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About the Role

This role provides leadership within a sector of the organization to ensure transit and rail engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, infrastructure projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry and company standards for design, safety, and functionality. Responsible for SME innovation and administration, ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal engineering, construction, and safety regulations, and providing pragmatic direction to address current and future challenges in a rapidly-changing and complex business climate.

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.
Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Requirements

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.
Advanced proficiency with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
Tactical lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.
Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, regulators, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exits.
Proficiency with office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, OpenRail), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.
Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Master’s Degree in Engineering.
Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Skills

Transportation and infrastructure engineering
Project management
Quality management
Technical computations and calculations
Leadership
Interpersonal communication
Analytical skills
Attention to detail
Prioritization
Office automation
MicroStation
AutoCAD
Civil 3D
OpenRail
Spreadsheets
Adaptability
Flexibility

Location

New York City, NY

Work Type

Onsite

Experience Level

10+ years of relevant post education experience
Mid-level to senior level team or project members leadership

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Salary/Compensations

$143,600 - $205,000

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Disability coverage
Life insurance
Retirement savings
Paid sick leave
Paid vacation
Paid parental leave
Paid time off for bereavement
Paid time off for voting
Paid time off for naturalization proceedings

About the Company

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.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs.
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.

Equal Opportunity

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.