Highway Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Highway Engineer to join our dynamic team at HDR. As a key member of our Project Management team, you will be responsible for the development of urban roadways, arterials, grade separations, and mainline freeway projects. You will also manage master file layouts, maintain custody of draft and final design files, and oversee the design work of junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Serve in a technical role supporting a Project Manager on the development of urban roadways, arterials, grade separations, and mainline freeway, managed lane design, and freeway interchange projects
• Manage master file layouts and maintain custody of draft and final design files with team coordination and logical record keeping of deliverables and QC documentation on multiple projects
• Oversee and manage design work completed by EITs or design staff contributing to multidisciplinary projects (roadway / drainage / utilities / structures / geotechnical / environmental)
• Prepare roadway layouts, profiles, and details to facilitate the completion of planning level through final design level projects based on delivery schedules
• Develop cost estimates for feasibility studies, planning level assessments, environmental phase engineers estimate, and final design estimates and bid lists with item codes
• Participate verbally and visually in the generation and use of exhibits to explain technical concepts for team approval and client review
• Assume management roles when needed to keep projects moving forward with oversight teams including transmittals of deliverables to client and reviewing agencies

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design
• Previous experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
• Hands-on experience with Highways and Roads CAD engineering software such as Bentley ConceptStation and Open Roads Designer and/or Autodesk 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

Preferred Qualifications

• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Professional Engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

• 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

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $86,000 - $122,000 and depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Highways

Job Posting

Nov 17, 2025

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer).

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.