Strategic Communications Team Lead, Western Canada - ( 196215 )

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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 is seeking a

Strategic Communications Team Lead, Western Canada





to lead and grow our Strategic Communications services across Western Canada. This role will provide leadership in strategic communications, stakeholder and public engagement, and Indigenous engagement while supporting projects across HDR's engineering, architecture, environmental, planning, and advisory disciplines.

The role will provide three key functions:

Primary Responsibilities

Lead the delivery and growth of HDR's Strategic Communications services across Western Canada, supporting projects across transportation, water, resources, energy, architecture, environmental, planning, and other infrastructure sectors.

Develop and implement strategic communications, stakeholder and public engagement, and project communications strategies tailored to project objectives, audiences, risks, and regulatory requirements.

Provide strategic counsel to clients and project teams on communications, stakeholder relationships, public perception, emerging and contentious issues, and project risks and opportunities.

Lead stakeholder and public engagement programs, including meetings, workshops, open houses, advisory groups, and other engagement activities, and oversee the development of supporting communications materials and deliverables.

Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, government agencies, stakeholders, community organizations, Indigenous communities,



and other project partners.

Function as a Project Manager or Strategic Communications Lead, with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, quality, resourcing, client relationships, and multidisciplinary coordination.

Lead, mentor, and provide technical direction to Strategic Communications professionals while collaborating with engineering, architecture, environmental, planning, and advisory teams across HDR.

Lead and support Indigenous engagement and consultation, including relationship-building with Indigenous communities and providing advice on the Duty to Consult and Accommodate, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and interests, Indigenous Knowledge and land use, UNDRIP, FPIC, cultural protocols, and relevant regulatory frameworks.

Maintain awareness of emerging communications, stakeholder, regulatory, and Indigenous relations developments across Western Canada, particularly British Columbia, and apply relevant developments to HDR's projects and services.

Business Development and Practice Growth

Contribute to the growth of HDR's Strategic Communications practice across Western Canada by developing client relationships, identifying market opportunities, and building a solid pipeline of work.

Lead and support proposals, capture planning, scopes, fee development, interviews, and strategic pursuits across HDR's engineering, architecture, environmental, and advisory markets.

Identify opportunities to expand Strategic Communications and Indigenous engagement services within existing and prospective client relationships and multidisciplinary projects.

Develop strategic relationships with clients, industry partners, Indigenous c

📌 Strategic Communications Team Lead, Western Canada (Winnipeg)
🏢 HDR
📍 Winnipeg