Area Structural Business Class Lead

Area Structural Business Class Lead

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

In the role of Area Business Class Leader, we'll count on you to:

• Provide leadership for the Nebraska/Iowa Building Engineering Services structural 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.
• Promotion of HDR and our Structural Engineering practice within the engineering and architecture community including participation in conferences, educational institutions, and with clients.
• May function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects.
• Build and maintain a leadership team for operations of the structural work group, including staff development, technical development and improvement, profitability, morale, and quality control.
• Assist in ensuring that all work is planned, organized, controlled, checked, and evaluated through proactive staff management.
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy.
• Works cooperatively with other business class directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Actively encourage and participate in work-sharing and structural practice development with a nation-wide network of HDR structural engineers.
• Drive a unified positive working culture in the structural engineering team within the BES Nebraska/Iowa area, Midwest Region, and National HDR structural engineering community.
• Develop and mentor leaders within the structural section that currently serve as Team Leads and Senior Technical Leads.
• Advocate and support practice growth in areas of technology and Building Information Modeling.
• Advocate and support professional development of staff through engineering organization involvement, speaking, and publishing opportunities in local and national industry networks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in civil, structural, or architectural engineering with structural emphasis.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in related field
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
• Excellent leadership, communication and organizational skills.

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

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. 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.

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.