Senior Water Infrastructure Project Engineer

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

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.