Senior Design Build Project Manager

About the role

The ideal candidate will be involved in projects with our Structures Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership within the Boston Transportation Structures group to ensure structural engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, bridge and tunnel projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry and company standards for design, safety, structural soundness, and functionality.
• Lead larger-scale more complex structural engineering projects delivered with Design-Build, 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, contract work, and employees.
• Lead Design-Build pursuits by coordinating with contracting partners, preparing Alternative Technical Concepts (ATCs) and preparing design and construction phase services scope and fee proposals.
• Perform engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, integrated management plans, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
• Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Structural or Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering, structural/civil and infrastructure design.
• Engineer license in MA required (multi-state preferred).
• Advanced proficiency with structural engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
• Advanced proficiency with Highway and Rail Bridge design.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant structural and civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements, and the business impact upon the organization.
• Advanced proficiency with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Tactical lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, regulators, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exits.
• Advanced proficiency with office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, GeoSlope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, MathCAD, CSI Bridge), technology, math principles, physics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• Design-Build Experience.
• Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.

Skills

• Structural Engineering Principles
• Highway and Rail Bridge Design
• Construction Law and Regulations
• Office Automation
• Discipline-Specific Design Software
• Technical Computations and Calculations
• Leadership and Interpersonal Communication
• Lateral Thinking and Analytical Skills
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Workplace Safety and Compliance

Benefits

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

Pay

Expected Salary (all locations): $175,300.00 - $240,230.00

Schedule

Not specified

Contact Information

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