Senior Manager

WSP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off and sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Senior Manager to join our Transportation team in our Springfield, IL office. You will lead a growing group of engineers delivering complex transportation projects across central and southern Illinois, including the St. Louis metro area.

The role emphasizes mentorship, client relationships, and technical leadership from preliminary design through contract documentation. Ideal candidates have 15+ years in transportation engineering, a PE license (IL preferred), and strong

Qualifications

• B.S. in Civil Engineering or closely related field.
• 15+ years of experience in Transportation engineering.
• PE license in IL/MO/IA desired; proficient with OpenRoads Designer and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Grow and mentor the local transportation team in central and southern Illinois.
• Lead projects, manage design teams, and ensure quality control and cost estimates.
• Develop client relationships and support business development goals.
• Collaborate across disciplines and present technical solutions.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Leadership ability

Project execution

Team mentoring

Client relationship building

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer (Illinois) license desired

Tools

OpenRoads Designer

Microsoft Office (Word/Excel)

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP USA is seeking a Senior Manager to join our Transportation team in our Springfield, IL office. This is an opportunity to grow our existing team of engineers, designing some of the most complex and impactful transportation projects in central and southern Illinois, including the metropolitan St. Louis area. At WSP, you’ll have the opportunity to shape your career to make it what you want it to be. Our central and southern Illinois team focuses on delivering projects for our clients while mentoring and developing team members to prepare them for future opportunities. Here at WSP, everything is within our reach-and yours as a WSP employee. Join us and help shape the future!

Your Impact

• Utilize relationships with clients to achieve WSP's business development goals
• Develop working relationships with clients and consultant partners
• Build and expand a local team to support client needs
• Mentor existing and new staff
• Lead tasks & design teams in the execution of projects
• Provide technical expertise in various stages of project, including preliminary design, final design, and contract documentation including cost estimates and specifications
• Discuss and propose solutions to technical issues during design
• 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
• Collaborate with key staff across disciplines (i.e. drainage, structures) as required

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Civil Engineering or closely related field.
• 15+ years of experience in the Transportation engineering field
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills
• Professional Engineer’s License in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa desired.
• Hands-on experience in OpenRoads Designer
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel
• Ability to implement WSP's Quality Control Procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering.
• Experience managing small to mid-size projects.
• Leadership experience working with IDOT, and other local agencies
• Business development experience
• Experience in leading and mentoring a team

The selected candidate must have the ability to work in the United States immediately.

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

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, 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

Compensation

Expected Salary: $107,2600-$183,800

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 Us

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.