Senior Roadway Engineer

HDR; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR seeks an experienced roadway design professional to lead detailed urban roadway projects in Baton Rouge. You will perform QA on major transportation projects and act as a technical expert in complex problem solving.

Client interaction and project management duties are part of the role, with supervision of staff as needed. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, 10+ years of roadway design experience, and a PE license.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in roadway engineering design.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license recognized by the licensing board.
• Proven leadership, communication, and ability to work with various teams.
• Project management experience is desirable.
• Experience with urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, planning, site planning, alignments and CAD base layouts.
• Coordinated survey, grading, drainage and utilities is a plus.
• Active participant in our employee-owned culture.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead technical role in detailed development of urban roadway design projects.
• Perform QA checks on major transportation projects on interstate and state systems.
• Serve as a technical expert with authority to resolve complex problems.
• Assume some project management duties and interact with clients as needed.
• Supervise medium to large staff of professionals and technicians as needed.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

MicroStation

InRoads

Microsoft Office

MSCE

Job description

Responsibilities

• Serve in the lead technical role in the detailed development of urban 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
• Assume 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
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• MSCE
• Experience with MicroStation, InRoads, Microsoft Office applications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• A 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. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, communication skills and ability to work with various teams
• Project management skills 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
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Location

Primary Location: United States-Louisiana-Baton Rouge

Industry: Highway + Road

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Highways

Job Posting: Jul 7, 2026

Commitment and Equity

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.