Mechanical Team Lead

hdr; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR's Building Engineering Services Group in Omaha seeks a Mechanical Team Lead to guide a team of engineers, EITs and designers, aligning staffing with projects and maintaining technical excellence across healthcare, data centers, labs, and civic facilities.

You will mentor staff, work with market leaders to staff projects, and lead design efforts on key initiatives within HDR's national network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years of experience.
• Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• An active participant in HDR's employee-owned culture is a must.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of mechanical engineers, EITs and designers with varying experience.
• Collaborate with Mechanical Team Leads and the Mechanical Business Class Lead on staffing and proposals.
• Provide leadership with focus on technical excellence, quality, recruiting, mentoring and staff development.
• Coordinate with market sector leadership to ensure excellence across multiple markets.
• Function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects.
• Assist with recruitment and growth of the business class.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Staff development

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

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.

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.

Come join the fast-growing Building Engineering Services Group at HDR. The Building Engineering Services Group (BES) provides industry leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing, site civil, structural, and specialty design services for a wide variety of buildings that include public, municipal, private, and government project types. Projects are a balance of local as well as across the region and the globe. With a team of experienced staff in specific market areas such as Healthcare, Datacenters, Science and Technology, Commercial Real Estate, Finance, Hospitality, Industrial, Municipal, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Federal facilities; we provide engineering excellence for our clients.

In the role of Mechanical Team Lead, we'll count on you to:

• Assist the Mechanical Business Class Lead with management and culture of the overall business class by being the direct supervisor of a team of mechanical engineers, EITs and designers with varying degree of experience
• Work as a collaborative team with fellow Mechanical Team Leads and the Mechanical Business Class Lead for work staffing and project proposals
• Provide team leadership with a focus on technical excellence, quality, recruiting, mentoring, and staff development
• Collaborate closely with mechanical market sector leadership to ensure technical excellence in all key markets including commercial, civic, industrial, federal, water, transportation, healthcare, education and laboratories and mission critical facilities
• Function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects.
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy
• Works collaboratively with other team leads, business class lead, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
• Actively encourage and participate in work-sharing and mechanical practice development with a nation-wide network of HDR Mechanical Business Class
• Assist the Mechanical Business Class Lead in the recruitment and growth of the business class
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, or Architectural Engineering with mechanical emphasis.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
• Preference given to local candidates.

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.

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We are an Affirmitive Action and Equal Opportunity Employe r.
We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.