Director of Bridges (New York/New Jersey)
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role section describing the role and context.
Then we have description of Transportation Business Group, etc. That's about the role.
Then "HDR is seeking a Bridge Director to lead and grow the bridge practice in the New York/New Jersey area." That's role.
Then list of primary duties etc. That's responsibilities.
Then "Preferred candidate will have experience..." That's qualifications/requirements.
Then "Keywords:" list.
Then "Preferred Qualifications" bullet list.
Then "Required Qualifications" bullet list.
Then "What We Believe" etc. That's about culture, maybe not needed.
Then "Our Commitment" etc. That's benefits? Actually benefits described later: "We provide a comprehensive benefits package..." That's benefits.
Then "The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) {New York City}: $181,000-$304,031". That's Pay.
Then "Primary Location:United States-New York-New York Industry:Bridges Schedule:Full-time Employee Status:Regular BusinessClass:Bridges and Structures Job Posting:Sep 28, 2026". That's Schedule (Full-time) and maybe location but we only need Schedule section if present. It says Schedule:Full-time. So we can include Schedule section with Full-time.
We should not include location as heading unless we have a section for location (not in list). So we can ignore.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". We have specific pay range.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat the job title as a heading. So no heading "Bridge Director". Use sections as per list.
We need to decide which sections to include:
- About the role: we can include introductory paragraphs describing the role and HDR's mission, transportation group, etc. That's substantive.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (planning, technical development, delivery, oversight, QA/QC, mentoring, etc.)
- Requirements: maybe combine Required Qualifications? Actually Requirements could be the required qualifications. Qualifications could be preferred qualifications. But we have both Required and Preferred. We could make Requirements section for required qualifications, and Qualifications section for preferred qualifications. Or we could combine. The instruction: use headings as e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications.
- Skills: maybe list skills like effective communication, leadership, planning, mentoring, MS Office, etc. Could be extracted from Preferred Qualifications.
- Benefits: list of benefits package.
- Pay: compensation range.
- Schedule: Full-time.
We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each section has real content.
Let's extract content.
About the role: Could combine the initial paragraphs about HDR culture, transportation business group, role purpose. Let's craft a prose paragraph(s) that preserve all substantive info. Must not invent. We'll need to include details: HDR employee-owners, welcoming environment, inclusion, impact, transportation foundation, role in shaping systems, designing highways, bridges, transit, rail, aviation, ports, marine infrastructure, work supports economic vitality, public safety, sustainable communities, quality of life. Bringing together planners, engineers, etc. Modernizing infrastructure or pioneering next-gen solutions. Employee-owners foundation. HDR seeking Bridge Director to lead and grow bridge practice in NY/NJ area. Primary duties: planning, technical development and delivery of major bridge projects. Preferred candidate experience delivering bridges of various complexity including complex bridges, extensive design experience in highway and rail bridges, good overall background in complex bridges, experience in alternative delivery (Design Build, Progressive Design Build, P3) desirable. Involved in technical oversight and coordination of several projects concurrently, participate in design and production of schematic, design development, contract document work with PMs and other disciplines. Ensure project deliverables and supporting documentation complete and conform to standards. Serve in capacity supporting or leading major bridge design pursuits. Implement QA/QC procedures and completing reviews of bridge plans, specs, other contract documents. Act as mentor/supervisor for less experienced bridge engineers. Ensure emerging technologies implemented and advancing bridge design capabilities. Participate in selection of key staff nationally/globally and identify strategic hires needed for growth and evolution of HDR's Bridge program.
That's a lot of prose. We can put that in About the role? But responsibilities also need list. Better to put narrative in About the role, and responsibilities as bullet list.
Let's extract responsibilities bullet list:
- Planning, technical development and delivery of major bridge projects.
- Technical oversight and coordination of several projects concurrently.
- Participate in design and production of schematic, design development, and contract document work in conjunction with Project Managers, appropriate technical professionals, and other disciplines.
