activities as required to support incident response and system recovery.Participate in after-action reviews to improve future operational readiness.Serve as a primary construction operations liaison with FDOT, contractors, CEI firms, and internal stakeholders.Set clear expectations for construction operational performance and work zone quality.Support a predictable and professional operating environment for industry partners.Monitor construction-related operational performance metrics and trends.Identify recurring issues, root causes, and improvement opportunities.Support refinement of procedures, standards, and operational practices within the MCOC framework.Preferred Qualifications15 years experienceProfessional Engineer LicenseHas prior FDOT or Florida Turnpike experienceRequired QualificationsBachelor's degree in related field10 years related experienceA minimum of 5 years of project management experienceFamiliar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management softwareMust have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skillsAn attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a mustHDR 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 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.
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