
Highway Engineer
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HDR seeks a Highway Engineer to contribute to roadway and highway design projects, working independently on smaller projects and as part of teams on larger ones. The role includes preparing design elements, supporting project management, coordinating with clients and subconsultants, and advising junior staff. The posting requires a bachelor's degree, a professional engineering license, roadway design experience, and hands-on experience with highway CAD software.
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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: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story' 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. In the role of Highway Engineer , we'll count on you to: - Work as a key member of a highway/roadway design team for moderate to large projects, and to work independently onsmaller projects. - Prepare or oversee the following roadway/highway design work using local or AASHTO standards: horizontal and verticalalignments, roadway sections, intersection layouts and sight distance determinations, interchange layouts, right-of-wayplans. - Assist in the management of larger projects or manage smaller projects including preparation of scopes, budgets, and schedules. - Manage the following work elements: day-to-day communication (verbal and written) with the design team and client, support and advisejunior engineers and technical staff, write reports and technical memos, coordinate with subconsultants, keep project onschedule and within budget, and keep client satisfied. - Perform other duties as needed. Preferred Qualifications - BSCE or related field. - 5 years of transportation engineering design experience required. - Experience working on Ohio DOT projects. - Experience working on Design-Build projects a plus.Keywords: Highway Design, Roadway Design, Transportation Engineering, Geometric Roadway Design, AASHTO Standards, ODOT Experience, OpenRoads Designer, MicroStation, Project Management, Design-Build Projects, Civil Engineering, Intersection Design, Interchange Design, Right-of-Way Planning, Transportation Infrastructure Design #LI-EH1 #Hybrid Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree - Previous 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. - Hands-on experience with Highways and Roads CAD engineering software such as Bentley ConceptStation and Open Roads Designer and/or Autodesk Infraworks and Civil3d - MS Office knowledge - Excellent communication and organizational skills - 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 - An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must What We BelieveHDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.Our CommitmentAs employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilitie
How this job compares
Set against the 405 open Highway Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$87–152K/yr354 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 405 open Highway Engineer jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- CDM Smith288 open
- H&H18 open
- Parsons Corporation11 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — less than three in four Highway Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 10 years, across 384 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 85 of the 405 open Highway Engineer jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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