Stormwater Business Class Lead

Henningson Durham & Richardson Pc is seeking a Stormwater Business Class Lead in New York, NY. The role involves providing leadership in stormwater services, managing projects, and enhancing the visibility of HDR's Stormwater Program. Responsibilities include coordinating staff across offices, business development, and ensuring compliance with state regulations. The position emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion within the workplace and aims to impact communities positively.
About the position

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? Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. The primary responsibility of the Stormwater Business Class Lead (the Lead) will be to provide in-house leadership and guidance as it relates to stormwater services as well as delivering projects for clients related to stormwater work and growing the external visibility of HDR's Stormwater Program. This role is responsible for supporting the overall vision and strategy of multiple offices. The Lead will function as a liaison and coordinator for staff across different sections and offices to deliver projects and proposals with innovation, applicable standards and relevant resumes included. The Lead will also be required to manage projects and provide production support on projects in addition to business development responsibilities. This role is responsible for identifying and executing, with teams of staff, the multiple HDR services needed by municipal and utility operated stormwater programs throughout New York and New Jersey as well as internal services including, but not limited to: study and design of stormwater management facilities, site drainage, storm sewers, Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI), best management practices (BMPs) for water quality treatment, Low Impact Development (LID), understanding of interior and coastal flood risks, applying hydrologic and stormwater/drainage modeling, participating in capturing planning processes and/or driving business development opportunities, helping local offices with recruiting, identifying professional organizations and conferences for staff participation, fostering relationships with local urban resiliency and stormwater clients and professionals, organizing and disseminating industry best practices to project teams and sections of staff, driving and participating in national Stormwater related initiatives, leading comprehensive stormwater management and master planning, and/or watershed planning, understanding state stormwater regulations and manuals, and applying asset management applications and tools. 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 Local Water Business Group and the National Stormwater Business Class Director.

Responsibilities
• Provide in-house leadership and guidance related to stormwater services.
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• Deliver projects for clients related to stormwater work.
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• Grow the external visibility of HDR's Stormwater Program.
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• Support the overall vision and strategy of multiple offices.
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• Function as a liaison and coordinator for staff across different sections and offices.
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• Manage projects and provide production support on projects.
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• Identify and execute HDR services needed by municipal and utility operated stormwater programs.
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• Study and design stormwater management facilities.
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• Design site drainage and storm sewers.
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• Implement Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) and best management practices (BMPs) for water quality treatment.
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• Apply Low Impact Development (LID) techniques.
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• Understand interior and coastal flood risks and apply hydrologic modeling.
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• Participate in planning processes and drive business development opportunities.
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• Assist local offices with recruiting as needed.
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• Identify professional organizations and conferences for staff participation.
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• Foster relationships with local urban resiliency and stormwater clients and professionals.
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• Organize and disseminate industry best practices to project teams.
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• Drive and participate in national Stormwater related initiatives.
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• Lead comprehensive stormwater management and master planning, and/or watershed planning.
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• Understand state stormwater regulations and manuals.
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• Apply asset management applications and tools.

Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
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• 10 years of experience in relevant field.
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• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
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• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
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• Experience in development and management of diverse teams.
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• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
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• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.

Nice-to-haves
• Experience with green infrastructure design in New York City.
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• PE in NY and/or NJ.
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• Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydraulics, Water Resources, or a related field.
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• 15+ years total professional experience.
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• Experience in conceptual, preliminary and final design of drainage and stormwater projects, and development of construction documents.
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• Experience with hydrology, hydraulic/drainage design and stormwater facility design software.
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• Ability to function as a leader and an active team player in a diverse multidisciplinary environment.
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• Experience giving presentations to clients and external and internal professionals.
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• Experience with liaising and coordinating staff at all levels of experience.
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• Experience with business development.

Benefits
• Medical insurance
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• Dental insurance
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• Vision insurance
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• Short and long-term disability
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• Life insurance
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• Employee assistance program
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• Paid time away
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• Parental leave
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• Paid holidays
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• Retirement savings plan with employer match
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• Employee referral bonus
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• Tuition reimbursement