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. HDR has a rapidly growing structural engineering practice in Chicago, IL that is part of a multi-discipline group of Building Engineering professionals providing support to a diverse portfolio of projects. Recent growth and development in both our Structural Engineering and overall Building Engineering Services teams has created an exciting opportunity for new leadership of our structural engineering practice in Chicago. Our team is currently focused on large industrial projects in the mission critical sector. We are looking for a growth-minded individual who will maintain our production in the mission critical sector, while expanding into other project types in both architectural and infrastructure-related markets. These include commercial, municipal, higher education, justice, healthcare, federal, water/wastewater, energy, aviation, industrial, and transportation sectors. We serve projects for both internal and external clients. Projects are located in Illinois, Indiana, and across the United States. In addition, HDR has a strong network of structural engineering teams both within the US and globally and we share knowledge and resources among our teams. Our teams work in an integrated manner with professionals in a wide variety of disciplines, both in our Chicago office and across the United States. We value professional excellence, long-term engagement in HDR's employee-ownership culture, and providing our people with ample career growth and leadership opportunities throughout their careers. In the role of Section Leader, we'll count on you to:
Be responsible for overseeing all aspects of leadership of this team and engaging current and future leaders within our practice to participate in several of these aspects, including:
- Recruitment: Identifying current and future talent needs and recruiting qualified professionals to grow our team, in collaboration with HDR's recruiting team, and provide new employee mentoring.
- Management: Workload forecasting, work sharing with other structural teams, performance reviews, project staffing, morale, quality control, salary reviews, tracking budget status, scope of work, profitability and scope changes. Schedule and conduct section meetings to discuss productivity, workload, and quality control issues. Take administrative responsibility for section staff and technical service functions,and coordinate services with other sections.
- Professional Development: Providing staff with opportunities for training, participation in professional organizations, and mentoring and advocating for staff in their paths to licensure and/or career advancement within HDR.
- Business Development: Networking with prospective clients, participating in project pursuits, identifying the right talent to serve projects, and developing scope and fee for potential projects. Be involved in marketing planning, proposals and interviews.
- Internal and External Networking: maintaining relationships and ensuring high quality of service to external clients and internally with other HDR business groups, disciplines, project managers, structural teams, and leadership.
- Technical Leadership: ensuring that HDR's standards and QA/QC policies are strictly followed, serving as QC reviewer for projects, serving as a technical resource for staff and colleagues, and cultivating a culture of quality and excellence.
- Project Management: Leading the structural design of projects for which you are Engineer of Record. Function as Project Manager and take responsibility for production on projects, with a willingness to engage in production activities, in addition to management responsibilities. See that all work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated through proactive project management systems.
- Implement, monitor and support company policy, including HDR's in-office practice.
- Perform other duties as needed
Preferred Experience:
- Experience actively designing structures with IBC codes and standards, including minimum of 5 years of experience leading structural engineering projects and sealing as Engineer of Record.
- Bachelor's degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering (ABET accredited) with emphasis in Structural Engineering.
- Demonstrated experience in team leadership and mentoring junior staff as described in the responsibilities portion of this job description.
- Demonstrated experience in structural design within some or all of the market sectors and project types referenced above, for both internal and external clients, from preliminary design through construction, including design calculations, specifications, and construction drawings.
- Deep understanding of IBC codes and referenced standards and demonstrated experience in design and construction of structural steel, concrete, and masonry structures.
- Deep understanding of IBC codes and referenced standards and demonstrated experience in design and construction of structural steel, concrete, and masonry structures.
- Deep understanding of IBC codes and referenced standards and demonstrated experience in design and construction of structural steel, concrete, and masonry structures.
- Strong written and verbal communication and listening skills and ability to grow an internal and external professional network. Strong written and verbal communication and listening skills and ability to grow an internal and external professional network.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- A minimum of 10 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
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.
We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) {Pay Transparency Location1}: $130,977.00- $187,110.00
Primary Location
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United States-Illinois-Chicago
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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Building Structural
Job Posting
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Jul 16, 2025 |
HDR, Inc.
life insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement
Jul 17, 2025