HDR

Highway Engineer

HDR$80K — $110K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
  • Professional engineering license (PE or P.Eng) required
  • Hands-on experience with Highways and Roads CAD software (e.g., Bentley ConceptStation, Open Roads Designer)
  • Proficiency in MS Office
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Experience in urban and rural highway design and traffic management
  • Commitment to an employee-owned culture

Responsibilities

  • Support the Project Manager in designing urban roadways, interchanges, and freeway projects
  • Manage design files and deliverables, ensuring quality control and team coordination
  • Oversee design work by junior engineers and design staff on multidisciplinary projects
  • Prepare roadway layouts and details for projects from planning to final design stages
  • Develop cost estimates for various project phases and final bid lists
  • Create visual technical exhibits for team and client communications
  • Take on management roles to ensure project timelines and deliverables are met

Benefits

  • Employee ownership culture
  • Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion
  • Access to Employee Network Groups for support and networking
  • Opportunities for professional development and advancement
  • Collaborative work environment focused on community impact
Full Job Description
In the role of Highway Engineer, we'll count on you to: • Serve in a technical role supporting a Project Manager on the development of urban roadways, arterials, grade separations, and mainline freeway, managed lane design, and freeway interchange projects • Manage master file layouts and maintain custody of draft and final design files with team coordination and logical record keeping of deliverables and QC documentation on multiple projects • Oversee and manage design work completed by EITs or design staff contributing to multidisciplinary projects (roadway / drainage / utilities / structures / geotechnical / environmental) • Prepare roadway layouts, profiles, and details to facilitate the completion of planning level through final design level projects based on delivery schedules • Develop cost estimates for feasibility studies, planning level assessments, environmental phase engineers estimate, and final design estimates and bid lists with item codes • Actively participated verbally and visually with the generation and use of exhibits to explain technical concepts for team approval and client review • Assume management roles when needed to keep projects moving forward with oversight teams including transmittals of deliverables to client and reviewing agencies Preferred Qualifications • A minimum of 3 years experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design Qualifications Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree • Previous experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design • Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license. • Hands-on experience with Highways and Roads CAD engineering software such as Bentley ConceptStation and Open Roads Designer and/or Autodesk Infraworks and Civil3d • MS Office knowledge • Excellent communication and organizational skills • Experience should include urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, preparation of concept alignments, geometrical layout and CAD base alignment plans • An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

About HDR

HDR is an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm based in Omaha, Nebraska. The company was founded in 1917 as Henningson Engineering Company and has since grown to become one of the largest engineering firms in the United States. HDR provides a wide range of services, including architecture, engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management. The company has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including the Hoover Dam Bypass and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. HDR is committed to sustainability and has been recognized for its efforts in this area by organizations such as the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Size
10,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1917

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