EMEA Commissioning Business Class Lead

HDR; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a dedicated professional to join as a leader in Building Engineering in London. The role involves fostering a culture of innovation, enhancing project delivery tools, and driving quality initiatives across diverse teams. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 10 years of experience in the industry. The position is full-time and emphasizes the importance of an employee-owned culture and commitment to HDR values.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in relevant fields.
• Committed to quality improvement and HDR values.
• Experience in development and management of diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive the community of practice and identify key technical experts.
• Develop tools and standards for project delivery.
• Foster culture of innovation and provide strategic support.

Skills

Quality-oriented culture

Team leadership

Mentoring

Innovation

Professional registration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field

Master's or PhD

Job description

About Us

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 work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Primary Responsibilities

• Build best in class practice – duties include:
  • Drive the community of practice
  • Partner with key stakeholders to identify and develop a network of Technical Experts/Subject Matter Experts as needed to support the HDR enterprise.
  • Develop and implement a mentoring and succession strategy for technical expertise.
  • Develop and implement communication strategies to tie the global community of professionals together for knowledge sharing.
• Development of tools and technical excellence
  • Implement strategy for development and maintenance of project delivery tools, standards, best practices, and workflows.
  • Partner with Digital Delivery on digital content and workflows.
  • Drive quality throughout the program, perform design quality control reviews, and lead quality initiatives, in support of a strong quality-oriented culture.
  • Assist in ensuring project teams are leveraging subject matter experts to optimize project delivery – including providing design oversight and leading teams of experts on the most complex and challenging projects.
• Thought leadership and elevating technical profile
  • Foster culture of innovation and advance innovation within the practice.
  • Provide critical/strategic pursuit and interview support related to respective discipline as needed, and/or identify other qualified staff within discipline.
  • Recruit and retain the best talent.
  • Be known by our clients and competition as the best in market.
  • Awards, publish, speaking engagements, leadership opportunities with societies and technical organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD

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

Primary Location: United Kingdom-England-London

Industry: Building Engineering

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Building Commissioning

Job Posting: Apr 27, 2026

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.