Electrical Engineering Lead – Building Systems & Innovation

HDR; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 162,855 - 232,650; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time away

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group in Chicago seeks an Area Electrical Business Class Lead. You will lead the Illinois/Indiana electrical engineering team, drive technical excellence, recruit staff, and grow market presence across commercial, civic, industrial, federal, healthcare, and critical facilities.

You'll engage clients and stakeholders, contribute to marketing and proposals, and serve as design lead or project manager on key projects, while guiding operations and staff

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the Illinois/Indiana Building Engineering Services electrical engineering team with a focus on technical excellence, quality, recruiting and staff development.
• Identify and collaborate with market sector leadership to ensure technical excellence in key markets including commercial, civic, industrial, federal, water, transportation, healthcare, education and laboratories and mission critical facilities.
• Engage with clients and community stakeholders.
• Be involved in marketing, planning, proposals, and interviews in key markets.
• Promotion of HDR and our Electrical Engineering practice within the engineering and architecture community including participation in conferences and with clients.
• Function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects.
• Assist in the responsibility for operations of the electrical work group, including staff development, profitability, morale, and quality control.
• Assist in ensuring that all work is planned, organized, controlled, checked, and evaluated through proactive project management.
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy.
• Works cooperatively with other business class directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Actively participate in work-sharing and electrical practice development with a nation-wide network of HDR electrical engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Staff development

Client engagement

Market collaboration

Project management

Team collaboration

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Architectural related field

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering with Electrical emphasis

Job description

HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group in Chicago seeks an Area Electrical Business Class Lead. You will lead the Illinois/Indiana electrical engineering team, drive technical excellence, recruit staff, and grow market presence across commercial, civic, industrial, federal, healthcare, and critical facilities.

You'll engage clients and stakeholders, contribute to marketing and proposals, and serve as design lead or project manager on key projects, while guiding operations and staff