Job Description
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 work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
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We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with a strong background in solid waste services to support the continued growth of HDR’s Waste Program in the New England area. This role will involve close collaboration with HDR’s Resources and Waste leadership, as well as local teams, to support geographic and regional program development. The ideal candidate will bring senior-level expertise in managing a wide range of solid waste projects, including landfills, transfer stations, material recovery facilities (MRFs), waste-to-energy (WTE), organics processing (compost/AD), and solid waste planning. Responsibilities include managing project scopes, schedules, and budgets, providing facility planning and engineering support, and maintaining strong client relationships through front-facing project execution and business development. The position also includes identifying market trends, supporting proposal development, conducting pre-proposal site visits, and delivering client-centric presentations. Candidates should be experienced in feasibility studies, cost estimating, capital improvement planning, and operational monitoring across a broad spectrum of solid waste facilities throughout North America.
In the role of Solid Waste Senior Project Manager, we'll count on you to:
- Plan, direct and monitor all aspects of multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity, typically involving a large project staff.
- Establish client relationships and be involved in business development, marketing, contractual, design and production meetings.
- Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project development to complete documents on schedule.
- Implement QA/QC procedures.
- Work on a wide variety of Municipal Solid Waste related projects including but not limited to landfills, compost facilities, transfer stations, material recovery facilities, household hazardous waste facilities, waste to energy facilities, and organics facilities.
- Work with a team of staff engineers in preparation of design deliverables including strategic planning, engineering design reports, construction drawings, technical specifications, cost estimates and construction schedules with support from HDR’s national practice leads.
- Participate in meetings with clients and regulatory agencies to resolve technical issues and negotiate compliance actions.
- Will also serve as a consultant and supervisor of waste and construction management projects as needed.
- Work independently on technical tasks involving data analysis, interpreting results, and preparing technical reports, plans and specifications.
- Delegate and supervise junior engineers on waste facility design components and staff of professionals and technicians.
- Train and mentor personnel as established by strategic plans.
Additional Responsibilities: - Supervises project staff and acts as a mentor for less experienced solid waste technical staff and Project Managers.
- Work with Section Manager and waste client development leads to prioritizing marketing targets.
- Develop and maintain relationships with strategic teaming partners (including General Contractors) who are key to the success of the Sector.
- Leverage existing HDR resources to provide full cross sector and multi business class collaboration for targeted clients.
- Develop marketing strategies and proposals for new and existing solid waste clients.
- Work with local area leadership, New England Resources Business Group Manager, to identify market opportunities, create relationships, and grow the Resources Sectors.
- Identify key talent in the Resources market and assist with recruitment of identified talent including key staff retention
Preferred Qualifications - Professional Engineer (PE) preferred.
- PMP Certification
- Experience with New England states solid waste and recycling regulations required.
- Experience with solid waste master planning, zero waste planning, and implementation of waste diversion programs is a plus.
- Zero waste certification or experience preferred.
- Experience with organics management and organics facility design is a plus.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Preference Given to Local Candidates
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.
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in related field
- 10 years related experience
- A minimum of 5 years of project management experience
- Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
- Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
- 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.
We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) {Providence, RI}: $126,788 - $181,125
Primary Location: United States-Rhode Island-Providence
Other Locations: United States-Massachusetts-Boston, United States-Maine-Portland
Industry: Waste
Schedule: Full-time
Employee Status: Regular
BusinessClass: Waste Services
Job Posting: Jun 19, 2025
At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer ( We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.
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