HDR is currently seeking a Mechanical Business Class Lead to lead a team of building mechanical and plumbing engineers and designers in complex architectural/engineering projects across multiple market sectors including Healthcare, Education, Science, Water/Wastewater, Federal Government, and Industrial. This is a key leadership role in our integrated Architecture/Engineering practice in Denver, CO. Our building engineering team is a full service, multi-disciplinary organization including mechanical, electrical, structural, site civil and control systems engineers that is co-located with our Architecture studio to support a collaborative and fully-integrated design process.

The primary duties of the Mechanical Business Class Lead are to provide overall leadership to the mechanical/plumbing team, including successfully identifying and recruiting additional team members, setting strategic vision and inspiration for the growth and evolution of the team, and providing technical guidance for team members. Secondary duties include personnel- and business-management functions typical for a large A/E firm delivering complex projects.

In the role of Mechanical Business Class Lead, we'll count on your leadership in these areas:

Soft Skills (People):

• Develop the strategic vision for the Mechanical/Plumbing team in conjunction with other engineering and architecture leaders.
• Motivate and inspire the team to achieve lofty goals.
• Successfully attract, recruit, and hire outstanding new team members.
• Establish/maintain relationships with internal and external clients.
• Materially participate in business development activities, including meaningful contributions to marketing, proposals and interviews.
• Mentor and coach team members, guide training and professional development, and lead annual reviews.

Hard Skills (Technical and Business Management):

• Take roles as Project Manager and/or Mechanical Lead on selected projects.
• Oversee project production by the team, including monitoring scope/schedule/budget for successful project delivery.
• Implement and monitor quality processes to produce high-quality work products.
• Coordinate mechanical/plumbing production work with other disciplines on an integrated architecture/engineering team.
• Participate in reviews with various governing agencies for code compliance
• Conduct schematic, design development and contract document work sessions in conjunction with the project manager, project architect and other A/E design disciplines
• Conduct QC and technical reviews, and provide technical guidance on active projects.
• Perform other duties as needed for the advancement of the team and HDR.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• 10 years of experience
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must