Senior Technical Manager

About the role

This Opportunity WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Technical Manager for our Austin, TX office.

Responsibilities

• Be involved in projects with our Advisory Services, Demand Modeling and Forecasting team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges.
• Apply rigorous data science and demand modeling principles to offer insights that help shape public policy and programs.
• Create solutions to help transform cities and communities.
• Design, estimate, validate and apply travel demand models.
• Lead and collaborate on the development of demand modeling and related software.
• Analyze land use and demand data.
• Conduct statistical analyses of travel survey and passively-collected transportation data.
• Mentor, train and provide technical guidance to staff.
• Lead demand modeling tasks as part of multidisciplinary teams.
• Manage travel demand projects.
• Lead data analysis for grant applications, demand modeling and planning projects.
• Lead business development activities.
• Participate in internal and external professional development activities.

Requirements

• Master's Degree or Higher in Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering, Data Science, Urban Planning, Economics, Geography or related field.
• 10 years' proven experience managing travel demand modeling teams and projects.
• 10 years of experience designing, estimating and/or implementing travel demand models.
• Demonstrated expertise with travel model software scripting.
• Demonstrated expertise with travel data analysis and visualization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 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.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience writing proposals and managing client accounts.
• Proficiency with demand modeling software (TransCAD, CUBE, EMME, and/or VISUM).
• Proficiency with R scripting, Java, C#, or similar programming languages.
• Proficiency with Geographical Information Software use and programming.

Talent

Your Impact Design, estimate, validate and apply travel demand models Lead and collaborate on the development of demand modeling and related software Analyze land use and demand data Conduct statistical analyses of travel survey and passively-collected transportation data Mentor, train and provide technical guidance to staff Lead demand modeling tasks as part of multidisciplinary teams Manage travel demand projects Lead data analysis for grant applications, demand modeling and planning projects Lead business development activities Participate in internal and external professional development activities

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a 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.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $129,600 - $174,900

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

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 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.