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Bridge Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires your employer to document that no qualified U.S. workers are available before filing your I-140 petition. Civil engineering firms, state DOTs, and infrastructure contractors regularly sponsor foreign professionals for permanent residency.
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This Opportunity
WSP is looking for a Structural Engineering Department Manager for our Michigan Operation. This candidate will be involved in projects with our Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges. This role is an opportunity to grow a structural design team locally while being supported by extensive regional and national practice. This candidate will also provide regional and/or multi-sector leadership to ensure that structural engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, and infrastructure projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, structural soundness, and functionality. This position will be responsible for subject matter expert (SME) innovation and administration, ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal engineering, construction, and safety regulations, and providing strategic and consistent direction to address current and future challenges in a large-scale and multi-faceted business organization.
Your Impact
- Provide oversight to bridge staff on plan development tasks, project scope, design changes and project budget and schedule.
- Mentoring, training and development of bridge department staff.
- Lead the most complex and largest scale structural engineering projects within the engineering discipline, ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring internal and external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance and profitability, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees. Track and monitor bridge staff utilization, coordinating with team leads and project managers to provide appropriate forecasts.
- Perform mid-year reviews and year end performance reviews of staff. Provide discipline leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
- Provides performance guidance and proactive leadership to assigned managers and staff.
- Drive the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of structural engineering work for WSP in assigned area of responsibility, with a focus on infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, strategic consulting, and program/construction management).
- Develop high-level business contacts and a client base for providing high level structural engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities, and cross-selling of other WSP capabilities.
- Visiting clients for growing our business and long-term positioning and keeping these clients and other team members well informed of upcoming opportunities.
- Responsible for the pursuit and development of business and the successful execution of work for current and potential structures work within a geography specifically for the large projects within the area.
- Work with marketing staff to oversee and lead technical proposals, including the development of leads, cultivating relationships with decision makers, and drafting compelling letters of interest.
- Provide senior leadership for proposals and project work scopes, pricing, budget, and performance metrics for the engineering discipline.
- Oversee contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings within the structures group.
- Representing WSP at targeted professional society meetings, including presenting at conferences as appropriate and approved.
- Drive compliance and accountability-at-all-levels with applicable Federal, State, and Local engineering/design/construction laws, codes, policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee internal vision and mission for the engineering discipline, ensuring alignment with business operations strategy, and maintaining that certifications, accreditations, and client value ratings are continuously improved.
- Serve as the engineering discipline’s representative/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
- Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
- 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 Structural or Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.
- 15+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering, structural/civil and infrastructure design.
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
- Demonstrated ability with establishing, implementing, and managing multiple larger-scale discipline-related programs, documents, projects, and practices for a line(s) of business.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to manage staff, and effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Strategic lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exists.
- Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
About WSP
About us
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.
Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP is looking for a Structural Engineering Department Manager for our Michigan Operation. This candidate will be involved in projects with our Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges. This role is an opportunity to grow a structural design team locally while being supported by extensive regional and national practice. This candidate will also provide regional and/or multi-sector leadership to ensure that structural engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, and infrastructure projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, structural soundness, and functionality. This position will be responsible for subject matter expert (SME) innovation and administration, ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal engineering, construction, and safety regulations, and providing strategic and consistent direction to address current and future challenges in a large-scale and multi-faceted business organization.
Your Impact
- Provide oversight to bridge staff on plan development tasks, project scope, design changes and project budget and schedule.
- Mentoring, training and development of bridge department staff.
- Lead the most complex and largest scale structural engineering projects within the engineering discipline, ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring internal and external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance and profitability, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees. Track and monitor bridge staff utilization, coordinating with team leads and project managers to provide appropriate forecasts.
- Perform mid-year reviews and year end performance reviews of staff. Provide discipline leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
- Provides performance guidance and proactive leadership to assigned managers and staff.
- Drive the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of structural engineering work for WSP in assigned area of responsibility, with a focus on infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, strategic consulting, and program/construction management).
- Develop high-level business contacts and a client base for providing high level structural engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities, and cross-selling of other WSP capabilities.
- Visiting clients for growing our business and long-term positioning and keeping these clients and other team members well informed of upcoming opportunities.
- Responsible for the pursuit and development of business and the successful execution of work for current and potential structures work within a geography specifically for the large projects within the area.
