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WSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Electrical Project Manager for our Roseville, CA office to join our Property & Buildings team. This is an exciting opportunity for a licensed Electrical Engineer with significant healthcare project experience who is seeking a leadership role focused on project delivery, client management, business development, and team leadership within a growing healthcare practice.
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients and lead the successful delivery of complex healthcare projects from pursuit and planning through design, construction, occupancy, and closeout. This role requires a professional who can effectively balance project management, client relationship management, financial performance, team leadership, and technical oversight while ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and aligned with client expectations.
This position will support major healthcare clients across Northern California and play a key role in growing WSP's healthcare practice. Project types include hospitals, medical office buildings, outpatient facilities, surgery centers, behavioral health facilities, laboratories, medical campuses, and other critical healthcare environments.
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 improve the spaces where people live, work, heal, and thrive.
Be involved in projects with our Property & Buildings Team and be part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.
Your Impact
- Serve as Project Manager for complex healthcare facility projects, overseeing all phases of project execution from planning and design through construction and closeout.
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring exceptional service, communication, and project delivery.
- Lead multidisciplinary project teams including electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, structural, architectural, and specialty consultants.
- Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, contract compliance, risk management, and overall project financial performance.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with healthcare systems, hospital administrators, architects, contractors, and key industry stakeholders.
- Drive project planning efforts, establish project execution strategies, and monitor project performance to ensure successful outcomes.
- Facilitate client meetings, project team coordination meetings, design reviews, and executive-level presentations.
- Support business development efforts through client engagement, proposal development, fee negotiations, interviews, and strategic pursuit planning.
- Identify opportunities for repeat business and expanded services within existing healthcare accounts.
- Mentor project managers, engineers, and design staff while promoting collaboration, accountability, and professional development.
- Provide executive-level oversight of project quality, technical coordination, and risk management processes.
- Collaborate with regional and national healthcare leadership teams to support strategic growth initiatives.
- Support recruiting, workforce planning, succession planning, and team development within the California Property & Buildings practice.
- Provide technical leadership and oversight for healthcare electrical systems including power distribution, emergency power systems, lighting, fire alarm, and low-voltage infrastructure.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct while adhering to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- 10+ years of experience delivering complex healthcare or large-scale building projects.
- Demonstrated success managing multidisciplinary project teams through all project phases.
- Strong experience managing project schedules, budgets, contracts, staffing plans, and financial performance.
- Proven ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships.
- Experience serving as Project Manager, Client Manager, or Program Manager on healthcare facility projects.
- Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies, risk management, quality management, and construction administration processes.
- Knowledge of California building codes, NEC, NFPA, and HCAI/OSHPD healthcare requirements.
- Understanding of healthcare electrical systems sufficient to provide technical oversight and leadership.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, leadership, and organizational skills.
- Proven ability to lead teams and deliver projects safely, efficiently, profitably, and with high client satisfaction.
- Existing healthcare client relationships and industry network within Northern California preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field.
- 5+ years of project or program management experience leading large healthcare projects.
- PMP certification preferred.
- LEED AP, WELL AP, or other sustainability-related credentials.
- Experience managing acute care hospitals, laboratories, surgery centers, behavioral health facilities, and medical campuses.
- Experience supporting business development, strategic growth initiatives, and client account management.
- Experience working with HCAI/OSHPD healthcare projects.
- Prior people management or operational leadership experience.
- 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) preferred.
- First Aid and CPR certification preferred.
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 (all locations): $134,700 - $200,100
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
WSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Electrical Project Manager for our Roseville, CA office to join our Property & Buildings team. This is an exciting opportunity for a licensed Electrical Engineer with significant healthcare project experience who is seeking a leadership role focused on project delivery, client management, business development, and team leadership within a growing healthcare practice.
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients and lead the successful delivery of complex healthcare projects from pursuit and planning through design, construction, occupancy, and closeout. This role requires a professional who can effectively balance project management, client relationship management, financial performance, team leadership, and technical oversight while ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and aligned with client expectations.
This position will support major healthcare clients across Northern California and play a key role in growing WSP's healthcare practice. Project types include hospitals, medical office buildings, outpatient facilities, surgery centers, behavioral health facilities, laboratories, medical campuses, and other critical healthcare environments.
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 improve the spaces where people live, work, heal, and thrive.
Be involved in projects with our Property & Buildings Team and be part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.
Your Impact
- Serve as Project Manager for complex healthcare facility projects, overseeing all phases of project execution from planning and design through construction and closeout.
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring exceptional service, communication, and project delivery.
- Lead multidisciplinary project teams including electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, structural, architectural, and specialty consultants.
- Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, contract compliance, risk management, and overall project financial performance.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with healthcare systems, hospital administrators, architects, contractors, and key industry stakeholders.
- Drive project planning efforts, establish project execution strategies, and monitor project performance to ensure successful outcomes.
- Facilitate client meetings, project team coordination meetings, design reviews, and executive-level presentations.
- Support business development efforts through client engagement, proposal development, fee negotiations, interviews, and strategic pursuit planning.
- Identify opportunities for repeat business and expanded services within existing healthcare accounts.
