Building Physics Team Lead

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:' ' 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.

About You We’re looking for a dynamic Team Lead – Building Physics to drive innovation, inspire technical excellence, and deliver impactful solutions across a diverse portfolio of projects.  This is an opportunity to step into a leadership role where your expertise will directly influence how buildings perform, how teams collaborate, and how sustainability is embedded from concept through to delivery.

Responsibilities In the role of Team Leader, we'll count on you to:
Take responsibility for operations of production section including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control and marketing support

Function as Project Manager and take responsibility for production on projects in addition to management responsibilities

Be able to support technical delivery on projects to achieve technical excellence

Take administrative responsibility for section staff and technical service functions, and lead and coordinate services with other sections

Be involved in marketing planning, proposals and interviews

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 system

Implement, monitor and support company policy

Select, train, develop and manage technical personnel

Manage and develop multidiscipline teams

Work cooperatively with National Directors and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts

Structure training and succession of the teams to enhance performance and ensure future engineering expertise in Practice.  Support the UK BES management team with delivery of business group and business class growth strategy

Promote and lead execution of quality control activities.

Maintain register and carry out Technical audits on projects as required.

Undertake S&R activities on projects and where appropriate act as Discipline Lead or as a delegate to the Project Manager.

Assist the Area Business Class Lead with attracting the best candidates to HDR using industry network and assisting with interviews and selection…