Leadership and Technical Opportunities in HDR’s Coastal Engineering Program

HDR is seeking qualified coastal engineers for leadership and technical roles in their Coastal Engineering Program, focusing on coastal restoration, shoreline protection, and navigation projects. Candidates should have expertise in coastal hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and project management. This position emphasizes employee ownership and collaboration. The primary location is Maryland, with additional locations across various states, indicating that this is not a remote job.
Leadership and Technical Opportunities in HDR’s Coastal Engineering Program
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Employee-owned HDR is currently seeking qualified individuals to provide project, geographic and technical leadership in our growing coastal engineering and restoration program. Our portfolio of award‑winning coastal projects shows the depth and breadth of our team’s expertise across the broader interdisciplinary markets of architecture, federal, transportation, and water resources. Our nationally coordinated, locally delivered coastal engineers are leading the way to solve the nation’s toughest coastal engineering and restoration issues. HDR is ranked #5 in ENR’s 2025 Top Water Design Firm rankings.


We are seeking qualified coastal engineers with the ability to perform analysis and design of coastal restoration projects including marsh restoration and beach nourishment; shoreline protection projects including revetments and breakwaters; and navigation projects including dredging, marinas, and harbors. Expertise in creating plans and specifications, as well as project management, is a major plus. We prefer familiarity with wave growth and transformation, coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics, littoral processes, sediment transport, marine dredging, and basic geotechnical or structural systems.


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’s Coastal 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 that interest you.


Our employee‑ownership model is the guiding light of our organization. You will feel it every day, employee ownership shapes our culture and how we work together. That means the success of our company, and where we go from here, rests on the shoulders of all of us. It makes us accountable to ourselves and to each other. It’s our company, and our actions and engagement that make the difference.


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Keywords: coast, coastal, coastal engineering, ocean engineering, civil engineering, numerical modeling, coastal restoration, beach, dune, beach nourishment, dune, wetlands


Primary Location: United States‑Texas‑Corpus Christi


Other Locations: United States‑Texas, United States‑Louisiana‑Metairie, United States‑Washington‑Bellevue, United States‑Massachusetts‑Boston, United States‑Oregon, United States‑California‑Long Beach, United States‑Alabama‑Mobile, United States‑Hawaii, United States‑North Carolina‑Wilmington, United States‑New York‑New York, United States‑Alaska, United States‑Florida, United States‑District of Columbia‑Washington DC, United States‑Texas‑Houston, United States‑Alabama, United States‑Louisiana‑Lafayette, United States‑Hawaii‑Honolulu, United States‑Mississippi‑Jackson area, United States‑South Carolina‑Charleston, United States‑Maryland, United States‑South Carolina, United States‑Virginia‑Vienna, United States‑Oregon‑Portland, United States‑New York, United States‑Washington, United States‑North Carolina, United States‑Florida‑Jacksonville, United States‑Alaska‑Anchorage, United States‑Louisiana, United States‑Washington‑Seattle, United States‑Florida‑Tampa, United States‑Virginia, United States‑California, United States‑Mississippi, United States‑Massachusetts.


Industry: Water


Schedule: Full‑time


Employee Status: Regular


Job Posting: Dec 30, 2025


Seniority level: Entry level


Employment type: Full‑time


Job function: Engineering and Information Technology, Design Services


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