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Help Drive the Business Side of Project Delivery
WSP is seeking an organized, analytical, and proactive Deputy Project Manager for our Seattle, WA office, to support the financial management and operational delivery of our growing Construction Management practice. Other locations include Tacoma, Vancouver, Portland, OR and Bend OR. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of project execution, financial performance, reporting, contract administration, and client service.
The Deputy Project Manager will support multiple active construction management assignments and serve as a key member of the project leadership team. This individual will help project managers and resident engineers maintain budget control, forecast resource needs, track contract performance, prepare client reports, support invoicing, monitor project financial health, and ensure projects remain audit-ready and compliant with agency requirements. Responsibilities align with project accounting, budget tracking, invoicing support, documentation management, and project administration functions identified within WSP's CM delivery framework.
Your Impact
Financial Management
- Monitor project budgets, labor utilization, and contract performance across multiple construction management assignments.
- Prepare monthly financial reports, forecasts, and project performance summaries.
- Support project managers with earned revenue projections, backlog tracking, and resource forecasting.
- Review labor charges, consultant invoices, reimbursable expenses, and project expenditures for accuracy.
- Assist with budget development, task order tracking, and contract modifications.
- Identify budget risks and recommend corrective actions before impacts occur.
Reporting & Project Controls
- Develop and maintain project dashboards for executive leadership, project managers, and clients.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual project status reports.
- Track key performance indicators including budget, schedule, staffing, utilization, invoicing, and collections.
- Support development of executive-level reporting for business operations and portfolio management.
- Analyze project trends and provide recommendations to improve performance and profitability.
Contract Administration
- Support project managers with contract compliance requirements.
- Track amendments, task orders, subcontract agreements, and contract funding authorizations.
- Maintain documentation supporting federally funded, state-funded, and municipal projects.
- Assist with change management processes and documentation control.
- Support internal and external audits by maintaining complete and accurate project records.
Project Delivery Support
- Coordinate with project managers, resident engineers, inspectors, and accounting staff.
- Assist with staffing plans, workload forecasting, and resource management activities.
- Support proposal development and project startup activities.
- Facilitate coordination between project teams and corporate support functions.
- Help standardize project management processes across the Construction Management practice.
- 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.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
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Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field or equivalent.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting project financials, project controls, project management, or construction management programs.
- Strong understanding of project budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and financial reporting.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience preparing executive-level reports and dashboards.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting public agency transportation, transit, utility, or infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with WSDOT, local agency, FHWA, FTA, FRA, or federally funded project requirements.
- Experience with project management and ERP systems.
- Project controls, scheduling, accounting, or financial analysis experience.
- PMP certification or pursuit of PMP certification.
- Experience working in a professional engineering or construction management consulting environment.
What You'll Bring
- Strong business acumen and financial discipline.
- Ability to identify issues early and recommend practical solutions.
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Confidence working with project managers, executives, and clients.
- Desire to improve processes and help scale a growing business.
Why This Role Matters
This position plays a critical role in the success of our Construction Management practice. You will help project leaders focus on project delivery by ensuring budgets, forecasts, contracts, invoicing, reporting, and performance metrics are accurate, current, and actionable. Your work will directly contribute to improved project performance, stronger client service, and successful delivery of some of the Pacific Northwest's most important infrastructure projects.
Compensation and Benefits:
WSP provides 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.
Expected Salary: $107,500 - $156,600
WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and 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, 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
Help Drive the Business Side of Project Delivery
WSP is seeking an organized, analytical, and proactive Deputy Project Manager for our Seattle, WA office, to support the financial management and operational delivery of our growing Construction Management practice. Other locations include Tacoma, Vancouver, Portland, OR and Bend OR. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of project execution, financial performance, reporting, contract administration, and client service.
The Deputy Project Manager will support multiple active construction management assignments and serve as a key member of the project leadership team. This individual will help project managers and resident engineers maintain budget control, forecast resource needs, track contract performance, prepare client reports, support invoicing, monitor project financial health, and ensure projects remain audit-ready and compliant with agency requirements. Responsibilities align with project accounting, budget tracking, invoicing support, documentation management, and project administration functions identified within WSP's CM delivery framework.
Your Impact
Financial Management
- Monitor project budgets, labor utilization, and contract performance across multiple construction management assignments.
- Prepare monthly financial reports, forecasts, and project performance summaries.
- Support project managers with earned revenue projections, backlog tracking, and resource forecasting.
- Review labor charges, consultant invoices, reimbursable expenses, and project expenditures for accuracy.
- Assist with budget development, task order tracking, and contract modifications.
- Identify budget risks and recommend corrective actions before impacts occur.
Reporting & Project Controls
- Develop and maintain project dashboards for executive leadership, project managers, and clients.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual project status reports.
- Track key performance indicators including budget, schedule, staffing, utilization, invoicing, and collections.
- Support development of executive-level reporting for business operations and portfolio management.
- Analyze project trends and provide recommendations to improve performance and profitability.
Contract Administration
- Support project managers with contract compliance requirements.
- Track amendments, task orders, subcontract agreements, and contract funding authorizations.
- Maintain documentation supporting federally funded, state-funded, and municipal projects.
