DLR Group
DLR Group is 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.
Electrical Engineering Discipline Studio Leader – Dallas
Location: Dallas, Texas
Position Summary:
The Engineering team has an opening for an Electrical Engineering Discipline Studio Leader to support our Dallas Office.
As the Electrical Engineering Studio Leader, you will provide leadership for the electrical engineering practice, guiding operations, project execution, team development, and client engagement across a diverse portfolio of sectors including Higher Education, K-12, Arts & Culture, Justice + Civic, Workplace, Retail, Hospitality, and more.
The successful candidate will:
- Lead operations, execution, and strategic direction for the Dallas electrical engineering team.
- Develop, communicate, and implement operational plans including staffing, scheduling, and team objectives.
- Direct and coordinate activities of engineers, designers, consultants, and vendors.
- Manage team assignments, resource planning, and workload balancing to support project and growth goals.
- Partner with sector and practice leadership on recruiting, mentoring, performance management, and team development.
- Support business development efforts through proposal development, client interviews, and relationship building.
- Actively engage in professional and community organizations to strengthen the DLR Group brand and market presence.
- Foster a high-performing, collaborative, and inclusive team culture.
- Lead the design of electrical building systems from concept through construction administration.
- Prepare and oversee engineering calculations, electrical system layouts, reports, and technical narratives.
- Coordinate closely with owners, architects, and multidisciplinary design teams to deliver integrated solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering.
- Professional Engineer licensure in Texas (or ability to obtain through reciprocity).
- 10–12+ years of experience designing electrical building systems on complex projects.
- Prior experience leading engineering teams and mentoring technical staff.
- Experience with specification writing, construction administration, multidisciplinary coordination, scheduling, and management of multiple projects.
- Strong client relationship and communication experience.
- Experience with a consulting engineering or A/E firm designing systems for education, civic, workplace, hospitality, sports, cultural, or similar project types.
- Working knowledge of current electrical design software including Revit, AGi32, and SKM PowerTools.
- Appreciation for architectural design and integrated project delivery.
Preferred Qualifications
- LEED Accredited Professional, with experience contributing to sustainable design initiatives.
- Experience with high-performance and sustainable building design.
- Proficiency in Autodesk Revit.
- Strong understanding of how architecture and engineering integrate to elevate design outcomes.
About DLR Group
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned—every employee is invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of the project lifecycle, championing collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and innovative use of technology to deliver exceptional design.
Through our values—commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, and teamwork—we elevate the human experience through design, together.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
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.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
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Working in Dallas, Texas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in northern Texas, it is the ninth-most populous city in the United States and third-most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million at the 2020 census. Along with the city of Fort Worth, Dallas anchors the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. and the most populous metropolitan area in Texas, at 8.5 million people. Dallas is a core city of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern U.S. and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea
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