Fire & Life Safety Team Lead

Building Engineering Services Group Opportunity

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.

Come join the fast-growing Building Engineering Services Group at HDR. 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.

We are searching for Fire & Life Safety (FLS) Team Lead at our global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. In the role of the FLS Team Lead, you will have the opportunity to:

• Assist the FLS Business Class Lead with management and culture of the overall business class by being the direct supervisor of a team of fire protection engineers, EITs, ICC, NFPA, or NICET certified designers with varying degrees of experience
• Work as a collaborative team with fellow FLS Team Leads and the FLS Business Class Lead for work staffing, staff forecasting, and project proposals
• Provide team leadership with a focus on technical excellence, quality, recruiting, mentoring, and staff development
• Collaborate closely with FLS market sector leadership to ensure technical excellence in all key markets including commercial, civic, industrial, federal, water, transportation, healthcare, education and laboratories and mission critical facilities
• Function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy
• Works collaboratively with other team leads, business class leads, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
• Actively encourage and participate in work-sharing and FLS practice development with a nation-wide network of HDR FLS Business Class
• Assist the FLS Business Class Lead in the recruitment and growth of the business class
• Perform other duties as needed
• Travel (domestic and international) may be required at various times. Travel is estimated to be 15% or less.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Maintains professional engineering license and/or ICC, NFPA, or NICET certification.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in related field.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Preference given to local candidates.

Required 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
• Ability to handle multiple assignments
• Good leadership and organizational skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe 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.

Our Commitment 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.