Office Engineer

WSP USA; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 73,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement savings

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking an Office Engineer for our Columbia, MD office, based in the Eastern Shore region. You will work with the Construction Management Team on a major roadway improvement and weigh station project, providing on-site oversight, contract administration, and reporting.

You will review schedules, coordinates with designers and inspectors, and support safety and QA processes to ensure quality deliverables for clients in the Maryland area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 3 years of experience serving in an Office Engineer, Construction Inspector or similar role.
• Ability to read plans/specs and prepare written contract administration documentation.
• Advise senior staff of potential change orders, differing field conditions and overruns.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding workplace safety and adhere to WSP’s health, safety and harassment policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide full-time, on-site, office and field oversight for a major roadway improvement and weigh station project.
• Responsible for project administration, record keeping, payment entries, correspondence, and required reports.
• Attend project meetings, record and distribute meeting minutes.
• Review baseline schedules, identify risks, and coordinate corrective actions with the client.
• Review daily inspection reports, payment quantities, and contractor pay applications.
• Coordinate quality control/QA testing and subcontractors’ schedules.
• Coordinate client and third-party inspections and commissioning of systems.
• Assist with punch lists and project closeouts.
• Ensure compliance with Safety Plans, OSHA requirements, and AHJ regulations.

Skills

Reading plans

Written communication

Oral communication

Ethical decision-making

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant field

Tools

Procore

Microsoft Office

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Office Engineer for our Columbia, MD office. This position will be based in the broader Eastern Shore region (Kent County/ Queen Anne's/ Talbot County) of Maryland.

Be involved in projects with our Construction Management Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Your Impact

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide full-time, on-site, office and field oversight for a major roadway improvement, and weigh station project.
• Responsible for project administration, record keeping, payment entries, correspondence, and delivering of required reports.
• Attend project meetings, record and distribute meetings minutes.
• Review and monitor the Contractor’s baseline schedule and periodic updates; identify risks and coordinate corrective actions with the client.
• Review daily inspection reports and payment quantities in accordance with contract requirements.
• Review and verify contractor pay applications, quantities, and supporting documentation prior to client approval.
• Review change orders for overruns, changed conditions and additional work.
• Review, log and coordinate with the Designer of Record (DOR) to respond to Contractor's submittals, RFIs and shop drawings. Ensure that field staff have current construction documents.
• Confirm inspector reports are accurate and reflect plans, proposals and specifications and confirm as-built sketches, quantity calculations and tracking of manpower/resources is accurate.
• Coordinate quality control/quality assurance testing subcontractor's schedules and log field/lab reports.
• Coordinate Client and third-party inspections of partial and as-built deliverables, including commissioning of civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and control systems.
• Assist with developing punch lists and support project closeouts, final inspections, and acceptance.
• Monitor contractor compliance with approved Safety and Health Plans, site-specific safety plans, and OSHA requirements.
• Promote a strong safety culture and immediately address unsafe conditions.
• Ensure compliance with construction and environmental permits, and applicable regulations of the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), including the Client, Local, State, and Federal agencies.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant field or equivalent experience
• 3 years of experience serving in an Office Engineer, Construction Inspector or similar role
• Ability to read plans/specs and prepare written contract administration documentation
• Advise senior staff of potential change orders, differing field conditions and overruns.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding workplace safety and adhere to WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Preferred Qualifications

• MDOT experience preferred
• Proficiency with standard construction documentation and reporting tools (Microsoft Office, Procore).
• Safety training (roadway, highway, OSHA 10-hour, etc.) #LI-JR1

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): $72,800-93,600

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.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.