Technical Director, Program Management

WSP in the U.S.; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); On-site; USD 174,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement savings

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Technical Director, Project Management for our Valhalla, NY office to lead major transportation projects across the Hudson Valley and NYC area. You will manage cross-functional teams of engineers and PMs, oversee budgets, schedules, and client communications to ensure successful delivery.

Ideal candidates have at least 12+ years in project delivery in the A/E/C industry, with 5+ years in transportation projects, and a bachelor's degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of post-education experience with 5+ years of transportation projects.
• Proficient understanding of A/E/C project delivery and strong project management background.
• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage major transportation projects.
• Oversee cross-functional teams to execute project work, including budgets, hours, expenses, scope and contractual obligations.
• Lead development of proposals, cost estimates, scope, schedules, and resource plans.
• Manage budgets, ETCs, recovery plans, and invoicing.
• Handle scope changes and change management.
• Lead quality management with metrics and QA/QC activities.
• Maintain client communications including monthly status, safety incidents, and budget impacts.
• Provide project management and quality program support.
• Monitor progress, claims, and invoicing/payments.
• Develop and update Risk Management, PM Plan, Quality Plan, and Safety Plan.
• Provide regular updates to clients and managers on scope, risk, budget.
• Lead and mentor project management staff.
• Adhere to Code of Conduct and policies.
• Develop competitive grants for transportation projects.
• Support local growth and business development strategy.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Planning or related discipline

Tools

MS Office

Word

Excel

Visio

Project

SharePoint

Power BI

Job description

WSP is currently initiating a search for a

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Technical Director, Project Management for our Valhalla, NY office. Be involved in projects with our Eastern New York Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. Our Eastern New York Team provides project management and engineering services for major transportation infrastructure projects within the Hudson Valley, upstate New York and New York City. Our team works on multiple projects simultaneously, in close coordination with multiple technical disciplines. At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach- and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

• Responsible for supporting and managing major transportation projects.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams of technical disciplines and subject matter experts to execute project work on mid-to-large and/or multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, cost, compliance documentation, and managing the contractual obligations to deliver the project(s) as defined in the contract.
• Lead the development of project proposals, cost estimates, scope, schedules, and resource plans.
• Manage budget development, monitoring, Estimate to Completes (ETCs), and recovery plans, and invoices
• Responsible for change management, such as documenting scope changes or scope additions.
• Lead quality management efforts, such as defining quality metrics and planning quality assurance and control activities.
• Partner with management staff to maintain regular communications with the client including reporting on monthly status, safety incidents, and major issues together with scope and budget impacts.
• Provide continuous project management and quality program support.
• Monitor project progress, claims, and invoicing/payments.
• Lead/support the development and updates to the Risk Management, Project Management Plan, Project Quality Plan, and Project Safety Plan as necessary.
• Provide regular project reporting and updates to clients, technical area, and discipline managers, identifying any emergent issues with scope, risk, and/or budget
• Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned project management staff.
• 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.
• Manage, and develop competitive grants for transportation projects
• Supports the development of local growth, forecast and business development strategy in collaboration with Local, Region, and National Business Line Leaders.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Planning or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of relevant post education experience with 5+ years of experience with transportation projects
• Proficient understanding of project delivery process within the A/E/C industry and strong background and experience in project management.
• Highly proficient with critical thinking and problem-solving skills to make assessments and calculations involving the application of project management principles, with a sound understanding of intent, impact, and optimal outcomes.
• Highly proficient interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively, persuasively, and tactfully with leadership, subcontractors, and employees at all levels of the organization.
• Strong self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and adjusting readily to the changing prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior-level team or project members, with strict adherence to the Project Quality Plan.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, relevant software, MS Office suite products (e.g., Word, Excel, Visio, Project, SharePoint, Power Bi), technology, spreadsheets, and PM tools.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating resources and assertively directing staff, subconsultants, suppliers, subcontractors, and others to consistently complete tasks competently and efficiently.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by project needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background knowledge of transportation planning, design or construction industry.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or other project scheduling software.
• Preparation of written correspondence and presentation.

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $ 174,400 - $250,100 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

About 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.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.