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Primary Responsibilities
HDR is seeking a Transit Practice Lead for the Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas Area, who will be responsible for managing and expanding our transportation consulting business with transit agency clients. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to contribute to the overall growth of an established and growing transit consulting practice that is an important part of HDR's global transportation business.
The primary responsibility of the Area Transit Practice Lead is to maintain and grow HDR's transit consulting business with transit clients in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas for all modes of public transit - BRT, streetcar, LRT, enhanced bus, commuter rail, and conventional buses - and also involving transit stations, terminals, and maintenance and storage facilities. Service areas will include: transit planning, funding support, corridor and feasibility studies, preliminary design, environmental, detail design/PS&E, and construction services. Related responsibilities include client relationship building, developing and implementing marketing strategies, raising the profile of HDR, identifying and pursuing opportunities, and overall financial performance of the market sector.
Additional duties include:
The Transit Practice Lead will report to the Area Transportation Business Group Manager. In addition, the Leader will work closely with HDR's transportation technical (business class and section) leaders in a collaborative team environment.
The Transit Practice Lead will also function as a Project Manager (PM), leading transit and other transportation-related projects. The PM has responsibility for successful project delivery as it relates to schedule and budget and for representing client's interests in a competent and professional manner to public officials, citizen groups, and other necessary stakeholders. In this capacity, you will lead and support multi-disciplinary transit projects that may include Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail, Streetcar, Commuter Rail, or transit support facilities and will:
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Why HDR
At HDR, we know work isn't only about who you work for it's also about what you do and how you do it. Led by the strength of our values and a culture shaped by employee ownership, we network with each other, build on each other's contributions, and collaborate together to make great things possible. When you join HDR, we give you license to do the same. We help you take charge of your career, giving you multiple growth opportunities along the way.