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?
Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. We invite you to build your transportation career at HDR. Our global team is looking for a success-oriented Transportation Engineer that will be a key player in HDR's freight rail program. The freight rail network is a vital link in our national and global supply chain markets. Your work at HDR results in critical infrastructure for the sustainable movement of goods and people. Whether it is a traditional railroad structure across a major river, or an engineering marvel that redefines freight mobility at historic bottlenecks, you will have created something that matters. HDR Transportation Engineers thrive in entrepreneurial environments where team members are encouraged to shape their work roles to their strengths and interests. Our proven workshare approach provides opportunities to work across our transportation program and participate with clients and projects around the globe. Our culture of innovation and collaboration places strong emphasis on team-spirit, diversity thoughtfulness, growth and learning, discipline expertise, and personal accountability offering you a rewarding career in our dynamic, high-performance environment. If that sounds good to you, please apply!
In the role of Transportation Engineer, we'll count on you to:
- Serve in a technical role on civil engineering/design projects to support HDR's Freight Rail Market Sector and other market sectors as needed.
- Perform civil engineering/design calculations and develop design details using specialized software geometric layouts, writing specifications, developing cost estimates, and reviewing construction submittals.
- Support Project Managers or Task Leads in the development of proposal, project scope, budget, and schedule elements.
- Work across team-driven environments, across regions, and with a variety of clients that include rail, industrial, terminal, utility, agency, DOT, port, transit, and other industry clients.
- Be involved in project activities ranging from feasibility analysis to final design and through to construction phase activities.
- Support Project Managers by participating in client and stakeholder visits, site visits, field assessments, and construction inspections as needed.
- Review or check design calculations, estimates and specifications produced by other staff.
- Assist in the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects, including the planning and environmental clearance process of a project.
- Periodic travel for client visits, site visits, field assessments and construction observation, as needed
- Mentor less-experienced staff
- Perform other duties as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- A minimum of 3 years experience in transportation design - railroad projects
- Knowledge of "legacy" InRail/InRoadsplatform
- Experience with railroad, industrial or transit clients.
- Experience in OpenRoads / OpenRail.
- Construction inspection or construction management experience
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Hands-on experience with Microstation, OpenRail Designer, AutoCAD and Civil3D
- Must be able to work both independently and in a team setting
- MS Office software experience
- Excellent oral and written communication and project management skills
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's 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.
Our Commitment 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.
Primary Location
:
United States-Texas-Fort Worth
Other Locations
:
United States-Texas-Tyler, United States-Texas-Dallas, United States-Texas-El Paso
Industry
:
Freight Rail
Schedule
:
Full-time
Employee Status
:
Regular
BusinessClass
:
Railway Design
Job Posting
:
Jul 31, 2025
|