Senior Technical Manager, Structural Engineering

Overview

Lead structural engineering projects for transportation infrastructure in NJ.

Key Responsibilities

• design development
• cost estimating
• structural analysis
• data analysis
• project management
• client coordination

Tasks

-Develop construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates; preparing construction safety and phasing plans, and updating infrastructure layout plans that require coordination with owners, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and clients. -Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of engineering/construction challenges and programs. -Develop a client base for providing high level structural engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities. -Perform professional structural engineering work and conduct more complex/comprehensive investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, buildings, facilities, pipelines, transportation channels, and operations to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits. -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. -Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development. -Assist with engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, integrated waste management plans, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards. -Ensure technical reports and presentations explain research, findings, and recommendations to prevent, control, restore, or address design and/or construction issues or opportunities. -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. -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. -Apply high-level structural and civil engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various infrastructure project phases involving more complex building, infrastructure, and transportation engineering work including concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, and operation. -Projects which are currently active include work on bridges, sign structures, and ancillary structures for NJDOT, NJTA, and other agencies. -Involved from project inception to completion in the management of design, construction, rehabilitation, and remediation of infrastructure projects, ensuring durability of materials and structural soundness from loads and pressures caused by environmental or human influence. -Provide oversight with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, subsurface utility information, maps, hydrologic analysis, geotechnical data, and other matrices for project development, design, and construction. -We support design and construction support services including site visits to verify design constraints or assess construction conditionsProvides subject matter technical support and leadership for multi-site/phase due diligence, investigation, remediation, improvement, and/or construction of building and infrastructure projects in the public and private sector. Responsibilities include the research, design, concept development, planning, and construction of load-bearing structures or structural elements, such as bridges, ancillary structures, roadways, and mechanical structures. Provides situational guidance to PMs and managers that address current and future challenges, and that documentation and recommendations accurately account for and address risk, innovation, and future-ready opportunities. Provides leadership with ensuring that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, structural soundness, and functionality. -Oversees the development and implementation of advanced technologies, monitoring devices, building materials, modeling techniques, design requirements, and operating strategies to account for the safety and functionality or end-users, transportation vehicles/systems, and implementing future-ready solutions with structural and civil engineering design standards. -Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.

Requirements

• master’s degree
• pe license
• autocad
• problem solving
• osha
• communication

What You Bring

-Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations. -Master’s Degree in Engineering. -Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training desired.WSP Benefits: -Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment. -Strong knowledge of relevant structural and civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements. -Remain current in latest structural engineering techniques and practices. -Highly proficient with structural engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to project work-related issues. -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. -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 arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution. -Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity. -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. -40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120) preferred. -Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of buildings, facilities, or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies -Highly proficient with extensive experience in infrastructure planning, design, and program/construction management; including project involvement in a variety of rehabilitation and reconstruction, new design, and construction projects. -Engineer license required (multi-state preferred). -Bachelor’s Degree in Structural or Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline (or equivalent experience). -Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently. -10+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering discipline and prior structural or civil design experience. -Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, GeoSlope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS), technology, math principles, physics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.

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