Fire Life Safety Team Leader (FPE)

About the role

The Building Engineering Services Group (BES) provides industry leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing, site civil, structural, and specialty design services for a wide variety of buildings that include public, municipal, private, and government project types. Projects are a balance of local as well as across the region and the globe. With a team of experienced staff in specific market areas such as Healthcare, Datacenters, Science and Technology, Commercial Real Estate, Finance, Hospitality, Industrial, Municipal, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Federal facilities; we provide engineering excellence for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Work with Building Engineering Services (BES) leadership and the FLS team to recruit and grow the FLS business class in Northern California, leveraging an established local and regional fire protection network.
• Serve as the direct supervisor and manager for the Northern California FLS team, including fire protection engineers, EITs, and ICC, NFPA, or NICET certified designers, and drive hiring, performance management, professional development, mentoring, and team culture.
• Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting, and plan implementation.
• Identify and collaborate with market sector leadership to ensure FLS 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.
• Participate in marketing, planning, proposals, and interviews in key markets.
• Promote HDR, BES, and our FLS business class within the engineering and architecture community, including participation in conferences and client engagement.
• Function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects.
• Assist in the responsibility for operations of the FLS work group, including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control and marketing support.
• Aid in the selection, training, development and management of technical personnel.
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy.
• Work cooperatively with other business class directors, business class leads, operations managers, technical directors, marketing managers, and project management on business class efforts.
• Participate in work-sharing and fire protection practice development with HDR’s nationwide network of FLS engineers, EITs, and ICC, NFPA, or NICET certified designers with varying levels of experience.
• Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within direction and goals of business class plans.
• Participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations.
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
• Perform other duties as needed.
• Travel (domestic and international) may be required at various times and is estimated to be 15% or less.

Requirements

• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Maintains a California Professional Engineer (FPE) registration and has related technical experience.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Maintains NFPA, ICC and/or NICET certification.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Preference given to local candidates.
• Committed to quality, improvement, and HDR values.
• In-person office culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 7 years experience.
• Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role.
• Strong communication and listening skills.
• Good leadership and organizational skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Skills

• Strong communication and listening skills.
• Good leadership and organizational skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.

Benefits

Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. The expected compensation range for this position is $120,967.00 - $196,375.00 annually depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $120,967.00 - $196,375.00 annually depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Schedule

Full-time Employee Status: Regular