Rail Structures Designer​/EIT

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:
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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.

Are you ready to kickstart your rail bridge engineering career? To give yourself the best chance for future success, you’ll want a solid company with collaborative colleagues that do amazing work for clients that trust them to push open the doors to what’s possible. And that’s what you’ll find at HDR.

HDR is an employee-owned company with more than 100-years of making great things possible, together with our clients. Our pride is in our people — smart, hardworking team members who take their employee ownership seriously and will have your back at every turn. Their expertise will inspire you to be your best and develop new and better solutions.

We invite you to build your transportation career  global team is looking for a success-oriented Rail Bridge EIT/Designer that will be a key player in HDR’s freight rail program.

The freight rail network is a vital link in our national and global supply chain markets. Your work at HDR results in critical infrastructure for the sustainable movement of goods and people. Whether it is a traditional railroad structure across a major river, or an engineering marvel that redefines freight mobility at historic bottlenecks, you will have created something that matters.

HDR Rail EIT/Designers thrive in this entrepreneurial environment where team members are encouraged to proactively work with their supervisors to identify project roles that are complementary with their strengths, interests, and career goals. And we have a proven workshare approach, providing diverse staff from across our Transportation program the opportunity to participate in landmark projects around the globe. Our culture of innovation and collaboration places strong emphasis on team-spirit, diversity thoughtfulness, growth and learning, discipline expertise, and personal accountability offering you a rewarding career in our dynamic, high-performance environment.

If that sounds good to you, please apply!

As an employee-owner in this Rail Structures Designer/EIT role, we’ll count on you to:

• Apply structural engineering techniques and procedures related to the design of bridges, structures, retaining walls and supporting facilities for our various freight railroad clients
• Work under the guidance and direct supervision of a Professional Engineer to serve in a technical capacity to assist in checking drawings and calculations, developing material lists and calculating quantities, and reviewing construction submittals, using structural design software programs.
• Participate and assist in rail bridges and structures assessments.
• Assist with development of project deliverables, including calculations, design plans, cost estimates, specifications, and feasibility reports.
• Have a desire to work in and learn about the railroad industry and may regularly interact with clients and other rail industry professionals.
• Work closely with Project Engineers and Managers to gain the engineering experience to obtain professional engineering license.

• Engineer in Training (EIT) certificate
• Candidates without their EIT will be placed into a Design Coordinator job code and will be expected to obtain their EIT for career progression
• Intern or professional experience in transportation-related civil design (e.g., roadway, railroads or transit, or other linear corridor design).
• Strong understanding and experience with engineering software packages.
• Experience in bridges or structures design.
• Successfully passed Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (i.e.., EI or EIT…