Site Civil Engineering Business Class Lead

HDR, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Site Civil Business Class Lead in Houston, TX to manage regional operations within our Building Engineering Services group.

You will oversee workload, staff development, project delivery, and proposals while engaging with clients and HDR leaders to grow our site civil capabilities. The role requires a Master’s in civil engineering and 10 years of experience, with active professional registration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Committed to quality, HDR values, and professional registration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operations of Site Civil Business Class in the region.
• Manage workload, utilization, and staff development.
• Lead project delivery, quality control, and proposals.
• Engage with clients and HDR leaders; drive growth.
• Prepare site civil proposals with scope and estimates.
• Support strategic planning and marketing activities.
• Collaborate to advance HDR's site civil services in the industry.
• Attend industry events and contribute publications.
• Ensure policy implementation and travel as needed.
• Partner with leadership to build technical capacity.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Client engagement

Proposal development

Education

Master’s degree in civil engineering

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Job description

HDR is currently seeking a Site Civil Business Class Lead for our Building Engineering Services Business Group located in Houston, TX. Our team is an integrated facility and infrastructure design team consisting of core services of Mechanical, Electrical, Structural and Site Civil Engineering. In addition, we offer specialty services such as Fire & Life Safety, Building Commissioning, Specialty Lighting, Controls Systems, OT Cybersecurity, Low Voltage/Security/Telecom, and Construction Services. Our team works in a variety of markets including Tech/Media/Telecom, Commercial Real Estate, Healthcare, Industrial, Water/Wastewater, Federal and Mission Critical buildings and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for operations of the Site Civil Business Class in the regional area, including managing workload and utilization, staff development, project delivery, quality control, and proposal support.
• Build team technical expertise and design production capacity through recruitment, staff development, and training.
• Engage with external clients as well as internal project managers, market sector leads, business group managers and other leaders throughout HDR.
• Prepare site civil proposals, including scope development and estimating hours and fees.
• Support strategic planning, marketing, interviews for site civil planning and design.
• Participate in leadership functions and support the development of HDR services in site civil planning and design.
• Collaborate with National Business Class Directors and Market Sector staff to drive the growth and advancement of our Site Civil Business Class in the industry.
• Serve as a thought leader within our organization and the land development industry, participating in industry conferences and authoring articles or technical publications.
• Help implement, monitor and support company policies.
• Travel intermittently regionally and nationally as necessary.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in civil engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Project experience with land entitlement and development processes in multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience with land development design and construction plan development.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.

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.

Primary Location: United States‑Texas‑Houston

Industry: Building Engineering

Schedule: Full‑time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Building Site Civil

Job Posting: Mar 12, 2026