Alternative Delivery Senior Project Manager

About the role

This Opportunity WSP is currently initiating a search for an Alternative Delivery Senior Project Manager (ADSPM) to support our growing team. This position may be based in any WSP office, with a primary location focused in Utah and the Mountain Region.

Responsibilities

• Manage an alternative delivery project through teaming, pre-award, post-award, and closeout, with responsibility for coordination, scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
• Serve as a senior point of coordination for contractor clients, subconsultants, and internal teams, promoting clear communication, timely decision-making, executive alignment, and strong working relationships on alternative delivery projects.
• Support business development and capture activities, including teaming coordination, pursuit planning, proposal and fee development, scope definition, procurement responses, and interview preparation.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor project management plans, work plans, schedules, budgets, and risk registers, implementing corrective actions as needed to support performance.
• Lead multidisciplinary technical teams and delivery reviews to ensure alignment with project requirements, contractual obligations, commercial objectives, and quality expectations.
• Lead project phase transitions and closeout activities to maintain continuity, documentation quality, and alignment with business and client objectives.
• Lead lessons learned and after-action reviews, and contribute to the improvement of alternative delivery tools, templates, standard operating procedures, and best practices.
• Participate in relevant industry organizations and events related to alternative delivery and support strategic initiatives as directed by leadership.
• Adhere to all internal processes, ethical standards, and company policies, and perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration required.
• 15+ years of progressive experience managing alternative delivery projects.
• Demonstrated success leading pre-award and post-award project execution.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and engage effectively with clients, partners, senior leadership, and internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to support business development and account management through contractor relationship management, early opportunity identification, and alternative delivery pipeline coordination.
• Strong command of scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk management.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of design-build, progressive design-build, and/or P3 delivery models.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project collaboration tools.
• Commitment to workplace safety, quality, and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Seasoned project leader with extensive experience delivering alternative delivery projects in a lead designer role.
• Confident leading multidisciplinary teams and engaging effectively with clients, partners, senior leadership, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong execution discipline with executive-level communication, sound judgment, and the ability to advance project performance from procurement through closeout.
• Relationship management and market awareness needed to support business development and account management, including contractor engagement, early opportunity identification, and contribution to regional pipeline planning.

Skills

• Strong project management and leadership skills.
• Effective communication and organizational abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience with alternative delivery models such as design-build, progressive design-build, and P3.
• Proficiency with project management software and tools.

Benefits

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.

Pay

Compensation and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The position may be based in any WSP office, with a primary location focused in Utah and the Mountain Region.

About WSP

ABOUT US 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 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.

Notice To Third Party Agencies WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. 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.