Transportation Hydraulics Lead | Project Manager & Mentor

HDR, Inc.; Harmonville (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. seeks a Transportation Hydraulics Section Manager in Pennsylvania to lead and grow our hydraulics team. You will manage staff, deliver project submissions, and ensure quality on large infrastructure projects. This role blends technical leadership with client development and business planning.

You will mentor staff, coordinate with leadership, and drive proposals, budgets, and schedules across multiple Pennsylvanian locations, contributing to safe, sustainable mobility solutions.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Civil Engineering, MS degree in Civil Engineering
• PE in Pennsylvania or ability to obtain within six months of hire
• Minimum of 10 years of hydraulics and water resources design experience
• Proven hands-on experience in all aspects of transportation design projects with a focus on PennDOT and PTC projects
• Must have technical proficiency preparing hydrologic and hydraulic analyses and reports, scour investigations, erosion and sediment control plans and reports, drainage, and stormwater management design, waterway and NPDES permitting, quantity & cost estimates, and specifications
• Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation OpenRoads Designer, StormCAD, EPASWMM, XPSWMM
• HEC-RAS 1D/2D and SRH-2D river modeling experience is preferred
• ArcGIS Pro and HEC-HMS experience is preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software
• Demonstrated leadership skills, communication skills and ability to work with various teams
• Must enjoy mentoring and teaching other staff
• Must have the ability to handle multiple assignments
• Excellent marketing and business development skills
• Experience managing staff, clients, and contracts
• Preference given to local candidates

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with other Area Section Managers to balance staff workload and identify training opportunities
• Lead multi-disciplined transportation design teams as a Project Manager or Project Engineer for local and workshare projects
• Perform technical design for DOT and local agency hydraulics and water resources
• Drive business development efforts within Ohio, including involvement in marketing planning and client management
• Establish client relationships and lead marketing of new and existing clients
• Lead the development of proposals, project scopes, schedules, and budgets
• Mentor less-experienced staff and act as a technical expert in engineering analysis and design
• Independently coordinate work of engineers and balance the project delivery team
• Conduct analyses, develop design solutions, and prepare design drawings, calculations, and specifications
• Perform quality control reviews of design projects
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Project management

Hydraulics

Water resources

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's in Civil Engineering

PE license (PA or ability to obtain)

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

MicroStation OpenRoads Designer

HEC-RAS

ArcGIS Pro

Job description

HDR, Inc. seeks a Transportation Hydraulics Section Manager in Pennsylvania to lead and grow our hydraulics team. You will manage staff, deliver project submissions, and ensure quality on large infrastructure projects. This role blends technical leadership with client development and business planning.

You will mentor staff, coordinate with leadership, and drive proposals, budgets, and schedules across multiple Pennsylvanian locations, contributing to safe, sustainable mobility solutions.