Senior Transportation Engineer
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Transportation Engineer who can lead the detailed development of urban and rural roadway design projects. You will also perform quality assurance checks on major transportation projects, serve as a technical expert, manage projects, and supervise a team of professionals.
Responsibilities
- Serve in the lead technical role in the detailed development of urban and rural 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
- Avoid 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/Geotechnical Engineering
- Minimum of 15 years design experience
- Experience designing urban arterials, rural highways, intersections, freeways, and/or multi-level interchanges
- TxDOT Schematic and/or PS&E project experience
- TxDOT pre-certifications
- Municipality schematic and/or PS&E project experience
- Experience with MicroStation, OpenRoads Designers (ORD), Microsoft Office applications
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 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
Skills
Leadership skills, communication skills, and ability to work with various teams. Project management skills are 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. Must have coordinated survey, grading, drainage and utilities and layout of various site items is a plus.
Benefits
Our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. HDR is our company. 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 role is full-time.
Employee Status
The role is regular.
Business Class
The role is Highways.
Job Posting
The job posting was last updated on Mar 12, 2026.
Company Information
HDR is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.