Transportation Hydraulic Engineer

Highway + Road

At HDR, 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. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

We believe that the way we work can add meaning and value to the world. That ideas inspire positive change. That coloring outside the lines can illuminate fresh perspectives. And that small details yield important realizations. Above all, we believe that collaboration is the best way forward.

Primary Responsibilities

HDR currently has an opening for a Transportation Hydraulics Engineer to join our team in St. Louis, MO. The primary duties include working in a team with other project engineers on the detailed drainage design for urban and rural roadway, highway, transit, and civil site projects throughout the Missouri/Kansas Region. The candidate must be able to demonstrate an ability to collaborate well with an interdisciplinary team to efficiently achieve overall project goals. The candidate will also be expected to work independently on smaller projects.

This role will be responsible for the following stormwater design elements, but not limited to:

• Understanding of local, state, and regional stormwater regulations and stormwater design manuals.
• Stormwater regulatory and permitting process.
• Study and design of stormwater management facilities
  • Transportation drainage
  • Hydrology
  • Storm sewers
  • Storm culverts
  • Best management practices (BMPs) for water quality treatment
  • Water detention facilities
  • Open channel modeling
  • Surface water runoff collection
  • Site drainage
• Hydrologic and stormwater/drainage modeling
• Assist with writing reports and technical memos
• Preparing construction/contract plans, specifications, and cost estimates

Keywords: Hydraulic modeling, hydrologic modeling, stormwater detention facilities, surface water runoff collection, open channel modeling, water quality best management practices (BMPs)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Previous experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design
• Professional Engineer (PE) 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
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each others life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve. As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.