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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?\nWatch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'\nEach 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.\nWe believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you're modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. This isn’t just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.\nThe California Dam Risk Lead is responsible for strategic planning with a focus on growing the practice in California, staff development and succession planning, and supporting planning and delivery of dam risk projects in California. The position will coordinate closely with HDR’s National Technical Lead for Dam Safety and Risk.\nThe person in this position will assist HDR’s clients in dam risk analysis (SQRA and QRA), portfolio risk assessments, and risk informed decision making (RIDM). This person will facilitate risk workshops, serve as a subject matter expert (SME), build and maintain client relations, and lead project delivery. The person in this position will also mentor mid- and junior-level staff across a variety of disciplines in risk related practices. HDR incorporates risk into all aspects of dam planning, analysis, decision making, and design. Therefore, this position will participate in and provide risk oversight of a variety of project types including planning, design, inspection, construction management of dams and reservoirs projects involving hydropower, water supply, recreation, flood control, and navigation.\nThe person in this position will coordinate projects with HDR’s National Technical Lead for Dam Safety and Risk and coordinate with subject matter experts in inter-related disciplines such as hydrology, hydraulics, structural, geology, geotechnical, civil, mechanical, CADD, and GIS. The person in this position will also coordinate with HDR’s other regional and corporate business class technical leads and advisors to support California’s program delivery and growth.\nIn the role of Dams and Risk Lead, we'll count on you to:\nDirect and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project's lifecycle (from development and initiation to close-out)\nResponsible for all aspects of complex small to medium projects or routine large projects\nProduce and coordinate several small to medium projects concurrently\nEstablish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings\nConduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders\nCoordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule\nTrack financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule\nWork with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews\nImplement QA/QC procedures\nPerform other duties as needed\nPreferred Qualifications\nBS in civil, structural, or geotechnical engineering.\n\nMinimum ten (10) years related experience.\n\nA strong background in risk analyses.\n\nSelf-starters that are highly motivated and team oriented.\n\nMaster's degree\n\nStrong technical writing abilities, strong engineering background in a related field, and effective presentation skills.\n\nExcellent problem-solving and communication skills and the ability to assimilate data and put it into a big picture.\n\nExperience working in, or with, dam owner organizations.\n\nExperience as a task lead, project manager, or management position in a consulting business.\n\nExperience facilitating multi-discipline risk workshops\n\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Engineering \n7 years related experience inclusive of a minimum 2 years experience in project management\nRequires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.\nMS Office and MS Project experience is required \nDemonstrated leadership skills \nAn attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must\nWhat We Believe\nHDR 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.\nOur Commitment\nAs employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.\nOur 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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