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. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.
We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it's about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR's Building Engineering Services Group, you'll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience. We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you're 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 isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.
We are seeking a dynamic leader to serve as the Professional Services Leader for our Building Engineering Services (BES) Business Group in Arizona and New Mexico. This is a key leadership role that functions in partnership with some of the best and brightest professionals in the industry. In this position, you will be responsible for the growth and integration of our Professional Services practices across multiple technical disciplines in HDR's BES practice. You will engage with technical professionals across HDR's employee matrix, and our industry, to leverage resources that address our clients' needs.
As the BES Professional Services Leader, you will manage our area technical resource (Business Class) experts, ensuring that their project teams are effectively delivering industry-leading service. You will leverage your leadership tools to direct and manage key projects and programs that align with your technical and managerial skillset. While this position is focused on the Arizona and New Mexico geography, HDR's geographic reach is broad and your skillset may be called upon to support programs and initiatives in other geographies, if desired. As a people-leader, you will participate in recruiting, mentoring and training activities, and you will have responsibility for workload balancing and strategic staffing actions. You may serve as a mentor in HDR's career growth and development programs, and you will be an ambassador for HDR's employee ownership culture.
Primary Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of the Area BES Professional Services Leader are as follows:
* Develop, coordinate, monitor and improve technical competencies of business group staff to meet client needs and market drivers
* Provide leadership to assigned business class leaders
* Collaborate with area operations, marketing and management
* Serve as a project or program manager
* Actively participate in projects or manage projects to meet assigned utilization rate
* Support business group practice and professional discipline groups and project teams
* Lead activities to continually improve standards and best practices; implement effective quality assurance
* Participate in area business group strategic planning and plan implementation
* Lead and monitor development and training of business group staff in technical and business competencies
* Coordinate and monitor staff training in company policies and processes including technical, business, ethical, safety, human resources and quality program areas
* Monitor QC Review activities including assignment of experienced and qualified reviewers
* Support business group activities related to hiring and retaining key staff, workload balancing and qualified staffing of project teams, involvement in technical and industry associations, publishing, community and client functions and risk management
* Support communication and coordination within other business groups
* Support growth and development of digital delivery processes and procedures
* Perform other duties as needed Preferred Qualifications
- A minimum of 15 years' experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Excellent communication, leadership and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of the local market.
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
- A minimum of 10 years' experience.
- Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
- Demonstrated experience with leading diverse teams. Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
- Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
- Ability to work cooperatively with regional and local office managers, other area business group directors, technical directors and marketing managers.
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.
What We Believe
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.
Our Commitment
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.
Primary Location
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United States-Arizona-Phoenix
Industry
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Building Engineering
Schedule
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Full-time
Employee Status
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Regular
BusinessClass
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Marketing and Admin
Job Posting
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Jan 6, 2026 |
HDR, Inc.
Jan 06, 2026