Senior Area Electrical Lead, Building Engineering

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Saint Louis Park (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking an Area Electrical Business Class Lead in Minneapolis to oversee a team of engineers and designers on complex architectural projects across Healthcare, Education, Science, Justice, and Technology. The role emphasizes leadership, client relations, budgeting, and coordination with other disciplines.

The position is based in Minneapolis, MN, within HDR's employee-owned culture. A Bachelor's in engineering, 10 years of experience, and professional registration are 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 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

• Establish client relations and be involved with marketing and client development activities.
• Manage the technical and operational activities of the electrical discipline.
• Prepare/review project budgets and scopes for the electrical discipline and track budget status.
• Schedule and coordinate all work performed inside the discipline.
• Establish work priorities and project assignments for staff.
• Monitor scope of work and scope changes.
• Facilitate and encourage coordination with other discipline groups.
• Conduct interviews in support of the hiring of new staff for the section and provide new employee mentoring.
• Establish employee goals and conduct employee performance reviews.
• Schedule and conduct section meetings to discuss productivity, workload and quality control issues.
• Advance the skill level of personnel through training, education, experience, etc.
• Coordinate with the electrical discipline managers of other business group locations to review workload, project status, and staffing requirements.
• Prepare/review electrical engineering scope of work and budgets/estimates for proposals.
• Monitor changes in codes, regulations and client standards and keep staff up to date on current industry practices
• Implement any required changes into the electrical design standards, procedures, and deliverables.
• Perform quality control reviews.
• Serve as a Project Manager occasionally and/or Task Lead when applicable.
• Perform project engineer duties when required.

Skills

Team leadership

Client relations

Budgeting

Project management

Electrical engineering

Staff mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field

Job description

HDR is seeking an Area Electrical Business Class Lead in Minneapolis to oversee a team of engineers and designers on complex architectural projects across Healthcare, Education, Science, Justice, and Technology. The role emphasizes leadership, client relations, budgeting, and coordination with other disciplines.

The position is based in Minneapolis, MN, within HDR's employee-owned culture. A Bachelor's in engineering, 10 years of experience, and professional registration are required.