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Senior Director, Regional Business Line Leader – Bridge Inspection (Mid‑Atlantic)
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Director, Local Business Leadership / Senior Vice President, Regional Business Line Leader – Bridge Inspection (Mid‑Atlantic) to lead an established bridge inspection department. The successful candidate will provide executive leadership for the Mid‑Atlantic district, overseeing multiple Bridge Inspection Districts and driving strategy, business performance, and delivery excellence across a complex, multi‑state operating environment.
This role is responsible for regional business operations, client engagement, financial performance, and governance, ensuring alignment with national Bridge Inspection objectives and WSP’s standards for quality, safety, consistency, and profitability. The position serves as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leadership and plays a key role in shaping both regional execution and national outcomes.
Your Impact
Executive Leadership & Strategy
- Develop and execute district ‑ level business strategies aligned with National Bridge Inspection Business Line objectives and overall organizational goals.
- Serve as a key member of the leadership team, driving strategic initiatives and contributing to long ‑ term planning, investment decisions, and market positioning.
- Provide insight and guidance to senior and executive leadership on market trends, growth opportunities, organizational risk, and resource needs.
- Approve district budgets, staffing plans, and strategic investments to ensure alignment with business objectives.
Business Ownership & Financial Accountability
- Maintain full accountability for district P&L performance, including revenue growth, backlog development, utilization, margin, and forecast accuracy.
- Establish and monitor district ‑ level KPIs, ensuring performance aligns with approved business plans.
- Ensure financial decisions are made with a clear understanding of their impact on overall business performance.
- Lead corrective actions when financial or operational performance deviates from plan.
Governance, Quality & Risk Management
- Provide executive oversight for delivery governance, QA/QC, safety, and compliance with NBIS, AASHTO, and client ‑ specific standards.
- Act as the final escalation authority for technical, contractual, financial, and client ‑ related risks within the district.
- Approve major pursuits, contracts, and delivery decisions in accordance with established delegation of authority.
- Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and adoption of emerging practices and technologies across the district.
Client Leadership & Market Presence
- Serve as the executive sponsor for key DOT and transportation agency clients across the Mid ‑ Atlantic.
- Maintain and expand executive ‑ level client relationships, supporting repeat business and new market opportunities.
- Represent WSP externally as a trusted advisor and industry leader in bridge inspection services.
- Integrate technical capabilities and business opportunities to strengthen WSP’s market position and long ‑ term client partnerships.
People Leadership, Talent & Succession
- Provide leadership and oversight to Bridge Inspection District Managers, ensuring accountability, performance excellence, and alignment with strategic objectives.
- Lead district workforce planning, ensuring appropriate staffing levels, leadership depth, and technical capability to support current and future programs.
- Develop and maintain a confidential leadership succession plan for the district.
- Foster an inclusive, high ‑ performance culture that values collaboration, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
Collaboration & Enterprise Integration
- Ensure strong coordination between district operations and national business line leadership, as well as other WSP market sectors.
- Promote consistent implementation of enterprise initiatives, policies, and best practices across the district.
- Support cross ‑ regional collaboration and resource sharing to advance national Bridge Inspection priorities.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or a related discipline.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required; multi‑state licensure preferred.
- 12+ years of progressive professional experience, including leadership of large, complex organizations, programs, or business units.
- Demonstrated success in district or local business leadership, including financial and operational accountability.
- Extensive knowledge of business operations, financial management, and organizational leadership.
- Proven ability to influence and advise senior and executive leadership.
- Strong executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel within the Mid‑Atlantic region as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
- Advanced FHWA/NHI training relevant to bridge inspection.
- Active leadership roles in industry or professional organizations.
- Experience leading organizational growth, transformation, or strategic change initiatives.
- Established executive relationships with state DOTs and transportation agencies.
Why WSP
This role offers the opportunity to help shape the future of bridge inspection services within a newly established National Business Line, influence national strategy, and serve as a steward of WSP’s values, culture, and long‑term business success across the Mid‑Atlantic.
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): $116,700-$285,300
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.
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
Senior Director, Regional Business Line Leader – Bridge Inspection (Mid‑Atlantic)
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Director, Local Business Leadership / Senior Vice President, Regional Business Line Leader – Bridge Inspection (Mid‑Atlantic) to lead an established bridge inspection department. The successful candidate will provide executive leadership for the Mid‑Atlantic district, overseeing multiple Bridge Inspection Districts and driving strategy, business performance, and delivery excellence across a complex, multi‑state operating environment.
This role is responsible for regional business operations, client engagement, financial performance, and governance, ensuring alignment with national Bridge Inspection objectives and WSP’s standards for quality, safety, consistency, and profitability. The position serves as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leadership and plays a key role in shaping both regional execution and national outcomes.
Your Impact
Executive Leadership & Strategy
- Develop and execute district ‑ level business strategies aligned with National Bridge Inspection Business Line objectives and overall organizational goals.
- Serve as a key member of the leadership team, driving strategic initiatives and contributing to long ‑ term planning, investment decisions, and market positioning.
- Provide insight and guidance to senior and executive leadership on market trends, growth opportunities, organizational risk, and resource needs.
