WSP

Senior Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Manager

WSP$174K — $230K *
Transportation
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Collaborative communicator with a systems thinking approach and self-motivation.
  • 12+ years of experience in transit projects or equivalent.
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
  • Experience in stakeholder engagement with government and community groups.
  • Demonstrated organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead business development for BRT projects in northern California.
  • Serve as a technical expert through all project phases.
  • Manage multi-disciplinary teams for contracts ranging from $1 million to $50 million.
  • Oversee contract negotiations, project setup, and management plans.
  • Act as the primary client contact for project communications.
  • Mentor staff on BRT best practices and project delivery.
  • Contribute to national BRT projects with technical support.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Retirement savings plans for financial stability.
  • Paid sick leave and vacation time.
  • Paid parental leave and bereavement time.
  • Time off for voting and naturalization proceedings.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior BRT Project Manager for northern California (San Francisco, Oakland, Antioch).
Your Impact
  • Lead California BRT business development and strategic initiatives in areas such as Sacramento and West Sacramento. Be a leader in developing our BRT team in California.
  • Serve as a technical expert on BRT projects across all phases, from concept to construction to revenue service.
  • Manage multi-disciplinary teams to deliver medium ($1 million) to large contracts ($50 million).
  • Manage contract negotiations, scope and fee development, project setup, subcontracts, change management, management plans (Project Management Plans, Quality Management Plans, Risk Management Plans, Project Safety Plans), and project reviews.
  • Manage delivery of scope, schedule, and budget in collaboration with task managers.
  • Serve as primary point-of-contact for clients on projects.
  • Mentor and train staff in BRT best practices, including delivery, design, and quality.
  • Opportunities to support delivery of BRT projects nationally with technical expertise, including opportunities to travel.
  • Demonstrate your skills to the industry through conference presentations and paper publication.
  • Assist in growing the business by building relationships, writing marketing proposals, and providing other business development support.
  • 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.
Who You Are

Required Qualifications
  • A collaborator, communicator, and systems thinker. A self-motivator that requires minimal oversight.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, innovator, and problem-solver.
  • Comfortable with navigating complex, challenging, and rewarding projects.
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or similar designation.
  • 12+ plus years of experience in transit projects or equivalent.
  • Experience working with agencies to deliver transit projects.
  • Experience with stakeholder engagement, including collaborating with local governments, local and federal agencies, community groups, and elected leadership.
  • Demonstrated organizational and communications skills.
  • Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment.
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Engineering or similar graduate level degree
  • PE license.
  • Direct experience with BRT


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): $174,800 - $230,000

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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Founded
1959

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