Engineering Principal

Engineering Principal

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? Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. 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.

Engineering Principals are leaders in the practice who influence culture, morale, and recruiting as well as provide leadership in the pursuit and delivery of work. An Engineering Principal not only has deep engineering expertise in their discipline, but they understand how cross-discipline teams function. They couple that understanding with leadership and communication abilities to positively impact the success of the business.

The behaviors represented by Engineering Principals are indicative to our staff, clients, and recruits of the behaviors and characteristics HDR rewards.

Winning Work Engineering Principals have a significant impact on winning work for HDR – both for the Building Engineering Services (BES) Business Group (BG) and partner BGs. They have business development skills to identify opportunities and take the initiative to be responsive and establish relationships to win work. They promote and represent BES to our internal and external clients – they foster relationships that make people want to work with us.

There are three ways in which BES wins work and Engineering Principals contribute to each:
Book work in BES market sectors. Collaborate with partner business groups to help them win work in their market sectors by developing and leveraging our expertise, relationships, and reputation. Capture building engineering scope of work on HDR non-BES projects by selling our services internally. Engineering Principals are expected to help develop scope, schedule, and fee for projects. They must communicate regarding the pursuits they are leading with operational leadership to address staffing, expertise requirements, and business needs.

Engineering Principals help us identify how to engage the right people in the right work in alignment with our strategic goals: "differentiating ourselves in our markets by amplifying our collective talent and knowledge".

Project Success Engineering Principals understand the building design process in the market sectors in which they practice. They facilitate clear communication and provide leadership for the entire design team. An Engineering Principal needs to be a conceptual thinker who can engage and challenge our architectural designers and engineering team during the early stages of projects to inform design. They should leverage our integrated practice to add value to our project delivery process and lead engineering teams to deliver well-coordinated, high-quality designs to our clients.

Engineering Principals are expected to not only provide leadership for their discipline but act more broadly as leaders in our practice. The role requires a passion for maximizing…