HDR · 1 week ago
Data Center Site Civil Planning Lead
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expHDR is a company focused on creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for its employee-owners. They are seeking a Data Center Site Civil Planning Lead to oversee site planning for data center projects, ensuring compliance with client standards and local requirements while serving as a subject matter expert in land entitlements and campus planning.
ArchitectureConsulting
Responsibilities
Lead our Site Civil Business Class in the site planning of data center projects
Oversee all Data Center site planning projects, ensuring consistency and quality across our Site Civil Business Class
Analyze and interpret local entitlements, zoning and development ordinances, and land development permitting processes to guide decisions throughout the campus planning process
Lead campus planning, including site layout and utility infrastructure planning, ensuring compliance with both client standards and requirements, and the local jurisdiction’s development requirements
Oversee initial mass grading design following campus planning, guiding the project design team
Serve as the subject matter expert with the client, providing guidance and expertise
Interact and build strong relationships and trust with clients
Serve as a thought leader within our organization and the data center industry, participating in industry conferences and authoring articles or technical publications
Mentor and develop staff to understand the data center campus planning process, ensuring knowledge of client-specific standards, requirements, and processes to assure sustainability and resilience in our Data Center Planning Practice
Apply site civil planning knowledge and experience to other market sectors as required
Travel regionally and nationally as necessary to support projects and client engagements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
A minimum of 10 years design experience managing various civil/site design projects
Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
Project Engineering and Project Management experience
An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
Preferred
Project experience with land entitlement and development processes in multiple jurisdictions
Knowledge of Civil Engineering modeling software such as Hydraflow Storm Sewers, Hydraflow Hydrographs, HydroCAD, Bentley StormCAD, etc
Master's degree in Civil Engineering or other related engineering discipline
3+ years of experience leading site civil design on data center projects
Company
HDR
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