Sustainability and Resiliency Team Lead / Technical Director

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global engineering firm in Manchester seeks a Sustainability and Resiliency Team Lead/Technical Director. This key role involves managing a team, ensuring high-quality project delivery, and driving innovation within the engineering practice. The ideal candidate should possess substantial leadership experience, a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, and at least 7 years of relevant experience. The firm promotes an inclusive work environment and values each employee's unique experiences and perspectives.

Benefits

Employee ownership

Inclusive work culture

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years experience.
• Professional registration may be required based on role.
• Strong communication and listening skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate CPD activities for the team.
• Drive quality throughout the program.
• Recruit and retain top talent.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Technical expertise

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Technical auditing tools

Job description

Sustainability and Resiliency Team Lead/Technical Director - ( 187898 )

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?

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.

Primary Responsibilities

• Build best in class practice - duties would include:
• 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.
• Drive the community of practice
• Provide positive and effective management and set an example to other members of the team.
• Encourage S+R team s to a high level of performance.
• Manage and coordinate CPD activities for the S+R team.
• Provide technical management
• Development of tools and technical excellence for S+R
• 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 expertise to optimize project delivery – including providing design oversight and leading teams of experts on the most complex and challenging projects.
• Improve technical compliance and quality production of all relevant deliverables.
• 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.
• Where the role includes Team Lead responsibilities, we’ll also count on you to:
• Line-manage staff
• address personnel issues
• delegate responsibilities
• assist with strategic planning of business class group at the area level
• Assist with recruitment and development of talent
• Mentor staff and conduct annual review and outlook conversations for staff
• Provide technical and professional guidance
• Help staff with professional development and career plans/growth
• Work delegation and staffing
• Coordinate workload needs with Project Managers
• Work with Electrical Team Leads to assign staff to projects and align workload with project schedules, staff availability, and staff expertise
• Coordinate with the Managing Principal for workshare outside the area, as required
• Monitor utilization performance vs goals for staff within the Electrical section
• Project delivery accountability and enforcement
• Take an active role in monitoring project budgets and workload forecasting within the Electrical section
• Communicate with staff within the Electrical section and Project Managers to ensure project info is clearly understood by all:
• Scope
• Budget
• Programme
• Forecasting
• Assist the S+R Area Business Class Lead in determining short term, mid term, and long term forecasting for respective business class.
• Assist with project proposals related to the Electrical business class.

General Duties

• Structure training and succession of the teams to enhance performance and ensure future engineering expertise in Practice.
• Support the UK BES management team with delivery of business group and business class growth strategy.
• Promote and lead execution of quality control activities.
• Maintain register and carry out Technical audits on projects as required.
• Undertake engineering activities on projects and where appropriate act as Discipline Lead or as a delegate to the Project Manager.
• Assist the Area Business Class Lead with attracting the best candidates to HDR using industry network and assisting with interviews and selection decisions.
• Assist the Regional Business Class Lead with ongoing control of in-house technical documents, specification and guides.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Should be aligned with Areas Business Class Lead track for professional growth.
• Significant design experience related to large, multi-discipline, complex buildings.
• History of exceptional leadership performance and performance on project delivery.
• Recognized technical expert within the local, national, global industry.
• Known throughout HDR, by competitors, by clients, by industry talent.
• History of receiving technical industry awards, technical publishing, presenting, and/or leadership opportunities with societies and technical organizations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

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.

Primary Location

United Kingdom-England-Manchester

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

BusinessClass : Sustainability and Resiliency

Job Posting

Feb 2, 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.

Ready to learn more? Let's work together to make great things possible.

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