Sr. Technical Manager, Civil Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP's Jacksonville and Gainesville team are growing, and we have an exciting career opportunity for an Sr. Technical Manager, Civil Engineer with an interest in site work, public infrastructure and restoration projects and opportunities for career growth. Join us to become part of our friendly, flexible and positive work environment offering a variety of challenging projects. Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, a commitment to delivering a quality product and a desire for career growth.

Your Impact

• Perform office work and fieldwork on a variety of civil and environmental and water resource engineering projects, including environmental remediation/restoration, parks/recreation, stormwater/drainage, and resiliency/sustainability projects.

• 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 and construction of infrastructure projects, including rehabilitation and reconstruction, grading, and drainage.

• Lead civil engineering projects of varying scales 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.

• Assist with engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.

• Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of engineering/construction challenges and programs.

• Support and future develop a client base for providing civil/environmental engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities.

• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.

• Remain current in latest civil engineering techniques and practices.

• Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines, other engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development 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.

• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• BS in Civil or Environmental Engineering from an accredited college or university

• 10+ years of experience with in engineering and civil design with public works, environmental or water resources projects

• Florida Professional Engineer (PE) license

• Highly proficient with civil engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.

• Highly proficient with infrastructure design.

• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.

• 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.

• Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.

• Proficiency with technical writing and office automation required. Experience with discipline-specific design software (i.e., AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools preferred.

• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.

• 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.

• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.

• Experience with business development and project proposals and qualifications statements is preferred.

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

• 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.

• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation - no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.