- Ensure project deliverables and supporting documentation are complete and conform to applicable standards and specifications.
- Serve in a capacity supporting or leading major bridge design pursuits.
- Implement QA/QC procedures and completing reviews of bridge plans, specifications, and other contract documents.
- Act as mentor/supervisor for less experienced bridge engineers.
- Ensure emerging technologies are being implemented and that HDR is continually advancing bridge design capabilities.
- Participate in the selection of key staff nationally/globally and identify strategic hires needed for the growth and evolution of HDR's Bridge program.
That seems comprehensive.
Now Requirements (required qualifications): from Required Qualifications bullet list:
- Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
- 10 years of experience
- Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
- Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience
- Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
- Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
We should keep as bullet list.
Qualifications (preferred qualifications): from Preferred Qualifications bullet list:
- MS in Structural Engineering
- 15 years of bridge design experience
- PE licensure in New York and New Jersey as well as in other states, is highly desirable as well as ability to obtain reciprocity with other states as needed.
- Experience in delivering major highway and rail bridge projects
- Experience in pursuits of bridge design projects.
- MS Office experience
- Effective communication, leadership, planning, and mentoring skills.
- Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrated ability to provide performance coaching and mentoring to less experienced staff.
- Versatility in various bridge design software products
- Established client relationships in the NY/NJ
- Experience working with MTA, NYSDOT, NJDOT, NY State Bridge Authority, NJ Turnpike Authority, Port Authority of NY & NJ, Mass DOT, and other major regional clients is highly desirable.
- Experience preparing project scope, fee, and schedule.
- Experience and active participation in industry organizations, technical conferences, and professional associations.
- Preference given to candidates currently residing in the NY/NJ Area
Also there is a "Keywords:" list but we can ignore or maybe include as Skills? But we already have skills.
Skills section: could list skills like effective communication, leadership, planning, mentoring, MS Office, organizational, project management, written/verbal communication, performance coaching, mentoring, versatility in bridge design software, etc. But we already have many in Preferred Qualifications. Might be redundant. Better to put skills as bullet list derived from those.
But we must not duplicate content? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all info. If we put skills section, we need to ensure we don't omit any skill info from elsewhere. Could incorporate skill info into Qualifications or Responsibilities. But we have separate headings for Skills; we can include it and still keep the info elsewhere? That would duplicate. Duplication is allowed? The instruction says do NOT repeat the job title as a heading and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. It doesn't forbid duplication of content elsewhere, but better to avoid redundancy. However we need to include all substantive info; duplication is not prohibited but might be considered unnecessary. Safer to not duplicate; we can place skill info under Qualifications (Preferred) and maybe not have a separate Skills section. But the instruction says we can use Skills heading if we have real specific content for it. We do have skill info; we could put them under Skills and keep Qualifications for education/experience licensure etc. Let's split:
- Requirements: required qualifications (education, years experience, values, registration, team management, cooperation, employee-owned culture commitment).
- Qualifications: preferred qualifications (MS, 15 years experience, PE licensure, delivering major highway/rail bridges, pursuits, MS Office, etc.) but that includes many skills.
- Skills: maybe we can extract specific skill items like effective communication, leadership, planning, mentoring, organizational, project management, written/verbal communication, performance coaching, versatility in bridge design software, etc. But those are already in Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could put skills under Qualifications and not have separate Skills. But we need to decide.
Given the instruction to prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones, maybe we combine Preferred Qualifications and Skills into one Qualifications section. Then we have Requirements separate. That seems reasonable.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We'll omit Skills.
Now Benefits: from "We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement."
We need to put as bullet list.
Pay: compensation range: "{New York City}: $181,000-$304,031". Also note that expected compensation range depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. We'll include that sentence.
Schedule: "Schedule:Full-time". Also maybe Employee Status:Regular but we only need Schedule.
