Assistant Vice President, Civil/Highway Engineer

About the role

This Opportunity WSP is currently initiating a search for an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Vice President, Civil/Highway Engineer for our Southern CA Transportation team! This position will support our Southern California projects and can be based out of WSP’s Los Angeles, Irvine, San Bernardino, or Riverside CA offices.

Responsibilities

• Be involved in projects with our Civil Engineering Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
• Support the Southern California projects and assist in managing daily activities of the Civil/Highway group.
• Assist in leading and continuing to develop the Civil/Highway design team.
• Provide guidance and mentoring of staff and direct work assignments.
• Collaborate with management to determine long-range plans and objectives, including recommendations on project staffing.
• Maintain positive client relationships to expand current business.
• Actively seek out and lead new opportunities by leveraging established local relationships and participate in pursuit proposals.
• Manage projects and maintain schedule, budget, and profitability of assigned projects; overseeing preparation of plans, specifications, and proposals.
• Lead project tasks for conceptual and preliminary engineering and final design activities, as well as development of construction plans, calculations and specifications.
• Cooky with civil engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
• Coordinate with other design disciplines such as structures, hydraulics, traffic, and utilities, etc.
• Participate hands-on in the preparation of Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E).
• Review, monitor and/or develop complex layouts, sketches, plans, specifications and estimates standards and guidelines, correspondence, and/or prepare reports.
• Participate in preparation of technical proposals and labor estimates.
• Commitment to quality and continuous improvement through innovation, creative thinking and improved results.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and productive work relationships with all employees, clients and other stakeholders.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and civil design.
• Engineer license required (California preferred).
• 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.
• Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and program/construction management; including project involvement in a variety of rehabilitation and reconstruction, new design, and construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of relevant civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies.
• 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, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, GeoSlope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field from an accredited program.

Skills

• Technical writing
• Office automation
• Discipline-specific design software (MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, GeoSlope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS)
• Technical computing and calculations
• Inspection and investigation
• Project management
• Client relationship management
• Subcontractor coordination
• Quality assurance and quality control
• Technical proposal preparation
• Technical report preparation
• Technical review
• Technical documentation creation
• Technical plan creation
• Technical specification creation
• Technical estimate creation
• Technical proposal creation
• Technical labor estimate creation
• Technical proposal review
• Technical plan review
• Technical specification review
• Technical estimate review
• Technical proposal review
• Technical labor estimate review
• Technical plan development
• Technical specification development
• Technical estimate development
• Technical proposal development
• Technical labor estimate development
• Technical plan coordination
• Technical specification coordination
• Technical estimate coordination
• Technical proposal coordination
• Technical labor estimate coordination
• Technical plan implementation
• Technical specification implementation
• Technical estimate implementation
• Technical proposal implementation
• Technical labor estimate implementation
• Technical plan monitoring
• Technical specification monitoring
• Technical estimate monitoring
• Technical proposal monitoring
• Technical labor estimate monitoring
• Technical plan evaluation
• Technical specification evaluation
• Technical estimate evaluation
• Technical proposal evaluation
• Technical labor estimate evaluation
• Technical plan improvement
• Technical specification improvement
• Technical estimate improvement
• Technical proposal improvement
• Technical labor estimate improvement
• Technical plan optimization
• Technical specification optimization
• Technical estimate optimization
• Technical proposal optimization
• Technical labor estimate optimization
• Technical plan enhancement
• Technical specification enhancement
• Technical estimate enhancement
• Technical proposal enhancement
• Technical labor estimate enhancement
• Technical plan innovation
• Technical specification innovation
• Technical estimate innovation
• Technical proposal innovation
• Technical labor estimate innovation
• Technical plan advancement
• Technical specification advancement
• Technical estimate advancement
• Technical proposal advancement
• Technical labor estimate advancement
• Technical plan development
• Technical specification development
• Technical estimate development
• Technical proposal development
• Technical labor estimate development
• Technical plan implementation
• Technical specification implementation
• Technical estimate implementation
• Technical proposal implementation
• Technical labor estimate implementation
• Technical plan monitoring
• Technical specification monitoring
• Technical estimate monitoring
• Technical proposal monitoring
• Technical labor estimate monitoring
• Technical plan evaluation
• Technical specification evaluation
• Technical estimate evaluation
• Technical proposal evaluation
• Technical labor estimate evaluation
• Technical plan improvement
• Technical specification improvement
• Technical estimate improvement
• Technical proposal improvement
• Technical labor estimate improvement
• Technical plan optimization
• Technical specification optimization
• Technical estimate optimization
• Technical proposal optimization
• Technical labor estimate optimization
• Technical plan enhancement
• Technical specification enhancement
• Technical estimate enhancement
• Technical proposal enhancement
• Technical labor estimate enhancement
• Technical plan innovation
• Technical specification innovation
• Technical estimate innovation
• Technical proposal innovation
• Technical labor estimate innovation
• Technical plan advancement
• Technical specification advancement
• Technical estimate advancement
• Technical proposal advancement
• Technical labor estimate advancement
• Technical plan development
• Technical specification development
• Technical estimate development
• Technical proposal development
• Technical labor estimate development
• Technical plan implementation
• Technical specification implementation
• Technical estimate implementation
• Technical proposal implementation
• Technical labor estimate implementation
• Technical plan monitoring
• Technical specification monitoring
• Technical estimate monitoring
• Technical proposal monitoring
• Technical labor estimate monitoring
• Technical plan evaluation
• Technical specification evaluation
• Technical estimate evaluation
• Technical proposal evaluation
• Technical labor estimate evaluation
• Technical plan improvement
• Technical specification improvement
• Technical estimate improvement
• Technical proposal improvement
• Technical labor estimate improvement
• Technical plan optimization
• Technical specification optimization
• Technical estimate optimization
• Technical proposal optimization
• Technical labor estimate optimization
• Technical plan enhancement
• Technical specification enhancement
• Technical estimate enhancement
• Technical proposal enhancement
• Technical labor estimate enhancement
• Technical plan innovation
• Technical specification innovation
• Technical estimate innovation
• Technical proposal innovation
• Technical labor estimate innovation
• Technical plan advancement
• Technical specification advancement
• Technical estimate advancement
• Technical proposal advancement
• Technical labor estimate advancement
• Technical plan development
• Technical specification development
• Technical estimate development
• Technical proposal development
• Technical labor estimate development
• Technical plan implementation
• Technical specification implementation
• Technical estimate implementation
• Technical proposal implementation
• Technical labor estimate implementation
• Technical plan monitoring
• Technical specification monitoring