Structural Section Team Lead

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:
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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.

The Building Engineering Services (BES) group of MN/WI is looking for a Structural Team Lead to join our St. Louis Park, MN office. Come join the fast‑growing BES Group s Business Group provides industry‑leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing, site civil, structural, and specialty design services for a wide variety of buildings. These projects include public, municipal, private, and government project types. They are local as well as national and across the globe.

HDR has teams of experienced staff with subject matter expertise in several markets including Healthcare, Tech/Media/Telecom, Science/Technology, Commercial Real Estate, Finance, Hospitality, Industrial, Municipal, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Federal facilities. We provide engineering excellence for all our clients. This is a terrific opportunity for a mid‑career engineer to tackle a new challenge and contribute to the positive culture of a growing team.

• Assist the Structural Area Business Class Lead with management and culture of the overall business class by being the direct supervisor of a team of structural engineers, EITs and designers with varying degree of experience
• Work as a collaborative team with fellow Team Leads and the Area Business Class Lead for work staffing and project proposals
• Provide team leadership with a focus on technical excellence, quality, recruiting, mentoring, and staff development
• Collaborate closely with structural market sector leadership to ensure technical excellence in all key markets including commercial, civic, industrial, federal, water, transportation, healthcare, education and laboratories and mission‑critical facilities
• Function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects.
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy
• Actively encourage and participate in work‑sharing and structural practice development with a nation‑wide network of HDR Structural Business Class
• Assist the Structural Business Class Lead in the recruitment and growth of the business class
• Structural Engineering Tasks
  • Collaborate with architects and other engineering discipline leads to develop designs and drive projects forward, working independently and/or leading small project teams and mentoring EIT’s.
  • Independently coordinate the work of the structural design team through the design development and contract document phases of a project
  • Establish meetings and participate in reviews with various governing agencies for code compliance
  • Conduct design development and contract document work sessions at…