Central Texas Mechanical Business Class Lead

About Us

HDR specializes in engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services. We create a strong foundation for progress by bringing together multidisciplinary teams including scientists, economists, builders, analysts, and artists. HDR is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

Primary Responsibilities

We are seeking a Mechanical Business Class Lead to lead a team of engineers and designers with experience in complex architectural engineering projects across sectors like Healthcare, Education, Science, Justice, and Technology. The position is based in our Building Engineering Services Design Center in San Antonio, TX. The Mechanical Business Class Lead will provide overall leadership, identify growth opportunities, coordinate design work, and foster a collaborative team culture.

• Provide leadership to the team, identify growth opportunities through mentoring and training
• Coordinate the design work of Mechanical Engineers and Designers working within a multi-disciplined, full-service A/E team throughout the entire project development
• Create a collaborative and motivating team culture to promote design excellence across the practice
• Support marketing and project pursuits, workplan development, quality control, recruiting, and team development
• Be involved in supporting marketing planning, proposals, and interviews
• Assume the mechanical lead on multiple multi-disciplinary projects and may be called to manage projects with a predominantly engineering focus
• Conduct schematic, design development, and contract document work sessions at the project site in conjunction with the Project Manager, Project Architect, and other disciplines
• Coordinate workload through the entire project development to complete documents on schedule
• Track the financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust the work effort with the team to ensure that the work is completed within the parameters of the agreed-upon schedule
• Perform other duties as needed

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and/or interest in sustainable design/LEED