Leadership and Technical – Dam, Levee and Flood Resilience

HDR is an employee-owned company currently seeking qualified individuals to provide project, geographic and technical leadership in our growing dam, levee and flood resilience programs. HDR is highly ranked in the United States by ENR for Dams and Reservoirs and in Hydropower. Our globally coordinated, locally delivered dam, levee and flood resilience program is committed to improving the resiliency, sustainability, and safety of our communities.

Our nation’s dams, levees and flood control systems are being upgraded and rebuilt to adapt to a changing climate, provide more efficient renewable power and meet growing water needs. HDR engineers are leading the way to solve our toughest water infrastructure problems.

• We are seeking civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic engineers to serve as engineers of record, group managers and technical practice leaders with expertise and interest in working on complex dam, levee, and flood resilience management projects.
• Expertise in potential failure mode analysis is a growing need.

• Civil, Structural, Geotechnical, Hydraulic Engineers
• Expertise in potential failure mode analysis (PFMA)
• Experience with seepage analysis, stability analysis, dam safety, levee safety, dam break, spillway, gravity dam, embankment dam, stability models, hydraulic structures
• Experience with tools and standards such as PLAXIS, SLOPE, SEEP, APILE, LPILE, GROUP, SETTLE3D, SHAKE, FEMA, FLAC, LSDYNA, Seep/W, Slope/W, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS

HDR is an employee-owned company. HDR has over 200 locations in the United States, and leadership teams are exploring expansion into new locations and remote working. HDR offers a flexible work environment that accommodates current health guidelines.

Interested? express interest by following the online "apply" prompts. You are encouraged to provide a resume and brief note outlining general geographic locations of interest. Your information will be reviewed by HDR Dams, Levee and Civil Works Leadership team and our talent acquisition team. If we believe there is a match, we will contact you to explore all the opportunities that HDR can provide.

This action is a general expression of interest and is not considered an application for a specific position. You are also encouraged to search our job board and apply directly to specific openings which interest you.