Geospatial Manager

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We 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.
HDR is seeking a Geospatial Team Lead with the skills, interest, and dedication to manage our Geospatial practice in Missouri / Kansas. In this position, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise across all business groups (Transportation, Water, Resources, and Building Engineering), leading geospatial technicians and analysts, and working with senior management to develop business, manage and deliver projects, develop staff, and respond to client’s technology needs. In this role, we'll count on you to:

Lead and manage the daily operations of the Missouri / Kansas Geospatial Team. This includes taking responsibility for staff development, morale, quality control, profitability and marketing support. It also includes coordinating with other HDR teams and prioritizing projects and staffing to meet scope, schedule, and budget commitments.
Provide technical direction and guidance to staff, leading deliverables preparation, and providing quality control reviews.
Work directly with HDR project managers and clients to appropriately assess data management needs for complex infrastructure projects.
Develop data management processes and strategies to deliver accessible, relevant, data-driven solutions to our clients.
Work with technical teams, subconsultants and clients to develop data inventory and implement best practices to ensure data is kept up to date and available to appropriate staff, teams, clients, and partner agencies.
Work with project teams and geospatial professionals to implement a variety of ESRI and/or other geospatial platform solutions including Hub portals, web applications, data-driven dashboards, GIS-supported 3D technologies, and custom applications development.
Understand current GIS demands and determine how best to meet them; ensure that GIS technology is being used properly and efficiently. This includes coordinating different GIS activities across groups, agencies, departments, or individuals across multiple disciplines.
Develop refined solutions to complex problems through organizing content, structure, and information architecture into user flows, wireframes, and interaction design.
Manage and oversee technical tasks, determine goals and objectives, and ensure project milestones are met as they relate to GIS and GIS deliverables for public- and private-sector clients.
Implement QA/QC procedures and support a culture of quality.
Apply your understanding of project management principles through oversight in planning, directing, budgeting and monitoring projects.
Review project quality assurance plans as needed.
Work with leadership to mentor GIS users and GIS professionals; provide recommendations for GIS training.
Support internal business development by supporting content development for GIS projects for use in developing proposals, presentations, scope and fee.
Coordinate with the area Cross Sector Services Manager and area Project Managers, as needed to identify, maintain, and support project work
Preferred Qualifications

Python experience strongly preferred.
Background applying geospatial analysis to the planning and design of civil infrastructure systems is strongly preferred.
Ability to integrate geospatially with MicroStation, AutoCAD, ORD, etc.
Preference given to local candidates.
Proven experience managing and mentoring geospatial professionals.
Experience in writing proposals, developing scopes of work, budgets, and schedules.
Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
A minimum of 8 years of practical GIS experience; an advanced degree in relevant field may offset 4 years of experience
Proficient in use of ArcGIS, ArcGIS extensions and Microsoft 365 Apps
Expertise in data analysis
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to write reports that summarize spatial analyses and communicate findings with charts, tables and narrative
Demonstrated ability to serve as a GIS project leader including development of technical approach, budget, scheduling, and quality assurance
Ability to identify industry trends and determine where company capabilities can be marketed to existing and potential clients
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.
Primary Location:
United States-Missouri-Kansas City
Other Locations:
United States-Missouri-St Louis
Industry:
Water
Schedule:
Full-time
Employee Status:
Regular
BusinessClass:
Geospatial (GIS)
Job Posting:
Feb 17, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.