Fire Life Safety Team Leader (FPE)

Fire & Life Safety (FLS) Team Lead – Walnut Creek, CA We are searching for a Fire & Life Safety (FLS) Team Lead at our Walnut Creek office. Responsibilities Work with Building Engineering Services (BES) leadership and the FLS team to recruit and grow the FLS business class in Northern California, leveraging an established local and regional fire protection network. Serve as the direct supervisor and manager for the Northern California FLS team, including fire protection engineers, EITs, and ICC, NFPA, or NICET certified designers, and drive hiring, performance management, professional development, mentoring, and team culture. Work as a collaborative team with fellow area FLS leads for work staffing, staff forecasting, and project proposals. Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting, and plan implementation. Identify and collaborate with market sector leadership to ensure FLS technical excellence in key markets including commercial, civic, industrial, federal, water, transportation, healthcare, education and laboratories, and mission critical facilities. Engage with clients and community stakeholders. Be involved in marketing, planning, proposals, and interviews in key markets. Promote HDR, BES, and our FLS business class within the engineering and architecture community, including participation in conferences and client engagement. Function as design lead or engineering project manager for key projects. Assist in the responsibility for operations of the FLS work group, including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control and marketing support. Assist with administrative responsibility for section staff and technical service functions, and lead and coordinate services with other sections. May function as an Assistant Project Manager and assist in responsibility for production on projects in addition to management responsibilities. Assist in ensuring that all work is planned, organized, controlled, checked, and evaluated through proactive management and quality assurance/quality control practices. Be directly involved with industrial and public clients in marketing, project production and related issues. Assist in the selection, training, development and management of technical personnel. Implement, monitor, and support company policy. Work cooperatively with other business class directors, business class leads, operations managers, technical directors, marketing managers, and project management on business class efforts. Actively participate in work-sharing and fire protection practice development with HDR’s nationwide network of FLS engineers, EITs, and ICC, NFPA, or NICET certified designers with varying levels of experience. Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within direction and goals of business class plans. Participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations. Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews. Work cooperatively with National Directors and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts. Perform other duties as needed. Travel (domestic and international) may be required at various times and is estimated to 15% or less. Preferred Qualifications Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers on business class efforts. Maintains a California Professional Engineer (FPE) registration and has related technical experience. Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand. Master’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering with fire protection emphasis. Maintains NFPA, ICC and/or NICET certification. Experienced in development and management of diverse teams. Preference given to local candidates. Committed to quality, improvement, and HDR values. In-person office culture. This position is subject to a governmental background check. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. A minimum of 7 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. Location & Schedule Primary Location: United States-California-Walnut Creek Other Locations: United States-California-Folsom Industry: Building Engineering Schedule: Full-time Employee Status: Regular Business Class: Fire and Life Safety Job Posting: Jun 23, 2026 Compensation Range: $120,967.00 - $196,375.00 annually. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr HDR