Full Job Description
HDR is seeking a Highway Roadway Engineer in our Durango or Grand Junction offices to design, pursue, lead design tasks and project teams.
The primary duties of the Highway Roadway Engineer are to serve in a technical role while growing project management and marketing skills. The assigned projects and roles, which will be completed under the direction of a Project Manager, could range from rural and urban street, highway, and multimodal design to transit planning and design for municipal, state, and/or federal clients. The transportation engineer will also oversee the work of CAD Designers and other engineers and EITs. The duties of this position include preparing detailed engineering plans, specifications, project schedules, permitting, and designs for roadways, urban streets, highways, multimodal design, and transit related projects. Project involvement will range from feasibility and alternatives analysis to final design and through field and office construction support. Experience should include urban street and multimodal design, transit planning and design, highway interchange layout, intersection design, traffic management tools, transportation planning, alternatives analysis, and conceptual design. The ideal candidate will have experience with multi-disciplinary coordination between survey, right-of-way, geotechnical, grading, drainage, traffic, lighting, urban design, and utilities. The candidate will also assume some project management duties and will have opportunities for client interaction through project meetings as well as marketing opportunities.
In the role of Highway/Roadway Engineer, we'll count on you to:
- Serve in a technical role under the direction of a Project Manager on the engineering development of urban and rural highway/roadway projects
- Oversee the work of CAD Designers, and possibly other EITs
- Prepare detailed engineering designs for roadway and highway projects
- Participate in activities ranging from site feasibility analysis to final design and through the construction phase
- Assume some project management duties and interact with clients as needed
- Perform other duties as needed
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Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Previous experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Hands-on experience with Highways and Roads CAD engineeringsoftware such as Bentley ConceptStation and Open Roads Designer and/orAutodesk 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