Assistant Vice President, Bridge Engineer

Description

• Lead mid-level professional engineers, engineers-in-training (EITs), and CADD technicians through basic design and plan production.
• Work collaboratively with other engineers, professionals, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, regional, local, and privately funded improvement and development projects.
• Coordinate with the district structures management team.
• Prepare and implement site Health and Safety Plans (HASPs).
• Grow and develop the structures team in Utah.
• Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of engineering/construction challenges and programs.
• Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior-level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Assist with and ensure that engineering services are commensurate with professional standards, client requirements, budget control, scheduling, cost engineering/control, quality control, and project objectives.
• Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines, other engineers, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, regional, local, and privately funded improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development opportunities.
• Develop a client base for providing high-level structural engineering services, including identifying additional business development opportunities.
• Maintain and continue to develop the firm's reputation for technical excellence in bridge engineering.
• 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.
• Plan, organize, and supervise engineering activities on bridge projects.
• Involved from project inception to completion in the management of design, construction, and rehabilitation of transportation infrastructure projects, ensuring durability of materials and structural soundness from loads and pressures caused by environmental or human influence.
• Assist in the design and management of transportation projects. Function as a design lead and support others in managing projects that have a structure.
• Lead larger-scale structural engineering 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.
• Ensure technical reports and presentations explain research, findings, and recommendations to prevent, control, restore, or address design and/or construction issues or opportunities.
• Develop construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates; prepare construction safety and phasing plans, and update infrastructure layout plans that require coordination with owners, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and clients.
• Apply high-level structural and civil engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various infrastructure project phases involving more complex transportation engineering work, including concept development, preliminary design, final design, and construction.
• Provide innovative solutions related to the design of bridges, transit structures, and other significant structures required for state highways, county roads, and city streets.

Requirements

• Experienced with providing critical reviews for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to complete tasks safely and efficiently consistently.
• Highly proficient in making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Highly proficient with structural engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, and the application to project work-related issues.
• Either a Professional Engineering license issued by the State of Utah or the ability to readily obtain reciprocity.
• Highly proficient with extensive experience in transportation infrastructure planning, design, and program management, including project involvement in a variety of rehabilitation and reconstruction, new design, and construction projects.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., Bentley MicroStation products, structural engineering software, etc.), technology, math principles, physics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Must be flexible with a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Structural or Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• Remain current in the latest structural engineering techniques and practices.
• Professional Engineering license required.Either a Professional Engineering license issued by the State of Utah or the ability to readily obtain reciprocity.
• Experience managing engineering activities on structure-centered transportation projects.
• Strong knowledge of relevant structural codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis, and arrive at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
• Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) experience
• Working knowledge of other technical disciplines, such as track, highway, drainage, geotechnical, and hydraulics, associated with the design and construction of public infrastructure.
• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience, with an emphasis on structural design experience with a focus on bridges.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Extensive knowledge of seismic modeling, assessment, and design of bridge structures.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance