Real Estate and Right of Way Lead at HDR in Denver, CO

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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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.

HDR Engineering, Inc. has an opportunity for a Real Estate and Right of Way Lead based out of our Denver, Colorado office. This role is responsible for managing operations, leading multidisciplinary right of way projects, and supervising a team of professionals. The successful candidate will oversee project delivery, ensure quality and client satisfaction, manage staff utilization and development, support strategic planning and business development, and play a key role in operating the right of way business class in Colorado.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead and develop a team of up to five right-of-way professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous growth.
• Manage projects, ensuring successful delivery that meets client expectations, quality standards, budgets, and schedules.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in title, appraisal, land acquisition, and right-of-way best practices.
• Partner with operations leaders and project managers to forecast workload, align staffing plans, and optimize team utilization to meet plan goals
• Monitor employee performance and provide coaching, mentoring, and recognition to support professional development.
• Support strategic planning, market growth initiatives, and business development efforts to expand right-of-way services throughout Colorado.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, public agencies, utilities, regional stakeholders, and internal project teams.
• Lead and support the preparation of proposals, scopes of work, project schedules, and fee estimates to secure new business opportunities.
• Participate in workforce planning, including recruiting, hiring, and onboarding technical staff to support continued growth.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience executing projects in the power or transportation sector
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office, Co-Pilot, Adobe Pro and Google Earth
• Certification from the International Right of Way Association

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 7 years experience
• Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Ability to handle multiple assignments
• Good leadership and organizational 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.

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified candidates regardless of criminal histoires, arrest and conviction records.