Now About the role: we need to include all substantive info not covered elsewhere. Let's craft a paragraph that includes the introductory culture description, transportation business group description, role purpose, and maybe the primary duties summary (but we already have responsibilities list). We can keep About the role as a brief overview: HDR's employee-owned culture, mission, transportation business group, role of Bridge Director leading bridge practice in NY/NJ, primary duties (planning, technical development, delivery of major bridge projects). Ensure we don't repeat responsibility bullet details; we can keep high-level.
Let's draft:
At HDR, employee‑owners foster a welcoming, inclusive environment where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work. As part of HDR’s Transportation Business Group, the Bridge Director helps shape the systems that move people and goods safely, efficiently, and sustainably — from highways and iconic bridges to transit, rail, aviation,
for prose. We must not repeat the job title as a heading. So no heading "Bridge Director". Use sections as per list. We need to decide which sections to include: - About the role: we can include introductory paragraphs describing the role and HDR's mission, transportation group, etc. That's substantive. - Responsibilities: list of duties (planning, technical development, delivery, oversight, QA/QC, mentoring, etc.) - Requirements: maybe combine Required Qualifications? Actually Requirements could be the required qualifications. Qualifications could be preferred qualifications. But we have both Required and Preferred. We could make Requirements section for required qualifications, and Qualifications section for preferred qualifications. Or we could combine. The instruction: use headings as e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications. - Skills: maybe list skills like effective communication, leadership, planning, mentoring, MS Office, etc. Could be extracted from Preferred Qualifications. - Benefits: list of benefits package. - Pay: compensation range. - Schedule: Full-time. We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each section has real content. Let's extract content. About the role: Could combine the initial paragraphs about HDR culture, transportation business group, role purpose. Let's craft a prose paragraph(s) that preserve all substantive info. Must not invent. We'll need to include details: HDR employee-owners, welcoming environment, inclusion, impact, transportation foundation, role in shaping systems, designing highways, bridges, transit, rail, aviation, ports, marine infrastructure, work supports economic vitality, public safety, sustainable communities, quality of life. Bringing together planners, engineers, etc. Modernizing infrastructure or pioneering next-gen solutions. Employee-owners foundation. HDR seeking Bridge Director to lead and grow bridge practice in NY/NJ area. Primary duties: planning, technical development and delivery of major bridge projects. Preferred candidate experience delivering bridges of various complexity including complex bridges, extensive design experience in highway and rail bridges, good overall background in complex bridges, experience in alternative delivery (Design Build, Progressive Design Build, P3) desirable. Involved in technical oversight and coordination of several projects concurrently, participate in design and production of schematic, design development, contract document work with PMs and other disciplines. Ensure project deliverables and supporting documentation complete and conform to standards. Serve in capacity supporting or leading major bridge design pursuits. Implement QA/QC procedures and completing reviews of bridge plans, specs, other contract documents. Act as mentor/supervisor for less experienced bridge engineers. Ensure emerging technologies implemented and advancing bridge design capabilities. Participate in selection of key staff nationally/globally and identify strategic hires needed for growth and evolution of HDR's Bridge program. That's a lot of prose. We can put that in About the role? But responsibilities also need list. Better to put narrative in About the role, and responsibilities as bullet list. Let's extract responsibilities bullet list: - Planning, technical development and delivery of major bridge projects. - Technical oversight and coordination of several projects concurrently. - Participate in design and production of schematic, design development, and contract document work in conjunction with Project Managers, appropriate technical professionals, and other disciplines. - Ensure project deliverables and supporting documentation are complete and conform to applicable standards and specifications. - Serve in a capacity supporting or leading major bridge design pursuits. - Implement QA/QC procedures and completing reviews of bridge plans, specifications, and other contract documents. - Act as mentor/supervisor for less experienced bridge engineers. - Ensure emerging technologies are being implemented and that HDR is continually advancing bridge design capabilities. - Participate in the selection of key staff nationally/globally and identify strategic hires needed for the growth and evolution of HDR's Bridge program. That seems comprehensive. Now Requirements (required qualifications): from Required Qualifications bullet list: - Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field - 10 years of experience - Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values - Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience - Experienced in development and management of diverse teams - Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts - An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must We should keep as bullet list. Qualifications (preferred qualifications): from Preferred Qualifications bullet list: - MS in Structural Engineering - 15 years of bridge design experience - PE licensure in New York and New Jersey as well as in other states, is highly desirable as well as ability to obtain reciprocity with other states as needed. - Experience in delivering major highway and rail bridge projects - Experience in pursuits of bridge design projects. - MS Office experience - Effective communication, leadership, planning, and mentoring skills. - Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication skills, both written and verbal. - Demonstrated ability to provide performance coaching and mentoring to less experienced staff. - Versatility in various bridge design software products - Established client relationships in the NY/NJ - Experience working with MTA, NYSDOT, NJDOT, NY State Bridge Authority, NJ Turnpike Authority, Port Authority of NY & NJ, Mass DOT, and other major regional clients is highly desirable. - Experience preparing project scope, fee, and schedule. - Experience and active participation in industry organizations, technical conferences, and professional associations. - Preference given to candidates currently residing in the NY/NJ Area Also there is a "Keywords:" list but we can ignore or maybe include as Skills? But we already have skills. Skills section: could list skills like effective communication, leadership, planning, mentoring, MS Office, organizational, project management, written/verbal communication, performance coaching, mentoring, versatility in bridge design software, etc. But we already have many in Preferred Qualifications. Might be redundant. Better to put skills as bullet list derived from those. But we must not duplicate content? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all info. If we put skills section, we need to ensure we don't omit any skill info from elsewhere. Could incorporate skill info into Qualifications or Responsibilities. But we have separate headings for Skills; we can include it and still keep the info elsewhere? That would duplicate. Duplication is allowed? The instruction says do NOT repeat the job title as a heading and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. It doesn't forbid duplication of content elsewhere, but better to avoid redundancy. However we need to include all substantive info; duplication is not prohibited but might be considered unnecessary. Safer to not duplicate; we can place skill info under Qualifications (Preferred) and maybe not have a separate Skills section. But the instruction says we can use Skills heading if we have real specific content for it. We do have skill info; we could put them under Skills and keep Qualifications for education/experience licensure etc. Let's split: - Requirements: required qualifications (education, years experience, values, registration, team management, cooperation, employee-owned culture commitment). - Qualifications: preferred qualifications (MS, 15 years experience, PE licensure, delivering major highway/rail bridges, pursuits, MS Office, etc.) but that includes many skills. - Skills: maybe we can extract specific skill items like effective communication, leadership, planning, mentoring, organizational, project management, written/verbal communication, performance coaching, versatility in bridge design software, etc. But those are already in Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could put skills under Qualifications and not have separate Skills. But we need to decide. Given the instruction to prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones, maybe we combine Preferred Qualifications and Skills into one Qualifications section. Then we have Requirements separate. That seems reasonable. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We'll omit Skills. Now Benefits: from "We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement." We need to put as bullet list. Pay: compensation range: "{New York City}: $181,000-$304,031". Also note that expected compensation range depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. We'll include that sentence. Schedule: "Schedule:Full-time". Also maybe Employee Status:Regular but we only need Schedule. Now About the role: we need to include all substantive info not covered elsewhere. Let's craft a paragraph that includes the introductory culture description, transportation business group description, role purpose, and maybe the primary duties summary (but we already have responsibilities list). We can keep About the role as a brief overview: HDR's employee-owned culture, mission, transportation business group, role of Bridge Director leading bridge practice in NY/NJ, primary duties (planning, technical development, delivery of major bridge projects). Ensure we don't repeat responsibility bullet details; we can keep high-level. Let's draft:
At HDR, employee‑owners foster a welcoming, inclusive environment where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work. As part of HDR’s Transportation Business Group, the Bridge Director helps shape the systems that move people and goods safely, efficiently, and sustainably — from highways and iconic bridges to transit, rail, aviation,