Job Description

This Opportunity

Come be a part of a roadway design group that has a great mix of emerging professionals and senior design engineers/project managers. Be involved in projects with our Civil Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. The position requires strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. The candidate must be an enthusiastic and motivated person to lead small to large sized projects and tasks, and serve as a key resource on all types of challenging transportation projects. Tasks include responsibility for the overall performance of assigned project(s) and include oversight for financials, client satisfaction, quality, safety, and schedule. The candidate shall ensure that responsibilities throughout the project lifecycle (proposal phase, project startup and planning, project execution, reporting, and project closeout) are adhered to, delivered, and audited with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable standards for safety, execution, profitability, and operational purpose. All of this will be done in a fantastic office culture that encourages ideas, engagement, and learning.

Your Impact

Project Manager who will perform task and project management duties on all types of transportation projects. The selected candidate will oversee and monitor cross-functional teams of technical professionals to execute project work, including schedule and budget management, running internal progress meetings, coordinating with Client project managers, scheduling meetings, preparing meeting minutes, coordinating QA/QC before deliverables, submitting deliverables to the Client, and preparing progress reports and invoices. Typical duties may include the following:

• Support preparation of preliminary and final design plans, cost estimates, and special provisions.
• Manage design tasks and identify changes and risks, collaborating with internal design teams and subconsultants.
• Establish and actively drive the appropriate levels of technical review required for the project, selecting appropriately qualified staff to perform the required reviews, and adherence to the QA/QC plan, as applicable.
• Ensure and maintain a record of each review and the disposition of review comments and all correspondence leaving the project.
• Work collaboratively with Project Accounting to monitor and track project metrics, estimated time-to-completion, cash management, and budgeted margin for an assigned portfolio of projects.
• Oversee management of budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, cost and change management and control.
• Demonstrate a high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Determine client requirements and contribute to the development of scopes, schedules, and budgets.
• Collaborate with professionals, engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development opportunities.
• Assist in project pursuits by contributing to proposal writing and client meetings.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Seven years of professional experience in civil engineering, transportation infrastructure, or closely related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good technical writing, analytical, and communication skills
• Experience leading project tasks
• Engaged and active in industry-related professional organizations
• Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and construction management; including rehabilitation and new design.
• Proficiency with InRoad SS10 and/or Open Road Designer (ORD).
• Knowledge of relevant INDOT and local agency design manual, specifications, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Effective self-leadership with attention to detail, results orientation, and managing multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.

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.

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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.