Lead Transportation Engineer

Job Description

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Lead Transportation Engineer with experience in highway design to join our dynamic Civil Engineering group in the Mid Atlantic District. The candidate may be located in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, Herndon, VA, Baltimore, MD, Virginia Beach, VA or Richmond, VA.

Responsibilities:

• Develop construction plans, specifications, reports and cost estimates; prepare construction safety and phasing plans and update infrastructure layout plans, coordinating with owners, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and clients in accordance with required level of effort and detail at deliverable milestones.
• Lead client-facing engagement sessions centered on technical memoranda.
• Support / lead large-scale heavy civil engineering projects ensuring collaborators are aligned on roles & responsibilities of the deliverables.
• 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 compliance 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 engineering, design, and/or construction issues or opportunities.
• Collect, compile, and analyze 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.
• Apply high‑level 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.
• Perform professional civil engineering work and conduct investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, facilities, water supply, pipelines, pollution sources, buildings, transportation channels, and power plants to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.
• Involved from project inception to completion in the management of design and construction of infrastructure projects, including rehabilitation and reconstruction, grading, drainage, pavement design, specifications, building materials, phasing, and construction safety plans.
• Oversee the development and implementation of advanced technologies, monitoring devices, building materials, modeling techniques, design requirements, and operating strategies to ensure safety and functionality for end‑users and implement future‑ready solutions with civil engineering design standards.
• Coordinate work within the team, lead projects, and participate in on‑site meetings with clients and mentoring staff.
• Remain current in latest structural 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or a closely related discipline. May have post‑graduate education.
• 7 to 10 years of relevant post‑education experience in engineering and civil design.
• P.E. license required (multi‑state preferred).
• Proficient with civil engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, and application to permitting and project work‑related issues.
• Extensive knowledge of infrastructure and highway design.
• Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, discipline‑specific design software (Micro Station, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, Geo Slope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC‑RAS, HEC‑HMS), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and construction management, including active involvement in a variety of rehabilitation, new…