Office Engineer

WSP in the U.S.; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Retirement savings

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation

Paid parental leave

Bereavement/voting/naturalization time

Job summary

WSP is seeking an Office Engineer for our Columbia, MD office to oversee construction activities on-site, including excavation, foundations, structural work, and MEP. You will manage administration, reporting, and coordination with the Client and Designer of Record.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years in office engineering or construction inspection, strong plan-reading skills, and excellent communication. The role emphasizes safety compliance and timely project closeout.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in Office Engineer/Construction Inspector or similar role.
• Ability to read plans/specs and prepare contract administration documentation.
• Advise senior staff of potential change orders and overruns.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide full-time, on-site oversight of all construction activities, including excavation, foundation, structural concrete, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and site work.
• Manage project administration, record keeping, payment entries, correspondence, and reports.
• Attend project meetings and record/distribute minutes.
• Review contractor schedules, identify risks, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Review inspection reports, payment quantities, and contractor pay applications.
• Coordinate submittals, RFIs, and shop drawings with the Designer of Record.
• Ensure field staff have current construction documents and reflect plans and specs.

Skills

Reading plans/specs

Contract administration

Oral and written communication

Safety policy adherence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Primavera P6

Procore

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an

Job Description

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Office Engineer for our Columbia, MD office. Be involved in projects in New Carrollton 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 oversight of all construction activities, including excavation, foundation, structural concrete, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and site work.
• 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 relevant field or equivalent experience
• 3-5 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

• Proficiency with standard construction documentation and reporting tools (Microsoft Office, Primavera 6, Procore).
• Safety training (roadway, highway, OSHA 10-hour, etc.)

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

• coverage related to medical.
• dental.
• vision.
• disability.
• life.
• retirement savings.
• paid sick leave.
• paid vacation (or other personal time).
• paid parental leave.
• paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $99,000-121,000

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.

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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.