Mechanical Team Lead

Overview

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. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities. Each role makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better.

This role supports HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group, helping design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive.

We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether 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 is a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

The Building Engineering Services Group (BES) provides industry leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing, site civil, structural, and specialty design services for a wide variety of buildings that include public, municipal, private, and government project types. Projects span local and global scopes. BES areas include Healthcare, Datacenters, Science and Technology, Commercial Real Estate, Finance, Hospitality, Industrial, Municipal, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Federal facilities; delivering engineering excellence for our clients.

We are searching for Mechanical Team Lead at our global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.

In the role of Mechanical Team Lead, we ll count on you to:

• Assist the Mechanical Business Class Lead with management and culture of the overall business class by directly supervising a team of mechanical engineers, EITs and designers with varying degrees of experience
• Work as a collaborative team with fellow Mechanical Team Leads and the Mechanical 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 mechanical market sector leadership to ensure technical excellence in 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
• Work collaboratively with other team leads, business class lead, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
• Actively encourage and participate in work-sharing and mechanical practice development with a nation-wide network of HDR Mechanical Business Class
• Assist the Mechanical Business Class Lead in the recruitment and growth of the business class
• Perform other duties as needed

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, or Architectural Engineering with mechanical emphasis
• Experience in development and management of diverse teams
• Preference given to local candidates
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values

• 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

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.

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.

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Location:

United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Industry: Building Engineering

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Building Electrical

Job Posting: Jan 21, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.