WSP

Senior Professional, Construction Materials Testing Engineer

WSP • $85K — $110K *
Charlotte, NC 28269In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Geology or Business preferred
  • 5-7+ years of industry experience in project and team management
  • Strong organization and multi-tasking skills
  • Positive experience with client representatives
  • Demonstrated relationship-building and proposal preparation abilities
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Effective communication skills for diverse audiences
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving ability
  • Track record of promoting workplace safety
  • Willingness to work extended schedules and occasional travel

Responsibilities

  • Manage construction quality assurance and testing projects
  • Support project management tasks including budgeting and scheduling
  • Drive business development and strategic planning efforts
  • Coordinate project teams to ensure technical quality
  • Serve as the primary interface with clients
  • Interact professionally with regulatory agencies and contractors
  • Make informed decisions regarding company resources

Benefits

  • Excellent career growth opportunities
  • Friendly and flexible work environment
  • Chance to mentor junior engineers and technicians
  • Engagement in challenging and exciting projects
  • Focus on teamwork and quality in client service
Full Job Description
Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP has an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Professional, Construction Materials Testing Engineer to join our Charlotte office. This individual will manage our construction materials testing and special inspection projects. We offer excellent career growth, a friendly, flexible work environment, and a variety of challenging projects. We have a group of talented staff and work on some of the most exciting projects in the area. We offer the opportunity to mentor talented young engineers and technicians in a supportive and flexible atmosphere where the focus is on teamwork, quality, and excellent client service. Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, solid client relationship skills, a commitment to delivering a quality product and an interest in a leadership role.
Your Impact
  • Manage projects associated with construction management, construction quality assurance, special inspections, materials testing and laboratory testing in both construction materials and geotechnical applications.
  • Support project management tasks such as scheduling, reports review, budget tracking, invoicing, proposal writing and business development
  • Support business development and strategic planning efforts to increase market share in the local market.
  • Manage and coordinate project teams, including ensuring the technical quality of deliverables.
  • Position will serve as primary interface with client representatives
  • Must have ability to make quick decisions requiring sound judgment and experience
  • Interact with regulatory agencies, construction contractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
  • Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
  • 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
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Geology or Business, is preferred; along with measurable experience managing teams, projects, and client development
  • 5-7+ years of industry experience with leading teams, managing projects and sound knowledge of laboratory tests, field testing and special inspections
  • Excellent organization skills and ability to multi-task
  • Positive experience dealing directly with client representatives
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships as well as experience in proposal preparation
  • Strong work ethic, and demonstrated ability to work on project teams
  • Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
  • Highly capable self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
  • Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
  • Developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
  • Ability to work schedules into project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
  • Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
  • Must successfully complete and pass WSP's Motor Vehicle screening.
  • This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of this policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request.

Preferred Qualifications
  • PE License
  • Local presence and contacts in the Charlotte construction market


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.
Learn more about WSP
Size
54,000 employees
Industry
Technical Services
Founded
1959
* Ladders Estimates

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