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WSP is actively seeking a Lead Civil Roadway Engineer/Project Manager with strong experience in transportation infrastructure projects. This position would support our various clients in New Mexico, working out of our Albuquerque office location.
This role provides situational guidance to project managers that address current and future challenges, document and recommendations accurately account for and address risk, innovation, and future-ready opportunities. Provides leadership with ensuring that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.
Your Impact
- Ensure that production of specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements and are commensurate with professional standards, client requirements and corporate objectives.
- Provide coordination with other design disciplines and remote office locations, including but not limited to: Planning, Environmental, Roadway, Structures, Hydraulics/Drainage and Traffic.
- Collaborate with management to determine long-range plans and objectives, including recommendations on project staffing, evaluating and mentoring of subordinate staff.
- Planning, scheduling, and coordinating staffing levels needed for projects.
- Assist in managing projects and maintain schedule, budget, and profitability of assigned projects, overseeing preparation of plans, specifications, proposals and RFC packages.
- Complete ad hoc projects as needs arise.
- Provide input on proposal preparation.
- Lead projects with all aspects of Transportation Design from conceptual and preliminary engineering to final design.
- Ensure that production of specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements.
- Coordinating with internal and external clients.
- Support effective long-term client/contractor relationships.
- Represent WSP's alternative delivery capabilities in assigned locations, markets, and at industry associations as appropriate.
- Mentor junior staff to support their growth and professional development.
- Remain current in latest civil engineering techniques and practices.
- Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines, other engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, Regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development opportunities.
- 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.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.
- 7-10 years of relevant post education experience in engineering and civil design.
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
- Professional Engineering License or ability to obtain.
- Proficient with civil engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
- Proficient with infrastructure design.
- Strong knowledge of relevant civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
- Experience working with DOT projects and clients.
- Demonstrated creativity, foresight and mature engineering judgment, and successfully managing multiple projects and task assignments, relying upon experience in design quality control programs.
- Experience preparing, managing and reviewing project deliverables including planning, design and construction documents, project reports, environmental studies, cost estimates, scopes of work, proposals, etc.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
- Works independently to provide guidance and leadership from mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., AutoCAD, Civil 3D, OpenRoads), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Experienced with providing critical reviews for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
- Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment. Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with New Mexico Department of Transportations; Utah, Colorado and/or Arizona DOTs is a plus.
- Experience with local New Mexico municipal or county projects.
- Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.
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 actively seeking a Lead Civil Roadway Engineer/Project Manager with strong experience in transportation infrastructure projects. This position would support our various clients in New Mexico, working out of our Albuquerque office location.
This role provides situational guidance to project managers that address current and future challenges, document and recommendations accurately account for and address risk, innovation, and future-ready opportunities. Provides leadership with ensuring that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.
Your Impact
- Ensure that production of specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements and are commensurate with professional standards, client requirements and corporate objectives.
- Provide coordination with other design disciplines and remote office locations, including but not limited to: Planning, Environmental, Roadway, Structures, Hydraulics/Drainage and Traffic.
- Collaborate with management to determine long-range plans and objectives, including recommendations on project staffing, evaluating and mentoring of subordinate staff.
- Planning, scheduling, and coordinating staffing levels needed for projects.
- Assist in managing projects and maintain schedule, budget, and profitability of assigned projects, overseeing preparation of plans, specifications, proposals and RFC packages.
- Complete ad hoc projects as needs arise.
- Provide input on proposal preparation.
- Lead projects with all aspects of Transportation Design from conceptual and preliminary engineering to final design.
- Ensure that production of specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements.
- Coordinating with internal and external clients.
- Support effective long-term client/contractor relationships.
- Represent WSP's alternative delivery capabilities in assigned locations, markets, and at industry associations as appropriate.
- Mentor junior staff to support their growth and professional development.
- Remain current in latest civil engineering techniques and practices.
- Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines, other engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, Regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development opportunities.
- 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.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.
- 7-10 years of relevant post education experience in engineering and civil design.
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
- Professional Engineering License or ability to obtain.
- Proficient with civil engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
- Proficient with infrastructure design.
- Strong knowledge of relevant civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
- Experience working with DOT projects and clients.
- Demonstrated creativity, foresight and mature engineering judgment, and successfully managing multiple projects and task assignments, relying upon experience in design quality control programs.
- Experience preparing, managing and reviewing project deliverables including planning, design and construction documents, project reports, environmental studies, cost estimates, scopes of work, proposals, etc.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
- Works independently to provide guidance and leadership from mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., AutoCAD, Civil 3D, OpenRoads), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Experienced with providing critical reviews for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
- Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment. Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with New Mexico Department of Transportations; Utah, Colorado and/or Arizona DOTs is a plus.
- Experience with local New Mexico municipal or county projects.
- Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.
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 E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Roadway Engineer
Get your credentials evaluated before applying
Australian three-year civil engineering degrees are generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree, but some employers ask for a formal credential evaluation. Request one from a NACES-approved evaluator before your first interview to avoid delays.
Target state DOT contractors and engineering consultancies
State departments of transportation rely heavily on private consultants for roadway design and project delivery. Firms holding state DOT contracts file LCAs regularly and are familiar with E-3 visa sponsorship, making them far more receptive than general construction employers.
Use Migrate Mate to find and filter sponsoring employers
Use Migrate Mate to search for Roadway Engineer roles where employers have active E-3 or H-1B visa filing history. Filtering by sponsorship track record saves you from spending weeks pursuing firms that have never navigated the process.
Confirm the job description references a required degree
The E-3 specialty occupation requirement means your offer letter and job description must state that a bachelor's degree in a specific engineering field is required, not merely preferred. Ask HR to update the language before the LCA is filed with the DOL.
Understand the LCA filing timeline before you resign
The DOL typically certifies an LCA within seven business days, but your employer still needs time to prepare the application. Factor in two to three weeks between a signed offer and your visa interview date so you're not caught without authorisation.
Hand off the paperwork to a dedicated filing service
E-3 applications require a certified LCA, DS-160, consulate preparation, and supporting documentation. Using Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork reduces errors and keeps the process on track from offer acceptance to consulate appointment.
E-3 Visa Roadway Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find Roadway Engineer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles with E-3 sponsorship history. You can filter Roadway Engineer positions by employers who have previously filed LCAs or H-1B petitions, which is the clearest signal that a firm understands and is willing to sponsor the E-3 process.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Roadway Engineer role qualify as an E-3 specialty occupation?
Yes. Roadway engineering falls within civil and transportation engineering, which requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific technical discipline. USCIS recognises this as a specialty occupation under the E-3 category. Your job offer must clearly state that the degree is required, not just preferred, to satisfy the specialty occupation definition at the consulate.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Roadway Engineer roles?
The E-3 has no lottery and no annual numerical cap, so you can apply at any point in the year as soon as you have a job offer. The H-1B is subject to an annual lottery with a roughly 25 percent selection rate. For Australian engineers, the E-3 is a more direct and predictable path to working in the U.S. in the same specialty occupation roles.
Can I transfer my E-3 to a new Roadway Engineer employer mid-project?
Yes, but the new employer must file a fresh LCA with the DOL and you'll need a new E-3 visa stamp before re-entering the U.S., unless you're changing employers while already in the country. There's no portability provision like the one available under AC21 for H-1B holders, so plan for a processing window of two to four weeks between roles.