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Be involved in projects with our Illinois Tollway General Engineering Consultant (GEC) Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach—and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
WSP is initiating a search for a Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Program Manager to lead and oversee the planning, design, construction, and life-cycle management of technology and operational assets for the Illinois Tollway. This role serves as the primary technical and strategic lead for the TSMO program, driving innovation while ensuring consistency with Illinois Tollway standards, manuals, and best practices.
The TSMO Program Manager will work closely with Illinois Tollway staff, designers, construction teams, and operations and maintenance stakeholders to ensure assets are planned, delivered, and managed through a full life-cycle lens. This includes oversight of standards development, design reviews, construction walk-throughs, asset replacement planning, inventory development, inspections, and condition assessment.
This position requires a blend of technical depth, program leadership, staff management, and strategic coordination, with the opportunity to influence how transportation technology assets are delivered and sustained across the Tollway system.
Your Impact
Program and Professional Leadership
- Serve as the TSMO Program Manager for the Illinois Tollway GEC.
- Provide strategic leadership across ITS, Tolling, Optical Fiber, Roadway Lighting, and related technology and operational assets.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Illinois Tollway staff on innovation, technology evolution, and asset life-cycle management.
- Coordinate across planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance to ensure integrated delivery of TSMO assets.
- Set program and task-level goals aligned with Illinois Tollway objectives.
- Plan and organize work efforts, staffing, schedules, and resources.
- Monitor workloads, task tracking, and overall performance.
- Mentor staff in both technical and professional development.
Design and Construction Oversight
- Lead the review of design submittals prepared by consultants to ensure compliance with Illinois Tollway standards, specifications, and manuals.
- Identify gaps, conflicts, or outdated guidance within existing standards and manuals.
- Lead or support updates to Illinois Tollway standards, manuals, specifications, and design guidance for TSMO-related assets.
- Provide construction support for RFI’s and material substitutions.
- Ensure lessons learned from design, construction, and operations are incorporated back into standards and practices.
- Oversee construction walk-throughs for TSMO assets to validate constructability, compliance, and long-term maintainability.
- Support planning and sequencing of asset replacements and upgrades.
Life-Cycle Asset Management
- Oversee the full life cycle of TSMO assets, including:
+ Planning and needs assessment
+ Design and systems engineering
+ Construction coordination and walk-throughs
+ Inventory development and asset data governance
+ Inspections and condition assessment
+ Asset replacement and capital planning
- Support development and refinement of asset inventories, condition rating methodologies, and inspection practices.
- Coordinate with asset management, maintenance, and operations teams to support State of Good Repair (SGR) objectives.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Participate in regular coordination meetings with Illinois Tollway management.
- Collaborate with designers, construction consultants, operations staff, and maintenance providers.
- Coordinate with internal WSP subject matter experts and national resources to bring best practices and innovation to the program.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Strong desire to bring innovative, practical solutions to transportation operations and technology challenges.
- Strong technical knowledge of ITS and Fiber designs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts clearly.
- Self-starter with the ability to proactively identify issues and drive solutions.
- Ability to work effectively across multi-disciplinary teams and multiple stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Network Engineering, or a related field from an accredited university.
- Minimum of ten (10+) years of experience in transportation technology, TSMO, ITS, Tolling, Fiber, or related disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience with planning, design, and implementation of ITS or transportation technology systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of Illinois Tollway standards, specifications, and plan preparation manuals.
- Experience working directly with the Illinois Tollway, IDOT, or similar toll agencies.
- Understanding of connected and automated vehicle technologies and their operational implications.
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: $110,700 - $188,200
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.
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
Be involved in projects with our Illinois Tollway General Engineering Consultant (GEC) Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach—and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
WSP is initiating a search for a Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Program Manager to lead and oversee the planning, design, construction, and life-cycle management of technology and operational assets for the Illinois Tollway. This role serves as the primary technical and strategic lead for the TSMO program, driving innovation while ensuring consistency with Illinois Tollway standards, manuals, and best practices.
The TSMO Program Manager will work closely with Illinois Tollway staff, designers, construction teams, and operations and maintenance stakeholders to ensure assets are planned, delivered, and managed through a full life-cycle lens. This includes oversight of standards development, design reviews, construction walk-throughs, asset replacement planning, inventory development, inspections, and condition assessment.
This position requires a blend of technical depth, program leadership, staff management, and strategic coordination, with the opportunity to influence how transportation technology assets are delivered and sustained across the Tollway system.
Your Impact
Program and Professional Leadership
- Serve as the TSMO Program Manager for the Illinois Tollway GEC.
- Provide strategic leadership across ITS, Tolling, Optical Fiber, Roadway Lighting, and related technology and operational assets.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Illinois Tollway staff on innovation, technology evolution, and asset life-cycle management.
- Coordinate across planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance to ensure integrated delivery of TSMO assets.
- Set program and task-level goals aligned with Illinois Tollway objectives.
- Plan and organize work efforts, staffing, schedules, and resources.
- Monitor workloads, task tracking, and overall performance.
- Mentor staff in both technical and professional development.
Design and Construction Oversight
- Lead the review of design submittals prepared by consultants to ensure compliance with Illinois Tollway standards, specifications, and manuals.
- Identify gaps, conflicts, or outdated guidance within existing standards and manuals.
- Lead or support updates to Illinois Tollway standards, manuals, specifications, and design guidance for TSMO-related assets.
