Senior Transportation Engineer
About the role
Serve in the lead technical role in the detailed 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 an area of specialization that resolves problems of greater scope and complexity.
Assume some project management duties and interact with clients as needed.
Assume some project management duties as needed and have a fair amount of client interaction.
Supervise work of medium to large staff of professionals and technicians as needed.
Manage the following work elements: day-to-day communication (verbal and written) with the client, support, advise, and train junior engineers and technical staff, write reports and technical memos, coordinate with subconsultants, keep project on schedule and within budget, and keep client satisfied.
Responsibilities
- Serve in the lead technical role in the detailed 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 an area of specialization that resolves problems of greater scope and complexity.
- Assume some project management duties and interact with clients as needed.
- Assume some project management duties as needed and have a fair amount of client interaction.
- Supervise work of medium to large staff of professionals and technicians as needed.
- Manage the following work elements: day-to-day communication (verbal and written) with the client, support, advise, and train junior engineers and technical staff, write reports and technical memos, coordinate with subconsultants, keep project on schedule and within budget, and keep client satisfied.
Requirements
- Masters of Science Degree in Civil Engineering
- Minimum of 15 years design experience
- Experience designing urban arterials, rural highways, intersections, freeways, and/or multi-level interchanges.
- Oklahoma DOT Schematic and/or PS&E project experience
- Oklahoma municipality schematic and/or PS&E project experience
- Experience with MicroStation, InRoads, Microsoft Office applications
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- A minimum of 10 years 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.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, communication skills and ability to work with various teams
- Project management skills desirable
- 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
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
Skills
- Leadership skills
- Communication skills
- Ability to work with various teams
- Project management skills
- Urban and rural highway interchanges
- Intersection design
- Traffic management
- Transportation planning
- Site planning
- Preparation of concept alignments
- Geometrical layout and CAD base alignment plans
Benefits
As an employee-owner at HDR, you are part of a collaborative culture that connects employees around the world. HDR is our company, and together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day.
Pay
Details about pay are not specified in this posting.
Schedule
The schedule for this role is Full-time.
Business Class
The business class for this role is Highways.
Job Posting
The job posting was last updated on Mar 20, 2026.
Company Information
We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.