Design Coordinator - Water
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?
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Primary Responsibilities
In the role of Water Design Coordinator, we'll count on you to:
- Create planning level, preliminary, and detailed designs of water focused systems under instruction from a Project Engineer or person in responsible charge.
- Prepare deliverables for water or water resources focused systems, write specifications, analysis, modeling, and study-level reports, determine appropriate design methods, possible equipment sizing and selection, and work directly with our Clients to deliver an outstanding experience.
- Perform as part of a quality assurance team and conduct quality control reviews of completed deliverables.
- Work under project engineers on the application of various design engineering and modeling techniques in the development of drinking water projects for federal, state, and local municipalities
- Hydraulic modeling of water and wastewater systems
- Developing hydraulic models using GIS data and as-built drawings
- Collecting and assessing field data for hydraulic model calibration
- Analyzing flow, demand, population, water quality, and facilities condition data
- Performing hydraulic analyses utilizing a variety of software programs such as InfoWater, InfoSewer, InfoWorks ICM, InfoSWMM, XPSWMM, SewerGEMs, WaterGEMs, EPANet, and ArcGIS/ArcGIS Pro
- Performing technical research into product information, design codes, and regulatory standards
- Preparing technical reports and master plans, including the development of text, tables and figures
- Developing hydraulic models using GIS data and as-built drawings
- Asset management / risk management / risk modeling tasks
- Preparation of plans and specifications for water and wastewater treatment, distribution piping, collection systems, and associated facilities.
- Condition Assessment tasks
- Perform other duties as needed
This position has opportunities to participate in local and regional projects in the utility planning field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Engineer in Training (EIT) certificate
- Candidates without their EIT will be placed into a Design Coordinator job code and will be expected to obtain their EIT for career progression.
- Candidates without their EIT will be placed into a Design Coordinator job code and will be expected to obtain their EIT for career progression.
- Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or other related field.
- Professional experience or educational specialization in water or wastewater related fields
- Hands-on experience in any of the following technical areas: water and sewer master planning, water and sewer hydraulic modeling, asset management, asset condition assessment, infrastructure renewal and rehabilitation, capital improvements analysis and planning, cost analysis, data management.
- Experience working for a public, municipal, or investor owned water and/or wastewater utility, public works department, or engineering consulting firm is beneficial.
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field
- Interest or experience analyzing and designing water focused systems
- Experience with production, simulation, and automation such as BIM systems, numerical modeling platforms, and other production tools
- Microsoft Office experience
- Must be able to work in a team environment
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
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.
Our Commitment
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.
