Engineering Applications Lead

Henderson Engineers; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Profit Sharing

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Paid Training for Professional Dev.

Performance Bonuses

Healthcare Insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Henderson Engineers, Inc. seeks an Engineering Applications Lead to own the operational health and lifecycle of the firm’s engineering application portfolio in a multidisciplinary design environment.

You’ll coordinate across Engineering, IT, and business stakeholders to prioritize work, manage incidents, and drive continuous improvement, with a hands-on leadership approach and focus on reliability and service quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, information systems, computer science, construction technology, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience supporting, administering, or managing engineering/design applications in architecture, engineering, construction, or related environment.
• Experience with platform governance, upgrades, and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational health and service delivery model for the engineering applications portfolio.
• Establish and maintain support processes, service expectations, escalation paths, and operating rhythms for engineering platforms.
• Partner with Engineering, IT, and business stakeholders to define priorities and ensure alignment with operational needs.
• Monitor service performance, recurring issues, and portfolio risks; drive actions to improve stability and usability.
• Maintain visibility into application health, incidents, upgrade readiness, and service metrics.
• Lead response coordination for major issues and ensure escalation and resolution follow-through.
• Establish incident, problem, and change management practices for the portfolio.
• Identify trends in support demand and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Balance urgent production support with planned maintenance and upgrades.
• Ensure documentation exists for procedures, known issues, and deployment changes.
• Oversee lifecycle management including version planning, patching, upgrades, compatibility reviews, retirement.

Skills

Revit

AutoCAD

Navisworks

BIM 360

ACC/forma

vendor management

APIs/scripting

leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/related field

Tools

Engineering design platforms

Job description

At Henderson, we're about more than just buildings. We're about the people, experiences, and longevity of a building. We're a company of problem-solvers and innovators known for our technical excellence and ability to come up with out-of-the-box solutions when it comes to design and construction. We love the process of bringing buildings to life - and keeping them in shape long after the doors open.

As an ESOP, each of our employee-owners are an essential part of our mission to lead the industry in innovation, sustainability, and client experience. With a vision to build a better world, Team Henderson has a people-first culture and diverse portfolio of world-class facilities.

It's What We Do

We provide total building system design and construction services across multiple high-growth markets throughout the country for industry leaders. You'll get to use your talent to work on projects for some of the biggest names in mission-critical, higher education, sports, healthcare, grocery, restaurant, and retail within the sectors we serve in business, community, grocery, health, retail, and venue.

It's How We're Different

We're about more than just buildings. We're about you. You, and the hundreds of passionate employee-owners who make us who we are. We've always been committed to providing an inclusive workplace where people can bring their full self to work and helps people reach their full potential - both as professionals and individuals. Together, we provide dream up innovative solutions for our clients industry-wide problems, design and construct spaces that become landmarks, and toast the good life at our happy hours. Take a peek into what makes us different here: https://youtu.be/AIt17t_uJ-A?si=oSMy5zQeUcb_faE3

Job Summary

The Engineering Applications Lead is responsible for the operational ownership and lifecycle management of the firm's engineering application portfolio, ensuring platforms are stable, supported, appropriately versioned, and aligned to business and project delivery needs. This role leads and participates in the coordination of support, upgrades, issue resolution, and continuous improvement activities across engineering tools, working closely with Engineering leadership, enterprise application teams, vendors, and other specialized technical partners. As a hands‑on leader, this role establishes support and governance practices, prioritizes maintenance and enhancement work, and ensures engineering applications are managed as reliable, business‑critical services while partnering with other teams where integrations or specialized capabilities are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, information systems, computer science, construction technology, or a related field is required. Equivalent years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 7+ years of experience supporting, administering, or managing engineering/design applications in architecture, engineering, construction, or a related environment required.
• Strong working knowledge of engineering/design platforms such as Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, BIM 360, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), Forma, or similar ecosystems required.
• Demonstrated experience with application lifecycle management, including upgrades, version control, release planning, issue resolution, and operational support required.
• Experience managing stakeholder priorities, vendor relationships, and cross‑functional coordination across business and technology teams required.
• Experience leading or coordinating support processes, service improvements, and platform governance required.
• Experience with software configuration, plug‑in management, environment standards, and compatibility considerations across engineering platforms required.
• Prior people leadership or team coordination experience preferred.
• Strong communication, documentation, prioritization, and organizational skills required.
• Experience with incident, problem, and change management practices preferred.
• Experience with automation tools, APIs, scripting, or engineering platform customizations is preferred.

