SUE Project Manager

WSP in the U.S.; Mooresville (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a SUE Project Manager IV for Mooresville or Charlotte, NC offices to lead complex subsurface utility engineering projects with ownership of delivery, financial performance, and client relations.

The role emphasizes managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk, and mentoring junior project managers while coordinating across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5–7 years of SUE, surveying, project management, or related project delivery experience.
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and client expectations.
• Strong understanding of SUE project delivery, field operations, CAD deliverables, and quality requirements.
• Ability to mentor developing project managers and coordinate across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex or high-priority SUE projects from planning through closeout.
• Own project scope, schedule, budget, resource planning, and delivery performance.
• Lead coordination across field, CAD, survey, operations, client, and project teams.
• Manage client communication, expectations, scope changes, and project issue resolution.
• Monitor financial performance, schedule impacts, quality concerns, and delivery risks.
• Review deliverables for technical quality, completeness, consistency, and client requirements.
• Mentor developing project managers and support consistent project delivery practices.

Skills

SUE project management

Project management

Client communication

Budget management

Risk management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

CAD

Job description

Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a SUE Project Manager IV located at our Mooresville or Charlotte, NC offices and manage larger, more complex, or higher-risk subsurface utility engineering projects, with stronger ownership of project delivery, financial performance, client communication, risk management, and quality.

Your Impact

• Manage complex or high-priority SUE projects from planning through closeout
• Own project scope, schedule, budget, resource planning, and delivery performance
• Lead coordination across field, CAD, survey, operations, client, and project teams
• Manage client communication, expectations, scope changes, and project issue resolution
• Monitor financial performance, schedule impacts, quality concerns, and delivery risks
• Review deliverables for technical quality, completeness, consistency, and client requirements
• Mentor developing project managers and support consistent project delivery practices

Required Qualifications

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 to 7 years of SUE, surveying, project management, or related project delivery experience
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and client expectations
• Strong understanding of SUE project delivery, field operations, CAD deliverables, and quality requirements
• Ability to mentor developing project managers and coordinate across multidisciplinary teams

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.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• disability
• life
• 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.