Regional Structural Engineering Leader

We are an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

The Engineering team has an opening for Regional Structural Engineering Leader.

Location: Minneapolis, MN or Chicago, IL

Position Summary:

As the Regional Structural Engineering Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading design of structural systems for buildings across a variety of sectors including Higher Education, K-12, Arts & Culture, Justice/Civic, Retail, Hospitality and Energy. You will lead a regional structural engineering team to produce high-quality construction documents using Revit and manage project schedules to meet deliverable requirements. As part of the integrated design team, you will collaborate closely with other disciplines to produce highly integrated building designs.

You will be responsible for leading the design process of structural building systems and preparing detailed structural engineering drawings and calculations. Responsibilities include management of Structural Engineers, Designers and/or other team members.

The successful candidate will:

• Manage operations, execution, and expectations for the Regional Structural Engineering Discipline in Minneapolis, MN and Chicago, IL.
• Develop, communicate, and update operations plans to include information such as objectives, schedules, and staffing.
• Direct or coordinate activities of personnel, vendors, and consultants.
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and projects to personnel.
• Schedule, facilitate and document meetings with staff and clients related to overall operations.
• Participate in the development and negotiation of contract as well as service change request; and initiate, review, or approve modifications to plans.
• Partner with sector and practice leadership to perform all personnel functions such as selection, training, and evaluation of personnel.
• Support business development initiatives by assisting the RFP process and interview process.
• Actively engage in community and/or industry specific organization that will build the DLR Group brand.

• Maintain industry leading workplace practices to drive operating unit and culture towards a great place to work status.
• Properly balance staffing and workload to achieve profit and revenue growth goals.
• Develop structural designs from concept through completion of construction.
• Prepare engineering design calculations.
• Prepare detailed engineering reports and narratives.
• Coordinate structural design requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Structural Engineering.
• Licensed Structural Engineer.
• Prior experience leading teams of engineers.
• 8+ years experience as a Structural Engineer designing structural building systems on complex projects.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.