Senior Roadway Engineer

HDR • Jackson, MS

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About The Position

HDR is hiring a Senior Roadway Engineer for its Transportation Business Group. The role leads technical development of urban roadway design projects and performs quality assurance reviews on major interstate and state highway projects. The engineer serves as a technical expert, resolving complex problems within an area of specialization, and may take on project management responsibilities, interact with clients, and supervise a medium to large team of professionals and technicians as needed.

The position involves roadway engineering design across urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, concept alignments, geometric layouts, and CAD base alignment plans. Coordination with survey, grading, drainage, utilities, and site-item layouts is also relevant. HDR describes its employee-owned culture as collaborative and inclusive, with a focus on transportation systems that support safety, efficiency, sustainability, resilience, and connected communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 10 years of experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design.
• Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered, such as a PE or P.Eng license.
• Demonstrated leadership and communication skills, and ability to work with various teams.
• Experience with urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, concept alignments, geometric layouts, and CAD base alignment plans.
• An attitude and commitment to actively participating in HDR's employee-owned culture.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE).
• At least 3 years of experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design.
• Experience with MicroStation, InRoads, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Project management skills.
• Experience coordinating survey, grading, drainage, utilities, and layout of site items.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical development of urban roadway design projects.
• Perform quality assurance checks on major transportation projects on interstate and state highway systems.
• Serve as a technical expert with recognized authority in a specialization and resolve problems of greater scope and complexity.
• Assume project management duties as needed and interact with clients.
• Supervise the work of medium to large teams of professionals and technicians as needed.
• Perform other duties as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior