Distribution Planning Sub-Business Class Leader

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We believe electricity powers modern life. As part of our Power sector, you'll help shape how electricity is generated, transmitted and delivered as global energy demands grow. From massive data centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation for more than a century. You'll work side-by-side with these experts and contribute to reliable, resilient and sustainable power systems, helping communities thrive and industries expand. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to drive infrastructure forward, power innovation and leave your mark on our energy future.

HDR Engineering is looking for a national Distribution Planning Sub-Business Class Leader. This position will directly report to corresponding Area Operations Leadership and have a dashed reporting line up to our national Distribution Business Class Lead. This position will focus on the protection and control design matters within the power delivery substation business class.

Professional Services is the "technical and consulting leadership" element of the Resources Business Group - the entity responsible to the Business Group President for creating a group of industry-recognized professional practitioners that is a competitive advantage in the marketplace, capable of solving the client's problems at competitive costs, reliable in the execution of quality professional services and client deliverables, and successful in the project management and delivery of contracted services.

The Distribution Planning Sub-Business Class Leader provides subject-matter expertise, an industry recognized reputation for professional accomplishment, and a strongly recognized internal reputation of leadership within HDR. The Distribution Planning Sub-Business Class Leader provides the Distribution Business Class with a company-wide, coordinated talent pool with the technical profile necessary to serve the client base, and right-sized to allow commercial success.

Duties also include:

• Drive development and implementation of a quality program within our business class to foster physical design technical growth for our junior engineers.
• Drive development and implementation of a physical design training and career development program for our national business class.
• Quarterly training / meetings with EITs and junior engineers across the practice to discuss overall issues, success, project experience, and lessons learned.
• Technical Career path encouragement.
• Creates and maintains the technical practices, standards and expectations to accomplish market sector visions, and solve client problems. Supports the technical development within the Business Class that drives marketing and commercial success. Possesses and maintains a world-class understanding of Distribution Planning issues and current professional-practice approaches; and has the ability to package HDR design expertise as client solutions within the appropriate "consulting" context. This includes the development and application of technical tools, standards and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency. Ensures that technical staff are aware of and monitoring emerging technologies.
• Develop a network of technical experts / SME's to help drive technical goals for our national practice / business class.
• Actively supports the open communication of current/projected production needs through the Business Class organization; collaborates with BCL to influence staffing and expertise levels.
• Supports the professional development of staff and the development of production tools: Best Practices, Technical Policies & Procedures, Papers & Presentations, Professional Associates credentialing, recognition of technical achievement, Practice Group activities, and Information Management and Automation Tools.
• Leads proposal technical reviews (i.e. Blue Team Reviews)
• Participates in root cause analysis and helps provide solutions for challenging project issues.
• Participates and may lead PARR's (Project Approach Resource Review).
• Achieves a 65% to 70% utilization goal by supporting projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active participant in ongoing technical working groups (both internally and externally)
• Subject Matter Expert or strong knowledge of a variety of Distribution Planning concepts. Including but not limited to:
  • Medium voltage load flows
  • Asset management
  • Condition assessment
  • Distribution design
  • Distribution construction techniques
  • Constructability and design criteria
  • Cable design
  • Material selection
  • BOM development
  • Lightning Protection Design
  • Major distribution equipment arrangements and operation

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