Site Civil Team Lead

Overview

HDR is a employee-owned company focused on inclusion, innovation, and creating a lasting impact. Our Building Engineering Services Group designs 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 to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. This is a opportunity to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

HDR is seeking a Site Civil Team Lead in the Madison, WI and/or Milwaukee, WI offices to lead a team of Site Civil Engineers, EITs, and Designers with experience in complex engineering projects in Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT). The ideal candidate will have a proven background delivering datacenter and mission critical projects from upfront planning through detail design, construction support, and commissioning.

The role is based in HDR’s Building Engineering Services Design Center and involves coordinating a multi-disciplinary team including mechanical, electrical, structural, and site civil engineers.

The primary duties include providing overall leadership to the team, mentoring and training, coordinating design work, fostering a collaborative and motivated design culture, supporting marketing and project pursuits, workplan development, quality control, recruiting, and team development. The individual may manage multiple multi-disciplinary projects and may handle projects with a predominantly engineering focus.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Site Civil Engineer on multi-disciplinary projects and a proficient writer with experience writing specifications, design narratives, and supporting proposals.

In the role, we’ll count on you to:

• Take responsibility for operations of the production team including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control, and marketing support
• Take administrative responsibility for team staff and technical service functions, and lead and coordinate services with other sections
• Be involved in marketing planning as well as proposal scope and fee development
• Be directly involved with industrial and public clients in marketing, project production, and related issues
• Ensure all work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated through proactive project management systems
• Implement, monitor and support company policies
• Select, train, develop and manage technical and production personnel
• Lead coordination with multidiscipline teams
• Work cooperatively with National Directors and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts

• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Hydro Cad, and other civil engineering software as appropriate

• 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.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and…