Come join the fast-growing Building Engineering Services Group at HDR. 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 are a balance of local as well as across the region and the globe. With a team of experienced staff in Datacenters we also have goal of diversifying into Healthcare, Science and Technology, Commercial Real Estate, Finance, Hospitality, Industrial, Municipal, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Federal facilities; we provide engineering excellence for our clients.
We are searching for the Mechanical Team Lead at our Chicago, IL office.
In the role of Mechanical Team Lead, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Assist the Mechanical Section Manager (forthcoming) with management and culture of the overall business class by being the direct supervisor of a team of mechanical engineers, EITs and designers with varying degrees of experience
- Work as a collaborative team with fellow Team Leads and Tech leads and the Mechanical Section Manager 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 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
- Works collaboratively with other team leads, Section Manager, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
- Actively encourage and participate in work-sharing and structural practice development with a nation-wide network of HDR Mechanical Business Class
- Assist the Mechanical Section Manager in the recruitment and growth of the business class
- Perform other duties as needed
Preferred Qualifications:- Master's degree in Mechanical or Architectural Engineering with Mechanical emphasis
- Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
Preference given to local candidate
QualificationsRequired Qualifications - 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
