Overview In this role you lead mining projects and a regional practice, guiding technical teams, managing programs, and expanding service offerings across the West Region. You'll drive client-facing business development, mentor staff, and recruit to grow HDR's mining capabilities. You'll coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, develop proposals, and ensure projects meet budget, schedule, safety, and quality targets, contributing to HDR's mission to make a positive impact globally.
Responsibilities- Provide technical leadership to project teams on mining design, permitting, and operations
- Lead project management and program-building initiatives to deliver client projects on time and within scope
- Develop and expand regional service offerings through collaboration with national teams
- Recruit, mentor, and grow mining staff in the West Region
- Engage with clients to understand challenges, position HDR on proposals, and manage relationships through project completion
- Oversee proposals and bid processes, including technical value development
- Represent HDR in local/regional industry organizations and events
- Support cross-functional collaboration with operations leadership, marketing, and BD leadership
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree in mining, civil, chemical engineering, or related field
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration in at least one state (multiple states preferred)
- 15+ years of mining industry experience
- 10+ years of mining project management experience
- Experience delivering mining projects end-to-end (budget, schedule, safety, quality)
- Familiarity with various mining commodities and operations from exploration to reclamation (open pit and underground)
- Ability to lead a team on projects
- Strong planning, communication, and mentoring skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
- MSHA certification
- Experience with mine block modeling software
- Experience with mining operating company environments
- strong communication and collaboration
- leadership and mentoring
- client relationship development
- project management
- technical leadership in mining
- program development and expansion
