Lead Professional, Civil Engineering

WSP USA; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA seeks a Lead Professional, Civil Engineering to join our Mid-Atlantic South District civil team. This role is based in Washington, DC or Herndon, Virginia and focuses on delivering high-quality civil infrastructure projects with strong client interaction.

You will provide technical leadership, ensure compliance with Local, State, and Federal regulations, and mentor team members in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Professional Engineer license in VA, MD, or DC required.
• Strong leadership and client-facing capabilities.
• Experience delivering civil infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive and strategic leadership as a senior member of the Mid Atlantic civil team, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project deliverables and client requirements are successfully achieved for projects led or supported by the civil team.
• Perform engineering review of engineering design plans and specifications, estimates, reports and other deliverables to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
• Perform engineering reviews of transit stations, bus bays, garages, pedestrian pathways, and related facilities to evaluate compliance with ADA Standards for Accessible Design, DOT regulations, ABA, and agency accessibility standards

Skills

Leadership

Client-facing

Project management

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP USA is currently initiating a search for a Lead Professional, Civil Engineering to join and grow our Mid-Atlantic South District civil team. This position will be located in the Washington, DC or Herndon, Virginia office.

Provides technical and project leadership to ensure civil 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 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

This is a highly technical leadership opportunity in a client-facing role. We are seeking a growth-mindset leader to support and augment a key client.

• Provide proactive and strategic leadership as a senior member of the Mid Atlantic civil team, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project deliverables and client requirements are successfully achieved for projects led or supported by the civil team.

• Perform engineering review of engineering design plans and specifications, estimates, reports and other deliverables to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.

• Perform engineering reviews of transit stations, bus bays, garages, pedestrian pathways, and related facilities to evaluate compliance with ADA Standards for Accessible Design, DOT regulations, ABA, and agency accessibility standards;

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Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Professional Engineer license in VA, MD, or DC required

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Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.

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WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a 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): $122,700 - $182,200

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.

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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.