- Provide construction support for RFI’s and material substitutions.
- Ensure lessons learned from design, construction, and operations are incorporated back into standards and practices.
- Oversee construction walk-throughs for TSMO assets to validate constructability, compliance, and long-term maintainability.
- Support planning and sequencing of asset replacements and upgrades.
Life-Cycle Asset Management
- Oversee the full life cycle of TSMO assets, including:
+ Planning and needs assessment
+ Design and systems engineering
+ Construction coordination and walk-throughs
+ Inventory development and asset data governance
+ Inspections and condition assessment
+ Asset replacement and capital planning
- Support development and refinement of asset inventories, condition rating methodologies, and inspection practices.
- Coordinate with asset management, maintenance, and operations teams to support State of Good Repair (SGR) objectives.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Participate in regular coordination meetings with Illinois Tollway management.
- Collaborate with designers, construction consultants, operations staff, and maintenance providers.
- Coordinate with internal WSP subject matter experts and national resources to bring best practices and innovation to the program.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Strong desire to bring innovative, practical solutions to transportation operations and technology challenges.
- Strong technical knowledge of ITS and Fiber designs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts clearly.
- Self-starter with the ability to proactively identify issues and drive solutions.
- Ability to work effectively across multi-disciplinary teams and multiple stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Network Engineering, or a related field from an accredited university.
- Minimum of ten (10+) years of experience in transportation technology, TSMO, ITS, Tolling, Fiber, or related disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience with planning, design, and implementation of ITS or transportation technology systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of Illinois Tollway standards, specifications, and plan preparation manuals.
- Experience working directly with the Illinois Tollway, IDOT, or similar toll agencies.
- Understanding of connected and automated vehicle technologies and their operational implications.
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: $110,700 - $188,200
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.
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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Frame credentials around U.S. project delivery standards
WSP evaluates Engineering Program Managers against domestic benchmarks like PMP certification and familiarity with U.S. federal and state agency contracting. Aligning your resume to those frameworks before applying makes credential review faster during sponsorship eligibility assessment.
Target WSP's infrastructure and advisory divisions specifically
WSP's largest Engineering Program Manager hiring clusters sit within transportation, water, and environmental consulting practices. Filtering open roles by these service lines surfaces positions where sponsorship workflows are already established, rather than newer business units with less precedent.
Understand that PERM timing affects your long-term planning
If your goal is an EB-2 or EB-3 Green Card through WSP, DOL PERM processing can run 12 to 18 months before an I-140 petition is even filed. Raise this timeline with your hiring contact before accepting an offer so sponsorship commitments are documented.
Use Migrate Mate to surface open roles across WSP's practice areas
Roles with active sponsorship support aren't always easy to identify from general job boards. Migrate Mate filters Engineering Program Manager openings at WSP by visa type, so you're applying to positions where your authorization pathway is already confirmed.
Prepare for specialty occupation documentation specific to consulting roles
For H-1B or E-3 filings, USCIS scrutinizes whether program management at a consulting firm constitutes a specialty occupation. Having degree transcripts, a detailed offer letter that specifies engineering scope, and any professional licensure ready accelerates the petition process.
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Does WSP sponsor H-1B visas for Engineering Program Managers?
Yes, WSP sponsors H-1B visas for Engineering Program Manager roles. Because this position involves specialized engineering or technical program oversight within a consulting environment, it typically qualifies as a specialty occupation under USCIS criteria. Your employer will need to file a Labor Condition Application with the DOL and submit an I-129 petition. Confirming the specific project scope and required degree field with your recruiter early strengthens the petition.
How do I apply for Engineering Program Manager jobs at WSP?
You can browse and apply for Engineering Program Manager positions at WSP directly through Migrate Mate, which surfaces open roles and filters by visa sponsorship type so you can find positions aligned with your authorization needs. When applying, tailor your resume to WSP's consulting and infrastructure practice areas, highlight U.S. project delivery experience or equivalent, and note your visa status clearly in early recruiter conversations to keep the process moving.
Which visa types does WSP commonly sponsor for Engineering Program Managers?
WSP sponsors several visa categories for this function, including H-1B, E-3 (for Australian citizens), TN (for Canadian and Mexican nationals under USMCA), F-1 OPT and CPT for recent graduates, and EB-2 or EB-3 immigrant visas for candidates pursuing permanent residence. The right pathway depends on your nationality, degree, and where you are in your career. Discussing your situation with WSP's internal immigration counsel after an offer is the most reliable way to confirm which categories apply.
What qualifications does WSP expect for Engineering Program Manager roles?
WSP typically looks for a bachelor's or master's degree in an engineering discipline, civil, mechanical, or environmental being the most common, along with demonstrated experience managing multi-stakeholder infrastructure or consulting programs. PMP certification and familiarity with U.S. federal or state agency procurement processes strengthen your profile significantly. For visa sponsorship purposes, your degree field needs to align directly with the program management responsibilities outlined in the job description.
How long does the sponsorship process take for an Engineering Program Manager at WSP?
Timelines vary by visa type. An E-3 or TN can move from offer to start date in four to eight weeks if documentation is ready. H-1B transfers for candidates already in status are similarly fast. New H-1B cap-subject petitions require the annual October 1 start date, which means gaps of several months if you miss the April filing window. EB-2 or EB-3 Green Card pathways through DOL PERM typically add one to two years beyond the initial nonimmigrant visa approval.
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