Area Mechanical Business Class Lead

About the role

The Area Mechanical Business Class Lead at HDR’s downtown Chicago office will provide leadership for the Nebraska/Iowa Building Engineering Services mechanical engineering team. They will focus on technical excellence, quality, recruiting, and staff development. This role also involves identifying and collaborating with market sector leadership to ensure technical excellence in key markets, engaging with clients and community stakeholders, promoting HDR and its Mechanical Engineering practice, and assisting in the operations of the mechanical work group.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the Nebraska/Iowa Building Engineering Services mechanical engineering team with a focus 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 Mechanical 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 mechanical work group, including staff development, profitability, morale, and quality control.
• Affiliate in ensuring 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.
• Actively participate in work-sharing and mechanical practice development with a nation-wide network of HDR mechanical engineers.

Requirements

• Preferred Qualifications: Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand; Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or architectural engineering with mechanical emphasis; Preference given to local candidates.
• Required Qualifications: 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.

Qualifications

• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

$162,855.00 - $232,650.00

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Building Mechanical