Central TX Sustainability & Resilience Business Class Lead

HDR; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking an Area Sustainability & Resiliency Business Class Leader in Austin to guide sustainable design and climate-related consulting for built environments. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams and drive project delivery with quality and impact.

Role involves energy/environmental analyses, marketing contributions, thought leadership, conference participation, and staff development. HDR promotes an employee-owned culture and collaboration across service lines and disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience in sustainability, architecture or engineering.
• Committed to quality, HDR values.
• Professional or engineering registration maintained.
• Experience managing diverse teams.
• Collaborates with leaders across area operations, marketing, PM.
• Active participant in HDR employee-owned culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide sustainable/climate-related consulting and certifications.
• Conduct energy and environmental analyses for planning and design projects.
• Support marketing pursuits, technical reviews, and staff education.
• Contribute to thought leadership and public outreach.
• Speak at conferences and publish papers.
• Coordinate area staff and monitor technical competencies.
• Deliver project services to meet client expectations.
• Collaborate with operations, marketing and project management.
• Participate in practice groups to improve standards.
• Engage in strategic planning and budgeting.

Skills

Sustainability consulting

Environmental analysis

Public speaking

Project coordination

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture/Engineering or related field

Job description

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?

Watch Our Story:’ https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story‘

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.

At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth. Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities.
In the role of Area Sustainability & Resiliency Business Class Leader, we’ll count on you to:

• Provide sustainable and/or climate‑related consulting and certification services on a variety of projects related to the built environment


• Conduct energy and environmental analysis for planning, architecture, interiors, and consulting projects that may result in third‑party sustainable certification


• Contribute to marketing pursuits, technical project reviews, narrative writing, and staff education as a sustainable design expert


• Incorporate thought leadership and public outreach within the design and sustainable industry


• Speak at conferences, publish papers, and get involved in strategic industry professional organizations


• 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


• Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing and project management


• 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


• Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation


• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• LEED, TRUE, or Envision Certified Professional


• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand

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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

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.