Senior Water Infrastructure Project Leader

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

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