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WSP is seeking a Transportation Engineering Technician (TET) III/ Construction Inspector to join our Construction Management team out of our Columbia, MD office.
The desired candidate will serve as a Construction Inspector to support our Construction Management and Inspection (CMI) services related to Road and Bridge Projects at State Highway Administration (SHA) District 2 (Cecil and Kent Counties, MD).
Your Impact
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Provide daily site inspections of contractors’ work on highway, bridge, structural steel repairs, welding, painting, electrical, environmental or other complex construction projects to ensure compliance with approved plans, specifications and maintain up-to-date project records.
- Conduct routine field tests on construction materials such as slump test, air content test, and compaction tests.
- Measure and record material placed for periodic contractor payments.
- Prepare daily inspection reports and/or logs that describe number of employees on a job site, amount of work performed, and materials used, weather conditions, accidents on the job site and equipment use.
- Work in various weather conditions and terrains and will be available nights and weekends as needed.
- Work effectively with others.
- Understand and follow instructions.
- Measure and record pay items.
- Communicate conditions and field conflicts/changes to Owner.
- Work closely with others team members, along with personnel from utilities, state, local, and federal agencies.
- Demonstrate independent and effective problem solving/decision making.
Who You Are
Minimum Requirements:
- High school diploma
- 3 years of experience in Roadway and Bridge construction.
- Experience in field inspection, or construction supervision of civil works projects (earthwork, roads, utilities, infrastructure, bridges, paving, drainage, etc.).
- Must possess knowledge and experience in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American Concrete Institute (ACI), and other miscellaneous construction testing requirements, as well as knowledge in construction inspection procedures, and inspections methodologies, including the use of nuclear gauges, concrete sampling, and construction safety.
- Mid-Atlantic Region Technician Certification Program (MARTCP) Certifications, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10 and Erosion and Sediment (E&S) Certifications preferred.
- Prior experience with Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) State Highway Administration (SHA) is desired.
- Dependable transportation is required.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability to pass a background test.
- Must have good verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
- Must be fluent in both written and spoken English.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on 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: $27.59-$28.10/hour
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 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.
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. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
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.
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Transportation Engineering Technician (TET) III/ Construction Inspector to join our Construction Management team out of our Columbia, MD office.
The desired candidate will serve as a Construction Inspector to support our Construction Management and Inspection (CMI) services related to Road and Bridge Projects at State Highway Administration (SHA) District 2 (Cecil and Kent Counties, MD).
Your Impact
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Provide daily site inspections of contractors’ work on highway, bridge, structural steel repairs, welding, painting, electrical, environmental or other complex construction projects to ensure compliance with approved plans, specifications and maintain up-to-date project records.
- Conduct routine field tests on construction materials such as slump test, air content test, and compaction tests.
- Measure and record material placed for periodic contractor payments.
- Prepare daily inspection reports and/or logs that describe number of employees on a job site, amount of work performed, and materials used, weather conditions, accidents on the job site and equipment use.
- Work in various weather conditions and terrains and will be available nights and weekends as needed.
- Work effectively with others.
- Understand and follow instructions.
- Measure and record pay items.
- Communicate conditions and field conflicts/changes to Owner.
- Work closely with others team members, along with personnel from utilities, state, local, and federal agencies.
- Demonstrate independent and effective problem solving/decision making.
Who You Are
Minimum Requirements:
- High school diploma
- 3 years of experience in Roadway and Bridge construction.
- Experience in field inspection, or construction supervision of civil works projects (earthwork, roads, utilities, infrastructure, bridges, paving, drainage, etc.).
- Must possess knowledge and experience in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American Concrete Institute (ACI), and other miscellaneous construction testing requirements, as well as knowledge in construction inspection procedures, and inspections methodologies, including the use of nuclear gauges, concrete sampling, and construction safety.
- Mid-Atlantic Region Technician Certification Program (MARTCP) Certifications, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10 and Erosion and Sediment (E&S) Certifications preferred.
- Prior experience with Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) State Highway Administration (SHA) is desired.
- Dependable transportation is required.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability to pass a background test.
- Must have good verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
- Must be fluent in both written and spoken English.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on 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: $27.59-$28.10/hour
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 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.
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. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Construction Jobs at WSP Jobs
Align your credentials to U.S. project delivery standards
WSP's construction teams work on federally funded infrastructure and transportation projects, so hiring managers look for familiarity with U.S. contract structures like Design-Build and CMGC. Translate your experience into those terms before you apply.
Target WSP offices near major infrastructure corridors
WSP staffs construction roles heavily in regions with active DOT and transit programs. Searching by office location rather than just job title surfaces openings tied to active project pipelines, where hiring timelines are more predictable and sponsorship decisions move faster.
Get your professional credentials verified before interviews
WSP construction roles frequently require PE licensure or active pursuit of it. If your degree is from outside the U.S., get a foreign credential evaluation completed in advance so you can address equivalency questions confidently during the hiring process.
Use Migrate Mate to filter construction openings by visa type
Not every WSP construction posting lists sponsorship eligibility upfront. Migrate Mate lets you filter WSP's open construction roles by the visa types they've historically sponsored, so you're applying to positions where your visa situation is already a known fit.
Clarify your status timeline before the offer stage
If you're on F-1 OPT, your work authorization window affects when WSP needs to file an H-1B petition on your behalf. Raise your status expiration date during final-round conversations so the offer timeline can account for USCIS filing deadlines and cap registration windows.
Understand how PERM labor certification affects your green card path
WSP sponsors EB-2 and EB-3 green cards for construction professionals, but PERM requires DOL to certify no qualified U.S. worker was available. Construction roles with narrow specialty requirements, like geotechnical or bridge engineering, tend to move through PERM more smoothly than general superintendent positions.
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Find Construction at WSP JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does WSP sponsor H-1B visas for Construction roles?
Yes, WSP sponsors H-1B visas for Construction positions. WSP has a consistent track record of filing H-1B petitions across its engineering and construction functions. If you're applying from F-1 OPT status or from abroad, the H-1B is the most common pathway WSP uses to convert construction hires into long-term sponsored employees.
How do I apply for Construction jobs at WSP?
Applications go through WSP's careers portal, where construction roles are listed by discipline and region. Before applying, review whether each posting aligns with your visa type and timeline. Migrate Mate aggregates WSP's construction openings and filters them by visa sponsorship history, which makes it easier to identify the right roles before submitting an application.
Which visa types does WSP commonly sponsor for Construction positions?
WSP sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN, and F-1 OPT and CPT for construction roles, and also supports EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship for longer-term hires. E-3 is available to Australian citizens only. TN covers Canadian and Mexican nationals in specific professional categories. The right visa depends on your nationality, education, and the specific construction role you're hired into.
What qualifications does WSP expect for sponsored Construction roles?
Most sponsored construction roles at WSP require a bachelor's degree in civil, structural, or construction engineering, or a closely related field. Many positions also expect active PE licensure or demonstrated progress toward it. For H-1B eligibility, the role must qualify as a specialty occupation, meaning a degree in a specific field is a standard requirement for entry into that position.
How do I time my application given H-1B cap deadlines?
The H-1B cap registration window opens in March each year for an October 1 start date. If you're on OPT expiring before October, WSP may be able to use a cap-exempt filing if it qualifies, or bridge your status using OPT STEM extension if you're eligible. Starting conversations with WSP recruiters at least four to six months before your status expires gives enough lead time to align the offer with USCIS filing windows.
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