Engineering Team Lead Jobs in Maine

This Opportunity

WSP, an award-winning and innovative multi-disciplinary consulting firm, is seeking an Lead Structural Engineer to join the structural engineering practice within our Architectural Engineering (A/E) business based in Portland, Maine. The team is open to candidates based in any of our Maine offices, with one weekly visit to Portland.

The ideal candidate will be energetic, have strong communication skills, and well-rounded technical structural engineering experience. They will have experience contributing to structural designs on multi-disciplinary projects and supporting project delivery efforts. If you are looking for an opportunity to continue developing your career with a global industry leader and contribute to a growing team, you will thrive in this environment. Come join a winning team!

Our Portland A/E Team provides technical solutions for challenging projects and complex design problems, with a focus on sustainable, resilient, and energy-efficient solutions for our clients. Our projects include assessments, forensic analysis, renovation, and new construction in the industrial, municipal, federal, and commercial sectors. We are a dedicated group of professionals who take pride in maintaining a flexible, team-oriented environment, while also offering the resources and opportunities of a large global organization. You will have the opportunity to engage with WSP’s design centers across the US and globally.

Your Impact

• Communicate with clients to understand project requirements and support project execution.
• Contribute to structural engineering and design activities from concept through construction documentation for multi-disciplinary projects.
• Perform analysis of new and existing structures in accordance with applicable codes.
• Develop calculations and support preparation of technical documentation.
• Participate in existing structure assessments and assist in preparing evaluation reports and recommendations.
• Develop structural models to support engineering analysis and design.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver high-quality work.
• Support junior staff through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Follow project delivery standards and perform quality checks on work.
• Adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and company policies.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration.
• US Citizen.
• 7-10 years of relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of structural analysis software such as STAAD PRO, ETABS, or RISA, with willingness to learn additional tools.
• Experience supporting projects through various phases of design and construction.
• Experience contributing to construction drawings and specifications.
• Ability to communicate engineering concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD and/or REVIT.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed Structural Engineer (SE) in the U.S.
• Master’s degree in Structural Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with Federal Agency or DoD projects.

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): $102,200- $151,800

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.