HDR is seeking a Senior Coastal Engineer (PE) to join our nationally ranked team of coastal and waterfront professionals across the United States. We're looking for individuals passionate about restoring and protecting coastlines through innovative, resilient, and sustainable solutions.
As a Senior Coastal Engineer, you'll play a key leadership role in delivering complex dredging, navigation, beach nourishment, and coastal restoration projects. You'll bring deep technical expertise and project leadership to initiatives that create lasting environmental and economic impact, while mentoring teams and collaborating across disciplines.
Masters or PhD degree in Coastal, Ocean, or Civil engineering preferred. Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) environments. Experience with the application of artificial intelligence software to coastal and marine modeling. Experience with wave growth and transformation, coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics, littoral processes, sediment transport, marine dredging, and basic geotechnical or structural systems. Experience in coastal project and channel planning design and specification development. Experience preparing scope, schedule and fee estimates to support proposal development. Experience preparing technical reports.
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field. A minimum of 10 years Water Resources experience. Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license. Excellent writing and communication skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a project team. An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.
HDR 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.
As 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 Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees. We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position is $102,312 - $194,880 depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.)
Primary Location: United States-Texas-Houston. Other Locations: United States-Washington-Everett, United States-South Carolina-Charleston, United States-Florida-Doral, United States-Texas-Austin, United States-Louisiana-Metairie, United States-Massachusetts-Boston, United States-California-Long Beach, United States-Virginia-Vienna, United States-Florida-Fort Lauderdale, United States-Florida-Jacksonville, United States-New York-New York, United States-Texas-Corpus Christi, United States-Georgia-Savannah, United States-Washington-Seattle, United States-Mississippi-Flowood, United States-Florida-Tampa, United States-District of Columbia-Washington DC, United States-California-San Diego, United States-Florida-Pensacola, United States-Washington-Vancouver, United States-California-Irvine, United States-Louisiana-Lafayette.
Industry: Water. Schedule: Full-time. Employee Status: Regular. Business Class: Coastal Engineering. Job Posting: May 14, 2026. At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.