North Texas ICT/Security Business Class Lead

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR's North Texas Building Engineering Services Group seeks a senior ICT/Security Business Class Lead to guide the North Texas ICT/Security engineering team through complex, multi-discipline projects. You’ll partner with market leaders, engage clients, and oversee design development from planning through construction.

As an employee-owned firm, HDR emphasizes inclusion, staff development, and profitability while delivering high-quality infrastructure for data centers, commercial, and federal

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Experience leading diverse, multidisciplinary teams on complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead ICT/Security engineering team with focus on technical excellence, quality, recruiting and staff development.
• Engage with market sector leadership to ensure technical excellence in key markets.
• Interact with clients and community stakeholders and participate in marketing and interviews.
• Lead design coordination with multi-discipline teams from planning to construction.
• Oversee operations, profitability, morale and quality control for the ICT/Security team.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Client engagement

Project management

Mentoring staff

Technical ICT/Security design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Electrical Engineering degree preferred

Tools

Professional registration (PE)

Professional registrations (RCDD/PSP)

Job description

North Texas ICT/Security Business Class Lead - ( 188329 )

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?

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.

Come join the fast-growing Building Engineering Services Group at HDR. The Building Engineering Services Group (BES) provides industry leading Information Communication and Technology (ICT)/Security, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, site civil, structural, and specialty design services for a wide variety of buildings that include data center, 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.

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.

In the role of the North Texas Area ICT/Security Business Class Lead, you will have the opportunity to:

• Provide leadership for the North Texas Building Engineering Services ICT/Security 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 mission critical, commercial, civic, industrial, federal, water, transportation, healthcare, education and laboratories facilities.
• Engage with clients and community stakeholders.
• Be involved in marketing, planning, proposals, and interviews in key markets.
• Promotion of HDR and our ICT/Security design 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 ICT/Security team, including staff development, profitability, morale, and quality control.
• Lead design, coordinating and working closely with multidiscipline design teams throughout the entire life cycle of projects from planning stages, through the development of construction documents, and construction administration.
• Responsible for the team’s development of drawings, specifications, and any required supporting calculations, as well as the review of shop drawings during construction.
• 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 ICT/Security practice development with a nation-wide network of HDR ICT/Security designers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand
• Technical knowledge of communications systems design and drawing production is a must
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar specialty preferred
• Maintains a professional or Engineering registration and has related technical experience, PE, RCDD, or PSP
• A background in communication systems design preferred
• Experience with large network communications and wireless technologies
• Preference given to local candidates

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.

Primary Location

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Posting

Feb 24, 2026

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

We are an Affrimatve Action and Equal Opportunity Employe r.

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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