- Mentor project managers, engineers, and design staff while promoting collaboration, accountability, and professional development.
- Provide executive-level oversight of project quality, technical coordination, and risk management processes.
- Collaborate with regional and national healthcare leadership teams to support strategic growth initiatives.
- Support recruiting, workforce planning, succession planning, and team development within the California Property & Buildings practice.
- Provide technical leadership and oversight for healthcare electrical systems including power distribution, emergency power systems, lighting, fire alarm, and low-voltage infrastructure.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct while adhering to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- 10+ years of experience delivering complex healthcare or large-scale building projects.
- Demonstrated success managing multidisciplinary project teams through all project phases.
- Strong experience managing project schedules, budgets, contracts, staffing plans, and financial performance.
- Proven ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships.
- Experience serving as Project Manager, Client Manager, or Program Manager on healthcare facility projects.
- Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies, risk management, quality management, and construction administration processes.
- Knowledge of California building codes, NEC, NFPA, and HCAI/OSHPD healthcare requirements.
- Understanding of healthcare electrical systems sufficient to provide technical oversight and leadership.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, leadership, and organizational skills.
- Proven ability to lead teams and deliver projects safely, efficiently, profitably, and with high client satisfaction.
- Existing healthcare client relationships and industry network within Northern California preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field.
- 5+ years of project or program management experience leading large healthcare projects.
- PMP certification preferred.
- LEED AP, WELL AP, or other sustainability-related credentials.
- Experience managing acute care hospitals, laboratories, surgery centers, behavioral health facilities, and medical campuses.
- Experience supporting business development, strategic growth initiatives, and client account management.
- Experience working with HCAI/OSHPD healthcare projects.
- Prior people management or operational leadership experience.
- 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) preferred.
- First Aid and CPR certification preferred.
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 (all locations): $134,700 - $200,100
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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Align your credentials to WSP's project sectors
WSP's Program Assistant roles support active project delivery in infrastructure, transportation, and environmental consulting. Tailor your resume to reflect coordination or administrative experience in these verticals specifically, not general office support, before you apply.
Target WSP offices with active project pipelines
WSP's larger offices tied to federal or state infrastructure contracts tend to generate more Program Assistant openings. Offices in New York, Houston, and Denver have historically posted consistently, so concentrate your search on locations with visible project activity.
Clarify your visa type early in recruiter conversations
WSP sponsors multiple visa categories, including H-1B, E-3, and TN. Name your specific visa type in your first recruiter conversation so they can route your candidacy to the right internal immigration team rather than treating it as a general inquiry.
Use Migrate Mate to filter Program Assistant openings by sponsorship type
Not every WSP listing explicitly flags visa sponsorship. Search WSP's Program Assistant postings on Migrate Mate to filter by the visa category you need, so you're only pursuing roles where sponsorship has already been confirmed.
Prepare for cap-subject H-1B timing if you're on OPT
If you're on F-1 OPT and WSP extends a Program Assistant offer, the H-1B cap lottery runs once per year with an April 1 filing window. You need a job offer in hand before March to be included, so timing your offer acceptance matters.
Confirm LCA prevailing wage compliance before accepting an offer
For H-1B and E-3 filings, WSP must file a Labor Condition Application with the DOL certifying your offered salary meets prevailing wage for Program Assistants in that metro area. Review the LCA posting notice once your offer is in writing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does WSP sponsor H-1B visas for Program Assistants?
Yes, WSP sponsors H-1B visas for Program Assistant roles. Because the H-1B is cap-subject, your offer timing relative to the USCIS lottery window matters. WSP's internal immigration team typically coordinates with outside counsel to handle the I-129 petition, but you'll need your offer formalized well before the April 1 filing deadline to be included in the annual lottery.
How do I apply for Program Assistant jobs at WSP?
You can apply directly through WSP's careers portal or browse open Program Assistant roles with confirmed visa sponsorship on Migrate Mate. When applying, specify your visa status upfront in your cover letter or application notes. WSP's recruiting process for these roles typically involves an initial screen, a hiring manager interview, and a final panel review before an offer is extended.
Which visa types does WSP commonly use for Program Assistant roles?
WSP sponsors H-1B, E-3 visa, TN visa, and F-1 OPT/CPT for Program Assistant positions, as well as Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3 for longer-term employees. E-3 visa applies only to Australian citizens, and TN visa covers Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying professional categories. The right visa depends on your nationality, degree, and how the role is classified internally.
What qualifications does WSP expect for Program Assistant roles?
WSP's Program Assistant positions typically require a bachelor's degree in a field relevant to the supporting practice area, such as engineering, environmental science, urban planning, or business administration. Practical experience with project tracking, document control, or client coordination is valued. For specialty occupation visa filings, the degree-to-role match is a formal USCIS requirement, not just a hiring preference.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take once WSP extends an offer?
Timeline depends on the visa type. E-3 and TN filings can move quickly, often within a few weeks, since neither is cap-subject. H-1B sponsorship is tied to the annual lottery and can take six months or more from offer to start date. USCIS premium processing is available for H-1B petitions and reduces the adjudication window to 15 business days after filing.