- Assist with change management processes and documentation control.
- Support internal and external audits by maintaining complete and accurate project records.
Project Delivery Support
- Coordinate with project managers, resident engineers, inspectors, and accounting staff.
- Assist with staffing plans, workload forecasting, and resource management activities.
- Support proposal development and project startup activities.
- Facilitate coordination between project teams and corporate support functions.
- Help standardize project management processes across the Construction Management practice.
- 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.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
LI-TD1
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field or equivalent.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting project financials, project controls, project management, or construction management programs.
- Strong understanding of project budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and financial reporting.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience preparing executive-level reports and dashboards.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting public agency transportation, transit, utility, or infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with WSDOT, local agency, FHWA, FTA, FRA, or federally funded project requirements.
- Experience with project management and ERP systems.
- Project controls, scheduling, accounting, or financial analysis experience.
- PMP certification or pursuit of PMP certification.
- Experience working in a professional engineering or construction management consulting environment.
What You'll Bring
- Strong business acumen and financial discipline.
- Ability to identify issues early and recommend practical solutions.
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Confidence working with project managers, executives, and clients.
- Desire to improve processes and help scale a growing business.
Why This Role Matters
This position plays a critical role in the success of our Construction Management practice. You will help project leaders focus on project delivery by ensuring budgets, forecasts, contracts, invoicing, reporting, and performance metrics are accurate, current, and actionable. Your work will directly contribute to improved project performance, stronger client service, and successful delivery of some of the Pacific Northwest's most important infrastructure projects.
Compensation and Benefits:
WSP provides 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.
Expected Salary: $107,500 - $156,600
WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and 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, 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 Your PM Credentials for U.S. Standards
WSP's Project Lead roles typically require demonstrated experience managing multi-disciplinary teams on infrastructure or environmental projects. If your credentials were earned abroad, have them evaluated by a NACES-member organization before applying so your qualifications translate cleanly.
Target WSP Offices in Sponsorship-Active Markets
WSP's U.S. hiring for Project Leads concentrates in markets with major infrastructure pipeline activity. Filtering your applications to offices in high-demand regions increases your odds of landing a role where the hiring manager already has sponsorship budget approved.
Search Open Project Lead Roles on Migrate Mate
WSP lists Project Lead openings across multiple specializations at any given time. Use Migrate Mate to filter WSP roles by visa type so you only apply to positions where sponsorship is explicitly confirmed for your situation.
Clarify Sponsorship Type Before the Offer Stage
WSP sponsors both cap-subject H-1B petitions and cap-exempt pathways depending on the business unit. Ask your recruiter directly which petition category applies to your role so you're not caught off-guard by the April H-1B lottery timeline during negotiations.
Align Your Start Date with the LCA Filing Window
For H-1B transfers or new petitions, WSP's HR team files a Labor Condition Application with the DOL before the I-129 petition goes to USCIS. Build at least 60 days of lead time into your expected start date to accommodate that sequential filing process.
Use E-3 or TN Status to Sidestep the H-1B Lottery
Australian citizens can request E-3 sponsorship from WSP without lottery exposure, and Canadian or Mexican nationals may qualify under TN for certain Project Lead designations. Raise your nationality and current status with the recruiter early so the right petition is filed from the start.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does WSP sponsor H-1B visas for Project Leads?
Yes, WSP sponsors H-1B visas for Project Lead roles. Sponsorship is typically tied to a specific position and office, so approval at the recruiter level does not guarantee it at every location. Confirm sponsorship availability for your target office and specialty area early in the process. Cap-subject petitions follow the April USCIS lottery cycle, so timing your offer acceptance accordingly matters.
Which visa types does WSP commonly use for Project Lead roles?
WSP sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, and EB-2 or EB-3 Green Card pathways for Project Lead positions. The right visa depends on your nationality, current status, and the specific role's requirements. Australian citizens often pursue the E-3 route to avoid H-1B lottery risk, while Green Card sponsorship typically comes after you've established yourself in the role.
What qualifications and experience does WSP expect for Project Lead roles?
WSP typically looks for a bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, or a related technical discipline, along with several years of project delivery experience in consulting or infrastructure. Professional licensure such as a P.E. or PMP certification strengthens your application significantly. For specialty occupation visa petitions, your degree field must align directly with the role's technical requirements, so a general management background alone is unlikely to satisfy USCIS.
How do I apply for Project Lead jobs at WSP?
You can find Project Lead openings at WSP by searching Migrate Mate, which filters WSP roles by visa sponsorship type so you can confirm eligibility before applying. Applications go through WSP's careers portal, where you'll submit your resume and answer role-specific screening questions. Tailoring your application to the specific discipline, whether transportation, environmental, or advisory, improves your chances given how specialized WSP's project teams are.
How do I plan my timeline if WSP is sponsoring my H-1B as a new hire?
If you're not currently on H-1B status, new cap-subject petitions can only be filed in April for an October 1 start date, meaning there's a built-in six-month gap at minimum. If you're on F-1 OPT, your OPT authorization needs to cover you through that window. WSP's HR team initiates the DOL Labor Condition Application process before filing with USCIS, so expect the sponsorship timeline to begin at least 60 to 90 days before your intended start.