New York State Structural Engineering Group Leader

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a **New York State Structural Engineering Group Leader** to foster excellence, innovation and growth of the structural engineering practice within our Transportation and Infrastructure business line. This mature and successful practice serves highway, transit, rail, aviation, and maritime clients throughout the Northeast. The right candidate will drive business development efforts, as well as efficient and high-quality delivery.

Were seeking a leader who can inspire this talented group of over 70 structural engineers to continue WSPs long standing legacy of successfully tackling the most complex structural projects in the transportation market. This role will be based out of either our **New York City or Valhalla, New York** office.

Your Impact

+ Business development with public and private sector clients.

+ Managing multiple teams of structural engineers across New York State, ensuring the individuals and groups are thriving.

+ Advancing and implementing state-of-the-art structural engineering practices, inclusive of advanced modelling/analysis/design tools, digital delivery, AI, and computer programming techniques.

+ Driving the development of innovations and alternative technical concepts to reduce construction cost, risk, and project duration.

+ Mentoring/developing people leaders, project managers, and technical managers in the structural engineering field.

+ Identifying and recruiting top talent to support the continued growth of the practice.

+ Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.

+ Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSPs Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

+ Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

**Required Qualifications**

+ Bachelors degree in Structural Engineering.

+ 15+ years of experience designing roadway and/or rail bridge, tunnel and related structures.

+ Proven business development capability commensurate with supporting a 70+ person structural engineering team.

+ Proven project management and risk management expertise across a range of multidisciplinary project types and markets.

+ Proven success in developing and implementing structure and culture for

+ Staff development

+ Project delivery excellence

+ Technical innovation

+ Quality management

+ Professional Engineer Registration in New York State, willing to obtain PE registration in other states.

+ Excellent oral and written communication skills.

+ Ability to foster a welcoming and nurturing environment for staff at all levels.

+ Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSPs health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

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

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Masters degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.

+ Experience working on complex and mega-projects.

+ Experience with alternative delivery methods.

+ Direct experience with major transportation clients including MTA, PANYNJ, NYSDOT, NYCDOT, and/or the NYSTA.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employees career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $149,200 - $300,410.00

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicants education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and may offer additional benefits and compensation, depending on circumstances and the type of work being performed not related to an applicants sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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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.

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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 employees 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.