Engineering and disaster response firm serving government infrastructure and emergency health
CDR operates at the intersection of civil infrastructure and emergency services—engineering consulting for transportation and water systems, paired with large-scale disaster recovery and health deployment. The stack reflects this dual identity: heavy use of specialized engineering tools (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, STAAD Pro, Primavera P6) alongside GIS and geospatial software (ArcGIS, Survey123, ArcPy). Active hiring skews heavily toward engineering (60 roles) with meaningful healthcare (22) and construction (28) capacity, suggesting simultaneous scaling of traditional project delivery and emergency response operations.
Notable leadership hires: Medical Director
CDR is a 201–500 person engineering and emergency management firm founded in 1938, headquartered in Miami. The company operates across three primary lines: infrastructure engineering (civil, transportation, water/wastewater design and construction management), disaster recovery and emergency management (including public assistance and debris monitoring), and health services deployment (staffing, testing, and treatment logistics for state and local governments). Current project work includes highway design, bridge reconstruction, and turnpike upgrades alongside waterway and field monitoring. The firm holds multiple state contracts and manages complex, multi-phase government programs.
Salesforce (CRM), AWS EMR, Primavera P6 (project management), AutoCAD and Civil 3D (design), STAAD Pro (structural analysis), ArcGIS and Survey123 (geospatial/GIS), Bluebeam (document review), and Mathcad for engineering calculations.
Major transportation and highway projects, bridge reconstruction and replacement, waterway and field monitoring, turnpike upgrades, and highway design and analysis. Healthcare operations include staffing and testing coordination.
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