Senior Site Civil Design Lead

About the role

This position is available in HDR's Cincinnati, Ohio office. The Senior Site Civil Design Lead will lead a site civil project team in designing site development projects across various sectors including healthcare, education and science, commercial, technology & media, federal, industrial, water/wastewater, power, etc.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project design and plan production for site development on a wide variety of projects, including site layout, grading, erosion and sediment control, site utilities, drainage, stormwater management, and associated civil engineering activities.
• Perform routine engineering design calculations.
• Prepare specifications and contract documents.
• Lead land development permitting.
• Make independent decisions on design and engineering procedures as needed.
• Delegate tasks to other project team members.
• Sign and seal design plans, calculations, and specifications as the Engineer of Record.
• Serve as the Project Manager on small to medium sized site civil projects as needed, but project management is not the sole focus of this position.
• Actively train and oversee up to three (3) design staff on a project basis.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters in Civil Engineering (a plus)
• Project Management experience (a plus)

Benefits

Local candidates are preferred.

Pay

Salary range: $85,000 - $120,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Building Site Civil

Job Posting

January 26, 2026

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