Deputy Project Manager - Transportation

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 144,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement savings

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Deputy Project Manager for our New York City office to lead transportation and infrastructure projects, providing strategic direction and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams to deliver design and construction deliverables in line with codes and client requirements. The role requires 10+ years in transit/rail engineering, a professional license, and proven leadership in project delivery.

You will mentor staff and ensure safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in engineering, transit and rail.
• Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
• Project management and quality management experience leading a team.
• Proficiency with transportation and infrastructure engineering principles and design/build processes.
• Advanced proficiency with technical computations and reading plans/specifications.
• Ability to guide mid- to senior-level staff with QA/QC adherence.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal communication skills.
• Analytical and detail-oriented with prioritization under pressure.
• Ability to coordinate with regulators, clients, and internal teams.
• Familiarity with discipline-specific design software and office automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive leadership for transportation and infrastructure disciplines.
• Lead large, complex projects with budgets, hours, and subcontractor oversight.
• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation and meetings.
• Ensure profitable project performance and successful completion.
• Develop and improve discipline certifications and value propositions.
• Conduct needs analyses and align engineering with strategy.
• Schedule meetings and disseminate updates to ensure discipline excellence.
• Develop proposals, scopes, timelines, and budgets compliant with codes.
• Interpret data and produce sound regulatory conclusions.
• Contribute strategic advice to clients and mentor staff.
• Ensure safety and QA/QC across projects.
• Stay current with transit/rail engineering techniques and practices.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

QA/QC

Communication

Analytical skills

Estimating & budgeting

Team mentoring

Safety compliance

Adaptability

Client interaction

Office software

Technical calculations

Coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Engineer license

Master’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

MicroStation

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

OpenRail

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for aDeputy Project Managerfor ourNew York City, NYoffice.

Be involved in projects with ourTransportation and Infrastructure Teamand be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

This role provides leadership within a sector of organization to ensure transit and rail engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, infrastructure projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry and company standards for design, safety, and functionality. Responsible for SME innovation and administration, ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal engineering, construction, and safety regulations, and providing pragmatic direction to address current and future challenges in a rapidly-changing and complex business climate.

Your Impact

• Provide proactive and strategic leadership for transportation and infrastructure engineering disciplines and functions, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project and work site deliverables are successfully achieved within the business sector.


• Lead larger-scale more complex projects ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.


• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.


• Responsible for the profitable performance of the individual projects and the successful completion of the projects within the specified area.


• Ensure that engineering discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition is developed and continuously improved.


• Conduct needs analyses and client value surveys to align the engineering discipline’s function with business and project strategy, identifying and addressing any skill gaps or risks within the sector business operations.


• Schedule engineering discipline meetings, providing updates and recommendations to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to inculcate discipline expertise and innovation into project work.


• Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics – and accountable for planning, development and management of projects in compliance with all applicable City/State/Federal codes and regulations, and in accordance with all acceptable engineering practices.


• Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents that result in sound engineering and regulatory conclusions.


• Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.


• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.


• Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.


• Remain current in latest transit and rail engineering techniques and practices.


• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide \"trusted advisor\" service and future ready solutions for clients.


• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.


• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.


• 10+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering, prior transit and rail experience, and infrastructure design.


• Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).


• Project management and quality management experience leading a team of quality engineers, inspectors, and assessors.


• Proficiency with transportation and infrastructure engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.


• Advanced proficiency with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.


• Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.


• Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.


• Tactical lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.


• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, regulators, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exits.


• Proficiency with office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, OpenRail), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.


• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.


• Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.


• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering.


• Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $143,600 - $205,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

www.wsp.com

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.