Senior Bridge Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Bridge Engineer for our Reno/Carson City, Nevada office. Be involved in projects with our Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

Provides leadership within a sector of organization to ensure structural engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, building and infrastructure projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry and company standards for design, safety, structural soundness, 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.

• Provide proactive and strategic leadership for the structural engineering discipline and function, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project and work site deliverables are successfully achieved within the business sector.

• Assist in the management of transportation projects.
• Apply high-level structural and civil engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various infrastructure project phases involving more complex infrastructure, and transportation engineering work including concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, and operation.
• Function as a project manager and support others in managing projects that have major structures.
• Support the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of Structural Engineering work for WSP in assigned area of responsibility, with a focus on infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, strategic consulting, and program/construction management).
• Responsible for the profitable performance of the individual projects and the successful completion of the projects within the specified area.
• Assist with the preparation of an annual update to business tactical action plans within the specified
• Perform professional structural engineering work and conduct more complex/comprehensive investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, transportation channels, and operations to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.
• Plan, organize and supervise engineering activities on bridge/structures projects.
• 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
• 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.
• Involved from project inception to completion in the management of design, new construction, rehabilitation, and remediation of infrastructure projects, ensuring durability of materials and structural soundness from loads and pressures caused by environmental or human influence.
• Serve as one of the engineering discipline’s lead representatives/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
• Provide innovative solutions related to the design of bridges, transit structures, and other significant structures required for state highways, county roads, and city streets.
• Coordinate with the district structures management team.
• 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.
• Assist with and assure that engineering services are commensurate with professional…