"After 26 years in consulting, I confess I've become a bit cynical. When I interviewed with HDR and they told me how much they care for their employees, I thought: "Yeah, I’ve heard that before. Everyone says that during an interview." Now, after 15 months with HDR Engineering I know this company truly cares for its people and for the best of reasons – both because it's the right thing to do, and because it's the best business thing to do. HDR enthusiastically invests in its people through career training and mentoring, providing the latest technology, and encouraging staff involvement at all levels of the company. This investment in people is the key to HDR's ongoing success and future growth, and is imbedded in the company’s structure at every level."
Carey
Senior Planner "HDR provides its employees with the resources needed to succeed in their jobs—and thus help the entire team, including the client, succeed. In addition, the company seeks to find new ways to challenge employees and maximize their potential for professional and personal growth. Working for HDR provides me with ongoing opportunities to contribute to a variety of challenging, exciting projects in a truly team-oriented setting. I am proud to work for a company that is as well-known and highly respected for our positive impact on the "built" community as for our positive impact on the people we live and work with."
Molly
National Pursuit Team
"Working at HDR has given me the opportunity to work on complex and challenging projects. The projects that we work on are exciting and interesting. I have worked for other firms where I did not receive exposure to many things. At HDR I have been able to work on a variety of projects both within and outside of my area of expertise.
HDR is also a great employer due to the variety of work that the company performs. HDR is a full service firm. This not only provides a benefit to clients but to employees as well. A broad range of services provides employees with the ability to develop technical expertise in a variety of fields.
Because HDR is a large firm with many offices, the opportunity to work in many places is available through work sharing. I started my career with HDR in the San Diego office. I have recently transferred to the Albuquerque office and have been able to continue working on California projects while making the transition.
Due to the size of the company and variety of projects, HDR also provides many opportunities for growth and advancement."
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"HDR has been very supportive of me and my career path. They have been very flexible in working with me. For example, I started in Omaha and wanted to move to the Chicago Office. They worked with me to make a transfer happen. Recently, due to personal reasons, I wanted to move back to Omaha, and again, HDR bent over backwards to make something work out for me. I am very appreciative of how HDR has cooperated with me and helped to make things happen for me and my career growth."
Rayanne
Accounting Business Manager
"HDR is a large and diverse company. I particularly admire our company's ability to utilize specialists for the needs of individual projects through temporary duty assignments. We demonstrate our flexibility to our clients needs whether it is on a short or long term basis. As an employee-owner, I take pride in knowing that our company does an excellent job taking care of our clients, while at the same time keeping an eye on the bottom line."
Shawna
Design Technician
"HDR is the only place that I want to work at. HDR has given me the opportunity of a lifetime. I am respected on an everyday basis. I continually work on the biggest projects available. I am given every opportunity to show the skills that I possess. The greatest benefit is that I am NEVER micromanaged! HDR makes me feel like I'm a true professional."
Orion
EIT Mechanical
"My supervisor contacted me (three days before my first day of work) to say how excited they were to have me work with them. I arrived my first day of work to be given a welcome gift and pizza at lunch. Until now, I have never been treated so nice by an employer. HDR employees are friendly and helpful to one and another. No other internship has come close to the Graphic Design information learned at HDR. The type of projects I am a part of is what I enjoy. I would like to work for a company like HDR."
Jason
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"I have had a very diverse work experience: from designing underground vaults to pumping stations to the largest urban interchange SPUI in the state of Nevada. I have been given all possible amenities to progress in my career and showered with as many responsibilities as I can assimilate. HDR definitely is a company where one can rise to the top of his/her career with only the individual caliber and goals being the limiting factors. If I had to do this all over again I don't think my choice would be any different than what it was almost 4 years ago!"
Manas
Bridge Engineer
"Working at HDR for over a year has been a great privilege for me. Being in the Omaha office, means that the majority of the projects that I work on are healthcare oriented. With HDR being consistently ranked as one of the top A/E firms in healthcare, I’m proud to know that I will work on some of most exciting and challenging projects in the country. As a recent graduate, it’s a pleasure to be able to participate in the development of some of the most outstanding healthcare facilities early in my career.
It has also been an honor to work with such a knowledgeable group in the structural engineering department. Their mentoring has been invaluable in helping me to develop into a young professional, and attaining the knowledge which is not taught in the classroom. I am confident that I will be able to develop into a confident, responsible structural engineer through their guidance.
After interning at HDR for two summers, and now being employed full-time, I’m sure I made the right career choice by joining HDR."
Brandon
EIT Structural Top of Page
"From my perspective, HDR represents an opportunity to be a part of an employee-centered, industry leading AE design firm. The challenging nature of our project work, cumulative sophistication of our design methods, and our defined goals of continuous improvement create an environment in which I get a distinct feeling that my professional abilities are advanced with every project experience. Furthermore, our earned reputation, both locally and nationally, speaks volumes about our future potential and, ultimately, about my future capabilities as an active HDR team member and employee owner. I take pride in simply being able to make a contribution to a company that is willing to prepare for the future by making the right decisions at the present, e.g., vision oriented leadership, a commitment to employee development, the preference of sustained clientele relationships over immediate profit, and a demonstrated willingness to ensure the personal well being of its employee owners over and above the bottom line."
Matthew
Structural EIT
"I came from a very large company (35,000 employees) prior to coming to work for HDR. It is very refreshing to work for a company that is nimble and able to adapt to change quickly. I am especially impressed by the helpful yet non-bureaucratic assistance I have received from the home office. There is a strong commitment to provide assistance to avoid having to recreate the wheel at each location, yet there is enough autonomy to allow for creativity and quick responsiveness to clients at the local office level. I also enjoy working for an employee-owned company where employee input is valued and results in decisions that make sense."
Susan
Human Resources Assistant
"I like the HDR's values. Everyone in the company is treated with dignity and respect. Also, company benefits are outstanding. I am very happy to be one of the successful employee-owners of HDR."
Raziul
Water Resource Engineer
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