- Approve district budgets, staffing plans, and strategic investments to ensure alignment with business objectives.
Business Ownership & Financial Accountability
- Maintain full accountability for district P&L performance, including revenue growth, backlog development, utilization, margin, and forecast accuracy.
- Establish and monitor district ‑ level KPIs, ensuring performance aligns with approved business plans.
- Ensure financial decisions are made with a clear understanding of their impact on overall business performance.
- Lead corrective actions when financial or operational performance deviates from plan.
Governance, Quality & Risk Management
- Provide executive oversight for delivery governance, QA/QC, safety, and compliance with NBIS, AASHTO, and client ‑ specific standards.
- Act as the final escalation authority for technical, contractual, financial, and client ‑ related risks within the district.
- Approve major pursuits, contracts, and delivery decisions in accordance with established delegation of authority.
- Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and adoption of emerging practices and technologies across the district.
Client Leadership & Market Presence
- Serve as the executive sponsor for key DOT and transportation agency clients across the Mid ‑ Atlantic.
- Maintain and expand executive ‑ level client relationships, supporting repeat business and new market opportunities.
- Represent WSP externally as a trusted advisor and industry leader in bridge inspection services.
- Integrate technical capabilities and business opportunities to strengthen WSP’s market position and long ‑ term client partnerships.
People Leadership, Talent & Succession
- Provide leadership and oversight to Bridge Inspection District Managers, ensuring accountability, performance excellence, and alignment with strategic objectives.
- Lead district workforce planning, ensuring appropriate staffing levels, leadership depth, and technical capability to support current and future programs.
- Develop and maintain a confidential leadership succession plan for the district.
- Foster an inclusive, high ‑ performance culture that values collaboration, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
Collaboration & Enterprise Integration
- Ensure strong coordination between district operations and national business line leadership, as well as other WSP market sectors.
- Promote consistent implementation of enterprise initiatives, policies, and best practices across the district.
- Support cross ‑ regional collaboration and resource sharing to advance national Bridge Inspection priorities.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or a related discipline.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required; multi‑state licensure preferred.
- 12+ years of progressive professional experience, including leadership of large, complex organizations, programs, or business units.
- Demonstrated success in district or local business leadership, including financial and operational accountability.
- Extensive knowledge of business operations, financial management, and organizational leadership.
- Proven ability to influence and advise senior and executive leadership.
- Strong executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel within the Mid‑Atlantic region as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
- Advanced FHWA/NHI training relevant to bridge inspection.
- Active leadership roles in industry or professional organizations.
- Experience leading organizational growth, transformation, or strategic change initiatives.
- Established executive relationships with state DOTs and transportation agencies.
Why WSP
This role offers the opportunity to help shape the future of bridge inspection services within a newly established National Business Line, influence national strategy, and serve as a steward of WSP’s values, culture, and long‑term business success across the Mid‑Atlantic.
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): $116,700-$285,300
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.
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 Technical Director
Align your credentials to U.S. specialty occupation standards
USCIS evaluates whether your specific degree field matches the Technical Director role. A three-year Australian bachelor's degree is generally accepted as equivalent, but gather official transcripts and a credential evaluation before outreach begins.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
DOL's OFLC disclosure database lists every certified Labor Condition Application by job title and employer. Filter for Technical Director or related titles to identify companies already comfortable with the E-3 sponsorship process before you apply.
Get your LCA filed before your consulate appointment
The DOL must certify your Labor Condition Application before you can attend your visa interview. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork so the sequencing doesn't delay your start date.
Negotiate a written job offer before filing begins
Your offer letter must specify the position title, salary, and start date to support the LCA. Verbal commitments aren't enough. Confirm the written offer is in place before your employer initiates any DOL or consulate paperwork.
Prepare for consulate scrutiny on specialty occupation evidence
Consular officers occasionally probe whether a Technical Director role genuinely requires a specific bachelor's degree field. Bring documentation connecting your degree discipline to the technical scope of the role, not just your years of experience.
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Find Technical Director JobsTechnical Director E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Technical Director jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for E-3-eligible roles in the U.S. You can search Technical Director positions filtered by employers with sponsorship history, so you're not guessing which companies will support the process. Starting your search there saves time compared to filtering through general job listings with no sponsorship signal.
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 Technical Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, engineering, or information systems. USCIS and consular officers assess both the job description and your specific degree field. Roles where any degree is accepted regardless of discipline can face additional scrutiny, so the offer letter should specify the required field clearly.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Technical Director roles?
The E-3 has no annual lottery and no numerical cap, so an approved offer translates directly to a visa appointment rather than a random selection event. H-1B registration requires entering a lottery with roughly a 25% selection rate for most applicants. For Australian nationals in Technical Director roles, the E-3 is a more predictable path with faster timelines and no cap-related delays.
Can I change employers or get promoted while on an E-3 as a Technical Director?
Changing employers requires a new LCA and a new visa stamp, so you can't simply transfer your existing E-3 to a new company. A promotion to a materially different role, such as moving from Technical Director to a C-suite title, may also require a new filing if the job duties change significantly. Your current E-3 remains valid until its expiry while the new application is processed.
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