Lead Professional/Technical Manager, Civil Engineering

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Lead Professional/Technical Manager, Civil Engineering to join our Arizona Transportation Team (Tempe or Tucson offices). The successful candidate should have experience in civil/roadway design and plan production for traditional delivery and/or alternative delivery projects. Join our team to take the opportunity to work alongside transportation experts that are leading the way on innovative projects in the West Region and beyond.

The Lead Professional/Technical Manager will provide leadership within the AZ Civil Group, and be responsible to lead a design team, provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior staff.

We have a versatile, talented Transportation team in Arizona, who work on projects ranging from large freeway designs to local municipal sidewalks. We are seeking a Lead Professional/Technical Manager to work with our current team on delivering high-quality work to our clients, as well as generating new work for more growth opportunities.

Your Impact

• Contribute to the management, growth, and development of the Civil Engineering team.
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development in the technical realm.
• Coordinate and manage project teams and small- to mid-size projects.
• Have competence in analytical techniques and modeling of traditional transportation projects.
• Provide high-quality level technical performance and quality control reviews of work developed by others.
• Ability to interact well with others as well as develop and contribute to high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals.
• Serve as key staff on pursuits as design lead and technical expert.
• Engage with clients to develop new business leads and project pursuits.
• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure quality project deliverables, including PS&E documents, engineering reports, project memorandums, etc.
• Ability to lead utility coordination efforts on transportation projects.
• Remain current in latest civil engineering techniques and practices.
• 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.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• 7+ years of relevant post education experience in transportation engineering and civil design.
• AZ Engineer license, or ability to obtain AZ PE license within 6 months.
• Proficient with civil engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
• Extensive knowledge of infrastructure design.
• Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and construction management; including active involvement in a variety of rehabilitation, new design, and construction projects.
• Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Works independently with minimal oversight and provides guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, ORD), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
• 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.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

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