Office Engineer

WSP USA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 156,000 - 187,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental/Vision coverage

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Bereavement/voting time off

Job summary

WSP USA seeks an Office Engineer in New York, NY to manage project administration, records, and payments for a major construction program. You’ll attend meetings, prepare minutes, monitor schedules, and verify submittals and contractor payments to meet contract requirements.

Position requires a Bachelor’s in engineering or related field and about 7 years in office engineering or inspection roles, with strong communication and safety awareness.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Responsible for project administration, record keeping, payment entries, correspondence, and reporting.
• Attend project meetings, record and distribute meeting minutes.
• Review baseline schedules, identify risks, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Review and verify contractor pay applications and supporting documentation.
• Review change orders for overruns and changed conditions.
• Coordinate with the Designer of Record and ensure current construction documents.
• Verify inspector reports, as-built sketches, and manpower tracking.
• Coordinate quality control and subcontractor testing schedules.
• Coordinate client and third-party inspections and commissioning activities.
• Assist with punch lists, closeouts, and final inspections.

Skills

Office Engineer experience

Construction management

Contract administration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Primavera P6

Procore

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Office Engineer out of our New York, New York office Be part of a dynamic, national professional construction management organization, that continues to foster careers, while expanding our client base throughout New York area.

Your Impact

• 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

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant field or equivalent experience

• 7 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 a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

• coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and 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.

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?

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $156,000- $187,200

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.

www.wsp.com

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.