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About the Role

As part of HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group, you’ll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. Your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience by optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities.

Responsibilities

Represent HDR and BES as a leader with a client/customer service mentality.
Work with the Managing Principal, Office Principals, and fellow Area Business Class Leads as a member of the area BES leadership team.
Motivate individuals and the S&R section.
Exert a positive influence in the work environment and help maintain S&R team morale.
Engage with fellow "Area Business Class Leads" throughout BES to build a community of practice around technical excellence and project delivery for S&R business class.
Work collaboratively to satisfy and support enterprise needs.
Align culture of technical excellence in the S&R section with S&R and fellow Regional Business Class leaders.
Manage staff within the business class, addressing personnel issues, maintaining job descriptions, delegating responsibilities, and strategic planning.
Recruit and develop talent in collaboration with relevant S&R technical leads and project managers.
Mentor staff and conduct annual review and outlook conversations.
Provide technical and professional guidance.
Help staff with professional development and career plans/growth.
Coordinate workload needs with Project Managers.
Assign staff to projects and align workload with project schedules, staff availability, and staff expertise with S&R Team Leads.
Coordinate with the Managing Principal and S&R Regional Business Class Lead for workshare outside the area.
Monitor utilization performance vs goals for staff within the Sustainability & Resiliency section.
Support PM's with monitoring project budgets and schedules within the S&R section.
Ensure project information (scope, budget, deliverables, program, forecasting) is clearly understood by staff and Project Managers.
Assist the Managing Principal and Office Principals in determining short-term, mid-term, and long-term forecasting for the S&R business class.
Support leadership to align team size and capabilities relative to forecasted requirements.
Assist with project proposals related to the S&R business class for resourcing purposes.
Take an active role in monitoring technical delivery within the S&R section.
Support PM's with allocation of resources for Quality Checking and Review.
Undertake Quality Checking of S&R technical delivery processes and outputs.
Promote quality, consistency, and working to deadlines with team leads and staff within S&R section.
Liaise with Digital Area Business Class Lead to ensure workflow processes for interfacing between the S&R section and Digital teams are understood and adhered to.
Support business development, client engagement and market growth initiatives.
Contribute to bids, proposals and opportunity pursuit activities.
Identify opportunities for cross-selling and expanded service delivery.
Promote HDR's capabilities in the marketplace.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
10 years of experience.
Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Experience Level

Director level

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

About the Company

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.
We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities.
We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it’s about powering progress and enabling innovation.
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.
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.