Colorado Control Systems Business Class Leader

HDR, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 163,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Control Systems Business Class Leader in Denver to guide the control systems team across I&C, OT, and BAS/BMS.

You will lead project delivery, staff development, and client engagement while upholding HDR's employee-owned culture and focus on innovative, sustainable design. Grounded in a cross-disciplinary BES group, you will drive growth, profitability, and quality while collaborating with marketing, other groups, and national leadership to serve industrial, water,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a professional, architecture, engineering or closely related field (required).
• At least 10 years of experience in related roles or industries (required).
• Commitment to HDR values and quality; active participation in employee-owned culture (required).
• Professional engineering registration or equivalent demonstrated experience (required).
• Experience developing and managing diverse teams and collaborating with senior leaders (required).

Responsibilities

• Oversee operations of the production team including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control, and marketing support.
• Function as Project Manager and manage production on projects alongside leadership duties.
• Lead administrative duties for control systems staff and coordinate services with other sections.
• Contribute to marketing planning, proposals and client interviews.
• Engage with industrial and public clients on project production and related issues.
• Ensure work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated via proactive project management.
• Implement and support company policy across projects.
• Select, train, and develop technical personnel; manage multidisciplinary teams.
• Collaborate with National Directors and marketing staff on local and national campaigns.
• Coordinate hiring of summer interns and support ongoing recruitment.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Quality mindset

Employee ownership culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Professional/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?

We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it's about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR's Building Engineering Services Group, you'll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience. We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you're optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

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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.

HDR is currently seeking a Control Systems Business Class Leader (BCL) for our Building Engineering Services group located in Denver, CO. Our team is an integrated facility and infrastructure design team consisting of core services of Mechanical, Electrical, Control Systems, Plumbing, Structural and Site Civil Engineering. We work in a wide variety of markets including Water, Tech/Media/Telecom, Commercial Real Estate, Healthcare, Science and Technology, Industrial, Federal and Mission Critical buildings and infrastructure. We have an industry leading focus on sustainable design and energy conservation.

The Control Systems BCL is responsible for the strategic vision, growth, operations, and technical leadership of the control systems team including technical design, staff development and mentoring, workload management, profitability, morale, and quality control. This dynamic individual will be engaged with clients and the engineering community. In this role, you will collaborate with the BES Business Group Manager to build strong external and internal client relationships with other HDR business group leadership. Other responsibilities include participating in marketing and project planning and serving as a representative of HDR to the local industry. There are three teams that make up the Denver Control Systems group. These include the Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Design team; Operational Technology (OT) team; and Building Automation Services / Building Management Systems (BAS/BMS) team.

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

• Take responsibility for operations of production team including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control, and marketing support.
• Function as Project Manager and take responsibility for production on projects in addition to management responsibilities.
• Take administrative responsibility for control systems staff and technical service functions, and lead and coordinate services with other sections.
• Be involved in marketing planning, proposals and interviews.
• Be directly involved with industrial and public clients in marketing, project production and related issues
• See that all work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated through proactive project management system
• Implement, monitor and support company policy
• Select, train, develop and manage technical personnel
• Manage and develop multidiscipline teams
• Work cooperatively with National Directors and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts
• Coordinate and champion hiring of summer Interns
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years business management experience.
• Minimum of 15 years of controls design and implementation experience with an architectural/engineering, system integration, and/or industrial firm.
• Ability to manage, lead and mentor other team members
• Preference given to local (Colorado) candidates.
• Experience designing complex and large-scale water and wastewater, healthcare, industrial, laboratory, and/or mission critical data center facilities control systems.
• Experience in designing and implementing cyber security for control systems including virtualization and advanced networking practices.
• Experience with at least two of these areas: industrial control systems (ICS) design, Operational Technology, and/or commercial Building Automation Systems, desired.

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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.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) Colorado: $162,855.00 - $197,753.00

Primary Location: United States-Colorado-Denver

Other Locations: United States-Colorado-Englewood, United States-Colorado-Greenwood Village

Industry: Building Engineering

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Control Systems and OT Cybersecurity