Site Civil BIM Designer

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We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it's about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR's Building Engineering Services Group, you'll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience. We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you're optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

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HDR is currently seeking a Site Civil BIM Designer to join our Building Engineering Services (BES) Group. Our team is an integrated facility and infrastructure design team consisting of core services of Mechanical, Electrical, Structural and Site Civil Engineering. This person will be responsible for developing high-quality civil design plans in support of a wide range of markets, including Data Centers, Healthcare, Water/Wastewater, Municipal, Industrial, Federal, Mission Critical, and other infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have experience in site development and the design of building-related civil elements such as grading, site layouts, utility design, and erosion control plans. The selected individual should be self-motivated, team-oriented, and detail-focused, with the initiative to deliver accurate civil drawings under the direction of engineers.

In the role of Digital Design Lead, we'll count on you to:

• This position will be primarily working in AutoCAD Civil 3D. This will include: site design, grading, piping (gravity and pressure), corridor modeling and other general civil modeling
• Work closely with Project Managers, Project Engineers, and a multi-discipline design team on a daily basis
• Develop or modify deliverables based on rough sketches, marked-up copies and/or detailed verbal instructions
• Develop deliverables with necessary views, sections and details using Company and/or Client standards
• Learn and understand HDR standards and procedures
• Perform minor computations such as material quantities, dimensional checks, and earthwork calculations
• Evaluate new/alternate methods and technologies to accomplish tasks
• Be responsible for their discipline model and will generate the BIM elements, based on the Level of Development (LOD) outlined in the Digital Delivery Plan (DDP) and project scope
• Create and maintain the discipline model, systems, content, and overall digital delivery output for that discipline
• To be skilled with the software used to produce the designs identified in the Digital Delivery requirements
• Have an advanced understanding of site civil plans, and how they interact with other discipline models
• Prepare detailed drawings, layouts, & diagrams of the design within the project scope, schedule, and budget, using the current 3D software
• Maintain the discipline model including project information, coordinates, scales, orientations, scope boundaries, match-lines, views, and sheets
• Produce discipline specific documentation with accurate annotations on all modeling output
• Monitor, improve, and maintain company standards and model health. Coordinate the design with other discipline models through Design Reviews and 3D Coordination processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to thrive in a team environment

• Ability to handle multiple assignments

• Advanced knowledge of AutoCAD Civil3D or other applications (Navisworks, InfraWorks, MicroStation and OpenRoads)

• Ability to mentor and teach skills to other CAD users

• Basic industry knowledge and technology trends

• Basic understanding of all discipline relations and site civil design

• Basic ability to interpret engineering deliverable content as assigned

• Autodesk Civil 3D certification

• Local candidates are preferred

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