Area Electrical Business Class Lead

About the role

The Area Electrical Business Class Lead position within HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group offers a unique opportunity to lead a team focused on technical excellence, quality, and client engagement. This role requires a strong background in electrical engineering or a closely related field, combined with experience managing diverse teams and promoting HDR’s brand within the industry.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the Illinois/Indiana Building Engineering Services electrical engineering team, focusing on technical excellence, quality, recruiting, and staff development.
• Identify and collaborate with market sector leadership to ensure technical excellence in key markets including commercial, civic, industrial, federal, water, transportation, healthcare, education, and laboratories and mission critical facilities.
• Engage with clients and community stakeholders.
• Be involved in marketing, planning, proposals, and interviews in key markets.
• Promote HDR and our Electrical Engineering practice within the engineering and architecture community, including participation in conferences and with clients.
• Function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects.
• Affiliate in the responsibility for operations of the electrical work group, including staff development, profitability, morale, and quality control.
• Ensure that all work is planned, organized, controlled, checked, and evaluated through proactive project management.
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy.
• Work cooperatively with other business class directors, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Participate actively in work-sharing and electrical practice development with a nationwide network of HDR electrical engineers.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering with Electrical emphasis, or Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience in electrical engineering or closely related field.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Preferred qualifications include a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering with Electrical emphasis and active engagement in professional or industry associations.
• Local candidates are given preference.

Benefits

HDR offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $162,855.00 - $232,650.00, depending upon skills, experience, education, and geographical location.

Schedule

This is a Full-time Employee Position.

Business Class

The Business Class is Building Electrical.

Job Posting

The job posting was last updated on July 14, 2026.

EEO Statement

HDR is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.