About R. Scott Goehri, PE

R. Scott Goehri of Olathe, Kansas, retired senior vice president and transportation professional services director of HDR Inc., earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1983. He also earned master of arts degrees from Webster University in business management and computer resources management. Goehri began his career at the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad before moving on to Sverdrup Corp., Intergraph Corp., and finally HDR. He is a recognized national leader in his field and served in multiple board, officer and committee roles in the American Railway Engineer and Maintenance of Way Association, National Railroad Contractors and Maintenance Association, the American Association of Railroads, and the Railroad Transportation Engineering Advisory Board at Penn State, Altoona. He is a member of ASCE, the National Society of Professional Engineers, American Railway Developers Association, and American Shortline Railroad Association. Goehri has been honored by ASCE with two certificates of appreciation and by HDR as the Transportation Project Manager of the Year in 2008. He has received many HDR Pathfinders awards, a recognition by his peers at HDR, including a Crystal Award for work he completed in Tanzania in association with the BNSF railroad. He also served as director for Fluor/HDR Global Design Consultants LLC focusing on design-build transportation projects with construction values over $500 million. In 2014 the National Railroad Contractors and Maintenance Association elected him to its national board. Goehri worked on legislation related to railroad transportation infrastructure and has given lectures and professional chapter talks at S&T and for other university students.