Senior Project Engineer (Water/Wastewater)

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is hiring a senior civil engineer to design water infrastructure facilities and lead multi-disciplinary teams across locations in New England. The role requires extensive experience, PE licensure, and strong client interaction to deliver high-quality projects.

The successful candidate will guide complex studies, manage projects, and uphold HDR’s employee-ownership culture while coordinating with clients to ensure exceptional delivery and value engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field.
• A minimum of 10 years experience with water infrastructure and water-related facilities or systems.
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered (e.g., PE).
• Ability to make independent decisions and be accountable for the results.
• Strong technical background guiding water solutions and multi-disciplinary team leadership.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, digital delivery and design platforms, modeling and simulation tools, and quality facilitation platforms.
• Project engineering and project management experience is necessary.
• Commitment to HDR employee-owners culture.

Responsibilities

• Independently create detailed designs, plans, specifications for water facilities and infrastructure projects.
• Manage and coordinate multi-discipline teams from separate locations to deliver high-quality work.
• Guide planning and execution of complex studies, simulations, and plans for water infrastructure projects.
• Handle engineering design, project coordination, write specifications, and interact with clients for delivery excellence.
• Establish new quality standards and value engineering solutions.
• Conduct quality control reviews of deliverables.
• Serve as a technical expert in water systems and infrastructure.
• Occasionally act as project manager on water projects.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Technical leadership

Independent decision-making

Team coordination

Client communication

Quality focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Numerical modeling

Simulation platforms

Workflow tools

Quality facilitation platforms

Job description

About the Role

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 foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? We believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of the Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience.

Responsibilities

• Independently create detailed designs, plans, specifications for water facilities and infrastructure projects
• Manage and coordinate multi-discipline teams from separate locations to produce high-level, high-quality deliverables
• Guide the planning and execution of complex and multi-disciplinary studies, simulations, and plans for water infrastructure projects
• Take responsibility for engineering/process design, project coordination, determining and writing engineering specifications, planning work, establishing appropriate design methods, report preparation and coordination, equipment sizing and selection, and working directly with our clients to provide an outstanding delivery experience
• Establish new quality standards and value engineering solutions
• Conduct quality control reviews of deliverables
• Serve as a technical expert with recognized authority in the area of water systems and water infrastructure
• Serve as a project manager on water projects as needed
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference is given to candidates local to the New England area

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field
• A minimum of 10 years experience with water infrastructure and water-related facilities or systems
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered (e.g., Professional Engineer (PE) or P.Eng.)
• Ability to make independent decisions and be accountable for the results
• Strong technical background and experience in guiding and formulating water solutions and managing multi-disciplinary, geographically diverse teams
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, digital delivery and design platforms, numerical modeling and simulation platforms, workflow augmentation, and quality facilitation platforms
• Project engineering and project management experience is necessary
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owners culture is a must

Location

• United States – New Hampshire – Bedford
• United States – Maine – Portland
• United States – Connecticut – Rocky Hill
• United States – Rhode Island – Providence

Industry

Water

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Legal Statements

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.