Senior Project Engineer (Water/Wastewater)

HDR; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 119,732 - 171,045; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead complex water infrastructure projects, delivering designs, studies, and coordination across multi‑discipline teams. The role emphasizes independent decision making, client collaboration, and applying rigorous quality standards to ensure successful outcomes.

Ideal candidates bring a PE license, a decade of water systems experience, and proven project management skills, with a commitment to HDR’s employee‑owned culture and regional collaboration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field.
• Minimum of 10 years experience with water infrastructure and water‑related facilities or systems.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license recognized by the licensing board for the position location.
• Ability to make independent decisions and be accountable for results.
• Strong technical background in water solutions and leading multi‑disciplinary, geographically diverse teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, digital delivery/design platforms, numerical modeling and simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Independently create detailed designs, plans, specifications for water facilities and infrastructure projects.
• Manage and coordinate multi‑discipline teams from multiple locations to deliver high‑quality results.
• Guide planning and execution of complex studies, simulations, and plans for water infrastructure.
• Specify engineering work, plan tasks, and work with clients to ensure outstanding delivery.
• Establish new quality standards and value engineering solutions.
• Conduct quality control reviews of deliverables.
• Serve as a technical expert in water systems and water infrastructure.
• Serve as a project manager on water projects as needed.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Water systems

Project management

Independent decision making

Team leadership

Employee ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Numerical modeling

Simulation platforms

Workflow tools

Quality platforms

Job description

Overview

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?

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 believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of our 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. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you’re modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. This isn’t just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.

Senior Project Engineer 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) license)
• 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
• 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‑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.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success—medical, dental, vision, short and long‑term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location: Boston, MA – $136,836–$195,480; Providence, RI – $119,732–$171,045; Bedford, NH – $119,732–$171,045; Rocky Hill, CT – $125,433–$179,190; Portland, ME – $108,329–$154,755.

Primary Location: United States-Massachusetts-Boston
Other Locations: 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
BusinessClass: Water Treatment
Job Posting: Jul 7, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.