Site Civil Team Lead

HDR, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is hiring a Site Civil Team Lead for the Madison and Milwaukee offices in Wisconsin. You will lead a team of Site Civil Engineers, EITs, and Designers on complex datacenter and mission-critical projects, from planning through commissioning.

The role demands strong leadership, technical writing, and collaboration across disciplines. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in site civil engineering, a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent), and professional registration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in site civil engineering or related field.
• Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role.
• Strong communication and listening skills.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and manage teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Site Civil Engineers, EITs, and Designers across multi-disciplinary projects.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and training to the team.
• Coordinate design work and ensure quality across projects.
• Contribute to marketing planning, proposals and fee development.
• Lead coordination with national directors and marketing staff.

Skills

Microsoft Office

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

HydroCad

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

HydroCad

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.

Site Civil Team Lead Primary Responsibilities

HDR is currently seeking a Site Civil Team Lead in the Madison, WI office and/or the Milwaukee, WI office to lead a team of Site Civil Engineers, EITs, and Designers with experience in complex engineering projects across our fastest growing market sector, Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT). The ideal candidate should have a proven background in successfully delivering various datacenter and mission critical projects ranging from upfront planning and pre-design activities through detail design, construction support and commissioning. The position is in our Building Engineering Services Design Center in our Madison and Milwaukee offices which is a full service, multi-disciplinary team including mechanical, electrical, structural and site civil engineers.

The primary duties of the Site Civil Team Lead are to provide the overall leadership to the team, identify growth opportunities through mentoring and training, coordinate the design work of Site Civil Engineers, EITs, and Designers working within a multi-disciplined, full service, A/E team throughout the entire project development, and create a collaborative and motivating team culture to promote design excellence across the practice. The responsibilities will also include being involved with supporting marketing and project pursuits, workplan development, quality control, recruiting, and team development. The individual must be highly motivated and will be the lead on multiple multi-disciplinary projects and may be called to manage projects that have a predominantly engineering focus.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Site Civil Engineer on multi-disciplined projects and a proficient writer with experience writing specifications, design narratives and supporting proposals.

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

• Take responsibility for operations of production team including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control and marketing support
• Take administrative responsibility for team staff and technical service functions, and lead and coordinate services with other sections
• Be involved in marketing planning as well as proposal scope and fee development
• Be directly involved with industrial and public clients in marketing, project production and related issues
• See that all work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated through proactive project management systems
• Implement, monitor and support company policies
• Select, train, develop and manage technical and production personnel
• Lead coordination with multidiscipline teams
• Work cooperatively with National Directors and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, AutoCad, Civil 3D, HydroCad, and other civil engineering software as appropriate

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.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part‑time roles eligible for limited benefits.) Minnesota: $115,469, - $164,955

Primary Location: United States-Minnesota-Saint Louis Park

Other Locations: United States-Minnesota-St. Paul, United States-Minnesota-Minneapolis, United States-Wisconsin-Madison, United States-Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Industry: Building Engineering

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Building Site Civil

Job Posting: Jul 14, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.