Office Principal

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 foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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Each 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. At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth. Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities. The Office Principal provides leadership, management, and direction for the Nebraska/Iowa area and serves as a day-to-day operational partner to the Area Manager. The Office Principal will assist with office operational matters for our engineering practice, as well as designated area-wide initiatives.

In this role, we'll count on you to:

• Serve as a day-to-day operational partner to the Area Manager, resolving routine issues within delegated authority and elevating matters requiring area-level decisions with clear recommendations.
• Assist with developing, implementing, and monitoring the NE/IA operating plan, costs, and budget. Monitor business indicators, identify exceptions and emerging trends, and coordinate corrective actions with clear ownership and follow-through to meet operational goals.
• Participate in Area quality assurance and quality control activities, project reviews, risk management reviews, business reviews, and project claims or losses discussions.
• Actively participate in development and implementation of the strategic plan for Area growth in cooperation with business groups and operational management.
• Establish and monitor Area procedures, processes and adherence to corporate and company policies, project contractual terms, and quality control procedures.
• Communicate, implement, monitor and enforce company policies within the Area.
• Anticipate and coordinate cross-business-group needs, including staffing capacity, shared resources, administrative support, and office logistics.
• Assist with hiring, performance evaluation, staff development, training and recognition.
• Lead administrative staff and coordinate office support needs with facilities, IT, finance, and Human Resources. Establishing clear priorities and resolving routine issues.
• Maintain key client relationships and occasionally serve as Project Principal or Project Manager.
• Provide signatory authority for the Area.
• Serve as a company representative in business and the community.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and communicate clearly during organizational change.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Maintains a professional Engineering or Architecture registration and has extensive related technical management experience.

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• Outstanding leadership, communication and team-building skills
• Experienced in management and development of diverse teams
• Work cooperatively with company operations managers, business group and technical directors and marketing managers on departmental efforts
• Committed to quality, improvement and promoting HDR values
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe HDR 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.

Our Commitment As 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.

Our 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. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.