Senior Transit & Rail Project Lead (NYC)

WSP in the U.S.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 144,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

WSP is initiating a search for a Deputy Project Manager for our New York City, NY office. Be involved in the Transportation and Infrastructure Team, delivering transit and rail engineering projects with high standards for design, safety, and functionality.

The role involves SME leadership, project budgeting, staff mentorship, and collaboration across disciplines to provide trusted advisor solutions while ensuring compliance with regulations and company policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in engineering, prior transit and rail experience, and infrastructure design.
• Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
• Project management and quality management experience leading a team of quality engineers, inspectors, and assessors.
• Proficiency with transportation and infrastructure engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive and strategic leadership for transportation and infrastructure engineering disciplines and functions, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project and work site deliverables are successfully achieved within the business sector.
• Lead larger-scale more complex projects ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
• Responsible for the profitable performance of the individual projects and the successful completion of the projects within the specified area.
• Ensure that engineering discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition is developed and continuously improved.
• Conduct needs analyses and client value surveys to align the engineering discipline’s function with business and project strategy, identifying and addressing any skill gaps or risks within the sector business operations.
• Schedule engineering discipline meetings, providing updates and recommendations to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to inculcate discipline expertise and innovation into project work.
• Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics – and accountable for planning, development and management of projects in compliance with all applicable City/State/Federal codes and regulations, and in accordance with all acceptable engineering practices.
• Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents that result in sound engineering and regulatory conclusions.
• Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.
• Remain current in latest transit and rail engineering techniques and practices.
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide “trusted advisor” service and future ready solutions for clients.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

QA/QC

Interpersonal communication

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Collaboration across disciplines

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Engineer license

Tools

MicroStation

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

OpenRail

Job description

WSP is initiating a search for a Deputy Project Manager for our New York City, NY office. Be involved in the Transportation and Infrastructure Team, delivering transit and rail engineering projects with high standards for design, safety, and functionality.

The role involves SME leadership, project budgeting, staff mentorship, and collaboration across disciplines to provide trusted advisor solutions while ensuring compliance with regulations and company policies.