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HDR · 1 week ago

Structural Section Manager, BES

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$131K/yr - $187K/yr

10+ years exp

HDR is a company that values employee engagement and inclusion, and they are seeking a Structural Section Manager to lead their growing structural engineering practice in Chicago. The role involves overseeing team leadership, managing projects, ensuring quality control, and fostering professional development while expanding into various project types.

ArchitectureConsulting

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Structural EngineeringIBC CodesStandardsProject ManagementProfessional DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentTeam LeadershipCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsMentoring

Required

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

Preferred

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

Strong written and verbal communication and listening skills and ability to grow an internal and external professional network