Bridge Engineer

About the role

The primary responsibilities of the Bridge Engineer include:

• Applying structural design, analysis, and detailing techniques to support the design and development of bid plans for bridges and other structures.
• Projects may include highway bridges (steel plate girder, prestressed concrete, and other specialty types), retaining walls, box culverts and associated structures.
• Performing standard bridge engineering/design procedures.
• Developing structural details using specialized software (Microstation, MathCAD, LARSA or various concrete and steel design or analysis programs).
• Bridge inspection.
• Performing structural load rating calculations as well as assisting with geometric layout and bridge type studies.
• Some CADD plan production may also be required.

Responsibilities

This position may be assigned to serve on larger bridge projects nationally and may include mega alternate delivery projects. In the role of Bridge Engineer, we'll count on you to:

• Apply structural engineering and detailing techniques.
• Work on projects that typically include bridge (steel plate girder, prestress concrete, segmental and cable) box culvert, and interchange design for highway and railway projects.
• Select standard bridge engineering/design procedures, develop structural details using specialized structural design and analysis software, and perform structural load calculations and assist with geometric layout and quantity development.
• Review, assign work and/or check design calculations, estimates, and specifications produced by junior engineers and EITs.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Structural Engineering
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in bridge design.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Previous experience in bridge design
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Bluebeam Revu and engineering software packages such as: LEAP Bridge Enterprise, FB-MultiPier, LPile, AASHTOWare BrR, midas Civil, MDX, SAP2000, CSiBridge, RM Bridge, spColumn, STLBridgeLRFD, or STLBridge.
• Knowledge of ADINA, LUSAS, Bentley OpenBridge Designer and OpenBridge Modeler and/or Autodesk Infraworks and Civil3d.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, MicroStation, AutoCAD, MathCAD, LARSA, Prestress Concrete Design.
• Experience managing junior staff.
• Excellent communication skills and working in a team environment.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Benefits

What We Believe at HDR:

• We believe in building on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day.
• We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular