Full Job Description
HDR is seeking a Senior Site Civil Engineer to join the growing Site-Civil team with Building Engineering Services (BES) group in Canada. Senior Site Civil Engineer serves as a key technical leader on our site development engineering team. This is a hands-on technical role where you will have the opportunity to lead the design on a wide variety of complex site development projects, from initial site evaluation through development of construction documents, permitting, and construction. You will serve as a technical expert, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality site civil projects for our clients.
In the role of Senior Civil Engineer, we'll count on you to:
• Lead initial site evaluation, including the research of zoning and land development permitting requirements for local and state agencies.
• Lead the technical design and plan production for site development projects, including site layouts, grading, drainage, stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and utilities.
• Perform site civil engineering calculations and generate associated calculation reports.
• Prepare and review technical specifications, contract documents, and cost estimates.
• Perform complex assignments exercising judgment in evaluation, selection and modification of standard engineering techniques and procedures
• Lead land development permitting processes with AHJ's.
• Serve as a technical expert, exercising judgment in the evaluation and application of advanced engineering techniques to solve complex challenges.
• Delegate tasks to and mentor junior engineering staff and technicians while working together on project teams.
• Coordinate directly with clients, permitting authorities, project managers, and multidisciplinary design teams to ensure technical excellence and project success.
• Serve as a project manager as needed, although project management is not the sole focus of this position.
• Perform other duties as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience using AI productivity tools to accelerate project workstreams including technical writing, code and specification research, and performance simulation and modelling
• Ability to rigorously audit, validate, and verify all AI-generated outputs (examples: technical correspondence and code interpretations) against core engineering fundamentals and regulations
• Project experience with land entitlement and development processes locally and in other surrounding areas.
• Experience with site development design and construction plan development.
• Proficiency with the following software: Civil3D, Microsoft Office, and Bluebeam Revu and other site civil engineering software (e.g. HydroCAD, Autodesk Hydraflow Extensions, etc.) as required.
• Strong skills with Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel), AI-enhanced research and design process support
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of 10 years design experience managing various civil/site design projects
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• Project Engineering and Project Management experience
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must