Job Responsibilities

• Own the operational health and service delivery model for the engineering applications portfolio.
• Establish and maintain support processes, service expectations, escalation paths, and operating rhythms for engineering platforms.
• Partner with Engineering, IT, and business stakeholders to define priorities, manage trade‑offs, and ensure application services align with operational needs.
• Monitor service performance, recurring issues, and portfolio risks and drive actions to improve stability, usability, and support effectiveness.
• Maintain visibility into application health, major incidents, upgrade readiness, and key service metrics.
• Lead response coordination for major issues impacting engineering applications and ensure appropriate escalation, communication, and resolution follow‑through.
• Establish disciplined incident, problem, and change management practices for the engineering application portfolio.
• Identify trends in support demand and recurring issues and drive root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Balance urgent production support needs with planned maintenance, upgrades, and continuous improvement work.
• Ensure appropriate documentation exists for support procedures, known issues, release changes, and operational dependencies.
• Oversee the lifecycle management of engineering applications, including version planning, patching, upgrades, compatibility reviews, and retirement planning.
• Coordinate release calendars, testing readiness, deployment planning, and communication for engineering application changes.
• Partner with vendors to manage support cases, product issues, roadmap visibility, licensing considerations, and upgrade dependencies.
• Ensure engineering applications are administered and governed in a manner consistent with enterprise technology, security, and support standards.
• Evaluate enhancement opportunities and configuration options to improve platform effectiveness while maintaining long‑term supportability.
• Lead intake and prioritization of engineering application requests, enhancements, defects, and operational improvements.
• Translate stakeholder needs into a manageable backlog with clear priorities, timelines, and ownership.
• Coordinate improvement efforts across engineering application specialists, enterprise applications resources, vendors, and other technical teams as needed.
• Drive incremental improvements that reduce support burden, improve user experience, and increase platform consistency and reliability.
• Provide clear reporting on priorities, progress, risks, and dependencies to leadership and stakeholders.
• Lead and develop assigned engineering application resources, including workload management, coaching, goal setting, performance feedback, and capability development.
• Establish clear role expectations, support responsibilities, and team operating rhythms.
• Foster a culture of accountability, responsiveness, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Help shape the future organization design and resourcing needs for engineering applications as the function matures.

Let's Talk Perks

We take care of our people. As a Henderson employee, you'll enjoy some pretty awesome perks. Trust us, your friends will all have work envy.

Culture

• Flexible Work Hours (Because we all need to balance work and life.)
• Casual Dress Code (Be yourself, please.)
• Paid Volunteer Time (We literally pay you to volunteer.)
• Paid Parental Leave (Because we know both parents deserve to be there for a new child.)
• Health and Wellness Initiatives (Get Fit and Stay Fit.)
• Receptive and Forward‑Thinking Leadership (Our doors are always open.)
• Clear Career Path Options (We want you to excel.)

Benefits

• Industry‑leading 401K match and profit sharing (When the company succeeds, we all share in that success.)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Yes, our employees are the owners.)
• Paid Training for Professional Development (We'll pay for the time you take getting better at what you do.)
• Performance Bonuses (When you do well, we reward you for your work.)
• Comprehensive and Extensive Insurance (We've got you covered.)
• Paid Term Life and Disability (We've got your family covered, too.)
• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts (We'll help you take advantage of tax savings.)
• Paid Time Off and Sick Time off (Take a break. You deserve it!)
• Financial Wellness & Coaching Program (Financial security makes you a happier team member.)

More information can be found here - https://www.hendersonengineers.com/careers/.

Henderson Engineers, Inc. and Henderson Building Solutions are EEO Employers/Vet/Disabled and participate in the E-Verify program.

Applicants for positions with Henderson Engineers/Henderson Building Solutions must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and verification of eligibility will be required at the time of commencement of employment.

All offers will be contingent upon completion of the hiring process including verifications and background checks as required for employment.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES: RECRUITMENT FRAUD ALERT

Henderson representatives conduct all email communications exclusively through a company email address that ends with @hendersonengineers.com, @hendersonbuilding.com. We extend offers of employment only after a comprehensive interview process and will never ask you for a payment of any sort nor offer one for any reason. Henderson will not ask any applicant to purchase equipment, nor offer to reimburse any applicant for expenses incurred prior to employment. We will not request personal information until a legitimate offer of employment has been extended. If you suspect a recruitment attempt is fraudulent, you should cease communications. All legitimate job opportunities are posted on our company website's careers page.