WSP

Office Engineer/Assistant Project Manager

WSP$99K — $116K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant experience in a business environment
  • Minimum 3 years of experience as an administrative assistant or document control clerk in construction
  • Experience in Design, Pre-Construction, or Closeout projects preferred
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask
  • Ability to work onsite 5 days a week

Responsibilities

  • Support the Project Manager in achieving project goals
  • Implement and monitor workflow processes and make necessary modifications
  • Prepare and distribute memos, letters, and reports
  • Maintain organized documentation and filing systems
  • Support timecard collection and prepare invoice packages
  • Track safety materials and compliance notifications
  • Develop spreadsheets and databases to manage project information

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Retirement savings options
  • Paid sick leave and vacation time
  • Paid parental leave and bereavement leave
  • Paid time off for voting and naturalization attendance
Full Job Description
Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Office Engineer/Assistant Project Manager. This role will report full-time to our client's office at 2 Broadway in Manhattan. Be involved in projects with our Project Controls & Technology Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

Who You Are

Job Duties:
  • Work under the Project Manager to support the Project vision and initiatives.
  • Implement efficient work-flow process, monitor daily activity, implement modifications.
  • Assist in preparing, formatting, and distributing memos, letters, and reports.
  • Maintain filing systems and ensure proper documentation of contractor records.
  • Maintain documentation in SharePoint or similar Electronic Document Management System (EDMS).
  • Support timecard collection, coordinate with field personnel, and prepare invoice packages
  • Monitor inventory of supplies and assist with procurement as needed.
  • Assist with internal documentation requests and scanning of program files.
  • Prepare project-related meeting agendas, attendance sheets, meeting summaries, and daily reports for field and office staff.
  • Maintain shared folders, logs, and databases in coordination with the Data Administrator.
  • Track distribution of safety materials, toolbox forms, and compliance notices.
  • Support onboarding of new hires (forms, checklist completion, credential requests)
  • Provide backup support to Data Administrator when needed.
  • Support daily report consolidation, contractor access forms, and safety toolbox submissions.
  • Communicate with project team members.
  • Develop and maintain spreadsheets and databases for correspondence logs and progress reports.
  • Generate presentations, as directed by the Project Manager.
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.


Your Impact

Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years in a business environment)
  • Minimum of three (3) years of experience as an administrative assistant or document control clerk with a Consultant Construction Manager or a construction organization
  • Must have the ability to work onsite 5 days per week
  • Experience working on Design, Pre-Construction, Construction and Closeout or similar projects preferred
  • Advanced computer and word processing skills using MS Office applications
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to coordinate several high-priority deadlines simultaneously and demonstrate flexibility when priorities change
  • Excellent organizational & prioritizing skills with the ability to multitask


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): $99,840 - 116,480

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.

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About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
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1959

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