Lead Consultant, Ports and Marine Civil​/Structural Engineering

Lead Consultant, Ports and Marine Civil/Structural Engineering

WSP USA is seeking a Lead Consultant, Ports and Marine Engineering to join our National Maritime Practice Group. This position can be based out of the following offices:
Irvine, San Francisco, San Diego, CA, Miami, FL, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Houston, TX, Tampa, FL.

Provides engineering support and leadership to other technical staff, engineers, and project managers for the development, design, construction, and or inspection of structures and facilities for port, marine, and intermodal rail terminal projects in the public and private sector; these facilities may include piers, wharves, port and upland marine terminals, seawalls/bulkheads, dry docks, marinas and other nearshore/offshore facilities.

• Provide leadership for engineering tasks including collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, survey data, technical reports and drawings, and or other data matrices for project development, design, and construction.
• Lead development of construction plans and schedules, specifications, and cost estimates for ports and marine projects. Prepare and implement site safety activity plans and coordinate field work activities.
• Manage cross-functional teams to execute project work on a mid-level project and/or multiple concurrent smaller projects.
• Write technical reports, generating complete and concise documentation of findings, using sketches, calculations, excel spreadsheets, technical drawings, and other engineering software.
• Lead staff engineers in applying higher-order engineering techniques/practices to develop project design requirements, while incorporating marine-practice engineering standards and specifications.
• Provide high-level technical assistance to staff engineers on various engineering and design tasks.
• Prepare and monitor project task budgets, staffing and schedules.
• Prepare and give presentations to communicate findings and recommendations to internal and external team members as well as clients.
• Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, from ABET accredited program;
  Registered Professional Engineer licensure (multi-state preferred)
• 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in engineering discipline with demonstration of marine project-specific design experience.
• Demonstrated ability in analysis and design of marine related projects including proficiency in: SAP
  2000 and/or equivalent commercially available finite element software.
• Demonstrated experience with AutoCAD and REVIT and other related BIM tools.
• Demonstrated construction experience in ports and marine related projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Proficient in technical report writing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from ABET accredited program with 10 plus years of post-education design experience in ports and marine structures.
• Proficiency with domestic and international marine terminal codes.
• Demonstrated experience with LSDYNA and or other related engineering software.

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $90,000- $140,000

WSP USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.