Commissioning Area Business Class Lead

Overview

As Commissioning Area Business Class Leader, you guide a cross-functional team within HDR’s Structural group to drive technical excellence and successful project delivery. You collaborate with the Managing Principal and Area BES Leadership Team to align operations, staffing, and budgets with the firm’s goals. You mentor staff, manage workload, and ensure high-quality outcomes while fostering an inclusive, employee-owned culture. You will shape the area’s strategy, forecasts, and proposals to support growth and client success.

Responsibilities

• Represent HDR and BES with a client-service mindset and lead by example
• Collaborate with Managing Principal and Area BES Leadership Team to ensure smooth operation of the group
• Motivate staff and maintain team morale; build a community of practice around technical excellence and project delivery
• Align with Regional Business Class Leaders to promote technical excellence within the Structural section
• Staff leadership: hiring, mentoring, annual reviews, development plans, strategic area-level planning
• Coordinate workload with Project Managers and Team Leads; assign staff and manage utilization
• Monitor project budgets and schedules; communicate scope, budget, deliverables, programme, forecasts
• Assist with forecasting and short-/mid-/long-term planning; support proposals for Structural business class
• Oversee technical delivery to ensure quality, consistency, and on-time delivery; coordinate with Digital teams

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a closely related field
• 10 years of related experience
• Maintain professional engineering registration and relevant technical experience
• Experience developing and managing diverse teams
• Collaborative work with area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers
• Commitment to HDR’s employee-owned culture and values
• Excellent people management, communication, and organizational skills
• Aspirations toward HDR’s Officers, Professional Associates, and Associates Program

• leadership
• communication
• team development
• professional engineering registration
• project delivery oversight
• staff management and development

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