- Work with marketing staff to oversee and lead technical proposals, including the development of leads, cultivating relationships with decision makers, and drafting compelling letters of interest.
- Provide senior leadership for proposals and project work scopes, pricing, budget, and performance metrics for the engineering discipline.
- Oversee contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings within the structures group.
- Representing WSP at targeted professional society meetings, including presenting at conferences as appropriate and approved.
- Drive compliance and accountability-at-all-levels with applicable Federal, State, and Local engineering/design/construction laws, codes, policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee internal vision and mission for the engineering discipline, ensuring alignment with business operations strategy, and maintaining that certifications, accreditations, and client value ratings are continuously improved.
- Serve as the engineering discipline’s representative/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
- Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
- 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 Structural or Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.
- 15+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering, structural/civil and infrastructure design.
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
- Demonstrated ability with establishing, implementing, and managing multiple larger-scale discipline-related programs, documents, projects, and practices for a line(s) of business.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to manage staff, and effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Strategic lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exists.
- Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
About WSP
About us
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 Green Card Sponsorship as a Bridge Engineer
Translate your credentials for PERM compliance
If your engineering degree is from outside the U.S., get it evaluated by a NACES-accredited credential evaluator before your employer starts PERM. A mismatch between your degree level and the job requirements is one of the most common causes of PERM denial for engineers.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
State DOTs, federal contractors, and large civil engineering firms file PERM applications regularly for bridge and structural roles. Search DOL PERM disclosure data by SOC code 17-2051 to identify which employers have sponsored Bridge Engineers in the last two fiscal years.
Verify your PE license transfers before accepting an offer
Many PERM job requirements for Bridge Engineers specify a Professional Engineer license for the state of employment. Confirm your foreign credentials or out-of-state PE license can be transferred or recognized before the employer locks in the prevailing wage determination job description.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your role and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV wages for SOC 17-2051 in your metro area before salary discussions, so you know the floor your offer must meet.
Find sponsoring Bridge Engineer employers on Migrate Mate
Search Migrate Mate to filter Bridge Engineer roles by employers with documented green card sponsorship history. This lets you skip cold outreach and focus your applications on firms already familiar with the PERM and I-140 process for engineering positions.
Understand EB-2 versus EB-3 filing before your I-140
EB-2 requires a master's degree or bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience; EB-3 covers roles requiring a bachelor's degree. Your employer files the I-140 under whichever category matches the job requirements set during PERM, not necessarily your highest credential.
Green Card Bridge Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Bridge Engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Bridge Engineer positions typically qualify under EB-3 when the employer requires a bachelor's degree in civil or structural engineering, and under EB-2 when the role requires a master's degree or equivalent advanced training. The sponsoring employer sets the minimum requirements during PERM labor certification, and USCIS adjudicates the I-140 petition based on those documented requirements rather than your highest credential alone.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for Bridge Engineers?
H-1B visa status is temporary, subject to an annual lottery, and ties you to a specific employer and role. PERM-based green card sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM and I-140 processing can take one to two years before you reach adjustment of status, compared to an H-1B that can be approved in months.
What does the PERM labor certification process require from a Bridge Engineer's employer?
Your employer must conduct a DOL-supervised recruitment campaign to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available for the role. This includes posting the position through specific channels, documenting applicant rejections with lawful reasons, and submitting the ETA 9089 form. The job requirements used in PERM must match what you actually need to perform the work, which is why your engineering credentials and license requirements matter at this stage.
Which employers regularly sponsor Bridge Engineers for green cards?
State departments of transportation, federal infrastructure contractors, and large civil engineering consultancies file PERM applications for bridge and structural engineering roles on a recurring basis. You can identify these employers by searching DOL PERM disclosure data filtered by SOC code 17-2051. Migrate Mate also surfaces Bridge Engineer roles with documented green card sponsorship history, making it easier to target firms already experienced with the EB-2 and EB-3 process.
Can a foreign Bridge Engineer self-petition for a green card without employer sponsorship?
Most Bridge Engineer applicants require employer-sponsored PERM and I-140 petitions because self-petition options like EB-1A or EB-2 National Interest Waiver require demonstrating either extraordinary ability or that your work benefits the United States in ways that justify waiving the labor market test. A Bridge Engineer working on nationally significant infrastructure projects could potentially qualify for a National Interest Waiver, but this requires substantial documentation and is evaluated case by case.