Job DescriptionWSP is seeking a
Geostructural Lead ProfessionalEngineer to join our Power Delivery Team. This position offers a flexible work arrangements, with the option with a hybrid workstyle from either our Portland, Maine or Freeport, Maine office location.
Join a growing organization where you will contribute to impactful projects, support our clients' goals, and help solve complex engineering challenges.
This Opportunity Provides technical leadership and guidance for the planning, design, and delivery of various foundation systems for high-voltage overhead transmission line and substation projects. Tasks may include research, design, concept development, planning, client interactions, business and proposal development, construction support, and staff mentorship. Supports project development through disciplined engineering practices, coordination across multidisciplinary teams, and adherence to established quality and safety standards. Ensures responsibilities are executed with a level of technical excellence, clarity, and functional performance that meets or exceeds industry expectations.
Your Impact The successful candidate will be able to lead, support, and coordinate the following:
Project Engineering Leadership
- Lead and execute the engineering of various foundation system designs
- Provide construction support
- Lead and/or support the initial project execution layout to ensure an efficient and effective project plan has been established.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining a project schedule.
- Attend weekly or bi-weekly project meetings to outline upcoming deliverables and tasks with the personnel responsible identified clearly.
- Coordinate with clients on project status and support project meetings as necessary.
- Maintain project workflow and thorough communication across multi-disciplinary projects, both internal and external to WSP.
- Forecast upcoming project requirements to assist in resource planning.
- Facilitate and adhere to WSP's QA/QC procedures.
- Participate in industry conferences, both internal and external, to improve professional growth while fostering knowledge transfer to colleagues.
- Demonstrate foundation design expertise pertaining to direct-embed foundations, drilled piers, micropiles, helical piles and driven piles.
- Demonstrate knowledge of construction methods, construction estimates, and construction support.
- Lead project teams of varying sizes.
- Travel to client offices/field/vendor facilities, as needed.
Who You Are- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
- 7-10 years' experience in the geotechnical engineering field and of designing/managing projects and leading multi-disciplinary teams
- Professional Engineering (PE) licensure.
- Understanding of the NESC, RUS, and/or GO-95.
- Candidate must have a strong background in computer modeling that may include LPILE, SHAFT, MFAD, GROUP and a working knowledge of GIS and AutoCADD
- Candidate must have a strong command of the English language with good written and oral communication skills to work effectively with internal team members and external client personnel.
- Experience using the Microsoft Office software suite
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
Preferred Qualifications- Field program planning, management, and execution.
- Subcontractor management.
- Cost estimating and scheduling.
- Field experience.
- Involvement in technical societies (IEEE, CIGRE, ASCE...)
- Experience using ArcGIS and MicroStation
- PLS-CADD, POLE and TOWER experience.
Compensation:
Expected Salary: $102K- $173K
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 applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
