BES Professional Services Lead

Overview

HDR values employee ownership and inclusion, fostering a culture where all voices are respected. Our Building Engineering Services Group designs critical infrastructure that supports the digital age, including high-performance data centers and dynamic commercial environments. If you are passionate about engineering impact, innovation, and sustainability, this role offers an opportunity to lead and shape the future of the built environment.

• Be responsible to the Business Group Manager to develop, coordinate, monitor, and improve technical competencies of Business Group staff to meet client needs and market drivers.
• Assist with daily operations such as project oversight, management reviews, financials, and driving profitability at the project level.
• Lead and monitor hiring, development, and training of area staff in technical and business competencies.
• Work with market sector leads on workload projections and coordinate workload sharing with other Business Groups or Areas.
• Lead quality assurance efforts to implement QA/QC Program activities striving for continuous improvement.
• Lead and monitor activities for continuous improvement including development and use of technical standards, procedures, best practices, and lessons learned.
• Participate in project reviews and support project teams with management of claims and losses.
• Participate in key pursuit teaming, staffing discussions, and fee development.
• Partner with Market Sector Leaders and Project Delivery Leader.
• Work with Business Group Manager to streamline and coordinate business processes consistent with Area, corporate policy, and MOA.
• Oversee and ensure implementation of quality, standards, and best practices.
• Support communication and coordination within all business groups.
• Work closely with the Area Professional Services Lead.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• A minimum of 15 years' experience.
• Knowledge of the local market.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of the local market.

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Demonstrated experience with leading diverse teams. Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Ability to work cooperatively with regional and local office managers, other area business group directors, technical directors and marketing managers.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.

United States – Illinois – Chicago

HDR offers a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, short‑term 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. Expected compensation range: $ – $.