Railway Engineering Project Manager

6 days ago


Fort Worth, Texas, United States HDR Full time
About HDR

At HDR, we specialize in delivering high-performance engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services. Our multidisciplinary teams comprise scientists, economists, builders, analysts, and artists, making diversity our greatest strength. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

Our Mission

We believe that the way we work can add meaning and value to the world. Our ideas inspire positive change, and we think that collaboration is the best way forward. We invite you to join our team and contribute to the growth of our freight rail program.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Rail Infrastructure Engineer to join our Fort Worth, TX office. As a key player in our freight rail program, you will be responsible for leading railroad or civil engineering design projects and supporting Project Managers in marketing and contracting activities.

Responsibilities
  • Serve as Discipline or Task Lead for railroad or civil engineering design projects, and other offices to support the Freight Rail Market Sector and other market sectors as needed.
  • Support Project Managers by leading or participating in marketing and contracting activities.
  • Manage scope, budget, and schedule, as well as development of design criteria, specifications, project guides, project meeting notes, and cost estimating activities.
  • Perform railroad and/or civil engineering/design planning, analysis, and design aspects of rail and rail-related transportation projects.
  • Lead and/or perform detailed QC reviews of projects.
  • Support Project Managers by leading, or participating in client and stakeholder visits, site visits, field assessments, and construction inspections as needed.
  • Attend industry events and represent HDR as needed.
  • Mentor younger staff and support technical development.
  • Periodic travel for client visits, site visits, field assessments, and construction inspections, as needed.
  • Supervise junior staff performance of engineering tasks.
  • Work across industries with rail, industrial, terminal, utility, agency, DOT, port, transit, and other industry clients.
  • Provide leadership across technical disciplines.
  • Perform other duties as needed.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
  • Minimum 10 years' experience in railway engineering and managing complex multidisciplinary railway projects.
  • Professional Engineering (PE) License.
  • Skilled in technical writing, communicating, and presenting to clients and the public.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead a team on railway projects.
  • Proficiency using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project Software).
  • An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Minimum 10 years' experience in civil design experience with at least 5 years within the railway engineering industry and 2 years within managing railway or civil projects.
  • Proven, hands-on experience in all aspects of railroad and/or civil design projects.
  • Skilled in railroad horizontal and vertical alignments, earthwork modeling, drainage design, and plan production.
  • Knowledge of railroad analysis programs, and railroad and/or civil design software.
  • Experience working with AREMA's Manual for Railway Engineering and/or other railroad design guidelines, specifications, and criteria.
  • Demonstrated leadership, strong communication, organizational, listening, mentoring, and project management skills.
  • Desire to advance technical and management skills to support the growth of the section and work within a collaborative team.
  • Ability to handle multiple assignments and work in a team environment with various teams.
  • Experience using OpenRoads/OpenRail or other BIM Software (AutoCAD, Civil3D, Geopak, etc.) and proficiency using MicroStation.
  • Construction inspection or construction management experience is a plus.


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