Rail Bridge Project Manager

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 work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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Our team is looking for a success-oriented Rail Bridge Project Manager that will be a key player in HDR's freight rail and transit program.

The 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 Bridge Project Managers thrive in entrepreneurial environments where team members are encouraged to shape their work roles to their strengths and interests. Our proven workshare approach provides opportunities to work across our transportation program and participate with clients and 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 Bridge Project Manager role, we'll count on you to:

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  Serve as the internal lead and primary client point of contact for a variety of bridge projects with Class I railroads, short line railroads, industries, utilities, ports, transit agencies, highway agencies, and other industry clients

  
  
• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project's lifecycle (from development and initiation to close-out)
• Responsible for all aspects of complex small to medium projects or routine large projects
• Produce and coordinate several small to medium projects concurrently
• Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders
• Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule*
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  Plan, organize, and coordinate with technical, clerical, and subconsultant professionals on multi-disciplinary teams to manage and coordinate workloads throughout entire project

  
  
• Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews
• Implement QA/QC procedures
• Participate in client and stakeholder visits, site visits, field assessments, and construction inspection as needed
• Attend industry events and represent HDR, as needed
• Mentor younger staff and support continued professional development
• Apply structural engineering and detailing techniques to support the development of bid plans for railroad bridges, retaining walls, box culverts and associated railroad structures
• Utilize AREMA bridge engineering design procedures, performing structural calculations, develop structural details, and use specialized software as needed
• Assign, supervise, and review work and/or check design calculations, plans, estimates and specifications produced by junior engineers and Bridge EITs
• Perform other duties as needed