Building Physics Team Lead

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. 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.

We’re looking for a dynamic Team Lead – Building Physics to drive innovation, inspire technical excellence, and deliver impactful solutions across a diverse portfolio of projects. This is an opportunity to step into a leadership role where your expertise will directly influence how buildings perform, how teams collaborate, and how sustainability is embedded from concept through to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for operations of production section including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control and marketing support.
• Function as Project Manager and take responsibility for production on projects in addition to management responsibilities.
• Support technical delivery on projects to achieve technical excellence.
• Take administrative responsibility for section staff and technical service functions, and lead and coordinate services with other sections.
• Be involved in marketing planning, proposals and interviews.
• Be directly involved with industrial and public clients in marketing, project production and related issues.
• Ensure all work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated through proactive project management system.
• Implement, monitor and support company policy.
• Select, train, develop and manage technical personnel.
• Manage and develop multidiscipline teams.
• Work cooperatively with National Directors and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts.
• Structure training and succession of the teams to enhance performance and ensure future engineering expertise in Practice.
• Support the UK BES management team with delivery of business group and business class growth strategy.
• Promote and lead execution of quality control activities.
• Maintain register and carry out Technical audits on projects as required.
• Undertake S&R activities on projects and where appropriate act as Discipline Lead or as a delegate to the Project Manager.
• Assist the Area Business Class Lead with attracting the best candidates to HDR using industry network and assisting with interviews and selection decisions.
• Assist the Regional Business Class Lead with ongoing control of in‑house technical documents, specification, guides and strategy implementation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in IES energy modelling, building physics, NABERS.
• Strong communication and listening skills.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments.
• Good leadership and organisational skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.
• Current IES Software experience with experience in HVAC modelling, experience with SAP software and some wording around NABERS knowledge/experience.
• Recommended accreditations: OCDEA and NDEA for EPCs, NABERS and BREEAM.

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.