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About the Role

HDR is seeking an accomplished Electrical Associate Director / Technical Team Lead to join its Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. This role involves working with leading technology and AI clients on complex hyperscale data-centre campuses, guiding projects from strategy and concept design through to delivery. The position requires a blend of technical expertise, people leadership, and commercial acumen to lead high-performing teams and significant projects globally.

Responsibilities

Lead complex technical solutions.
Act as the senior technical point of contact for clients, building trusted relationships and guiding projects from concept through to successful delivery.
Provide authoritative leadership across electrical engineering systems, including power distribution and generation, critical backup systems, energy management and resilient infrastructure.
Set the standard for technical quality, ensuring designs achieve exceptional levels of innovation, performance, safety, sustainability and reliability.
Champion advanced engineering tools, digital design technologies and emerging AI capabilities to improve decision-making and deliver better project outcomes.
Build long-term partnerships by understanding each client’s ambitions and delivering solutions that create measurable value.
Lead discussions with senior client stakeholders, translating complex technical challenges into clear, practical business decisions.
Identify opportunities to broaden our services, deepen relationships and contribute to HDR’s sustainable growth.
Lead multidisciplinary teams in delivering complex projects, balancing technical excellence with programme, budget and quality commitments.
Maintain a clear view of project performance and provide timely strategic direction to resolve challenges without compromising design integrity.
Work with HDR leaders and fellow employee-owners to strengthen our technical capability, project performance and reputation in the market.
Create a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement and shared accountability.
Lead technical reviews, design audits and quality-assurance activities that support consistently outstanding delivery.
Identify learning and professional-development opportunities that build individual confidence and team capability.
Encourage the open exchange of knowledge, lessons learnt and best practice across our global employee-owned network.
Be a visible mentor, coach and trusted adviser to engineers at every stage of their careers.
Develop future technical leaders by offering purposeful guidance, honest feedback and meaningful opportunities to grow.
Build an environment where curiosity, inclusion, innovation and professional excellence can thrive.

Requirements

At least eight years’ relevant experience, including substantial experience operating at Senior Engineer level or above.
A bachelor’s degree in engineering or an equivalent recognised qualification.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information to non-technical audiences and present clearly to senior leaders, clients and other stakeholders.
Strong working knowledge of industry-standard design software, such as Amtech, DIALux, Revit and Bluebeam, together with the ability to develop the capability of junior design-team members.

Skills

Electrical engineering systems
Power distribution
Power generation
Critical backup systems
Energy management
Resilient infrastructure
Technical quality
Innovation
Performance
Safety
Sustainability
Reliability
Advanced engineering tools
Digital design technologies
AI capabilities
Client relationship management
Project leadership
Team leadership
Commercial acumen
Amtech
DIALux
Revit
Bluebeam

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Engineer level or above
At least eight years’ relevant experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or an equivalent recognised qualification
Chartered Engineer status, or clear progress towards achieving chartership, is preferred

About the Company

At HDR, we are proud to be employee-owned. That means our people share in our success, have a genuine voice in our future and are empowered to make decisions that create lasting value for our clients, communities and one another.
We are building an inclusive, collaborative workplace where every employee-owner is respected, encouraged to contribute fresh ideas and inspired to consider a "what impact will our work have on the world?"
Join a business at the forefront of the energy transition. Our teams engineer utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), help stabilise modern grids and respond to the rapidly growing energy demands of AI.
As data-centre racks move beyond the megawatt class, we are helping lead the shift towards DC power distribution and designing efficient, resilient DC-to-DC conversion systems for the next generation of digital infrastructure.
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.

Equal Opportunity

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.