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This Opportunity

Be involved in projects with our Complex Bridge/Structural Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

WSP USA’s Complex Bridge Structures group has an immediate opening for a full-time Sr. Bridge /Structural Engineer to join our National Bridges & Structures Practice in our Edgewood (Maryland) office. This position is for an experienced professional engineer who is seeking an opportunity to work within a team-focused local office, for a large world-wide engineering firm. Career development, mentoring and employee satisfaction is key within our local structural group and the firm. WSP USA Operates with a Hybrid-Workplace Model.

Your Impact

• Lead signature bridge inspection, evaluation and rehabilitation projects, primarily with the Maryland Transportation Authority, with whom prior experience is required.
• Actively maintain project scope, design changes and project budget.
• Mentoring and developing junior staff.
• Ability to provide close coordination with others on the project as well as independent QC/QA reviews.
• Visiting clients for growing business and keeping them and other team members well informed.
• Manage condition inspection and/or engineering projects including Bridge Rehabilitation, Asset Management and similar projects.
• Provide oversight with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, blueprints and other items for project development, design, and inspection.
• Apply high-level structural and civil engineering techniques and processes.
• Remain current in latest structural engineering techniques and practices.
• Oversee and monitor inspection teams of engineers, and related access equipment and MOT vendors to execute project work on multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, cost and quantities of materials/equipment/labor, technical calculations, permit applications, construction, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
• Perform professional structural engineering work and conduct more complex/comprehensive investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, facilities, transportation channels, and operations to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.
• Maintain professional licensure and related continuing education.
• Develop construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates; preparing construction safety and phasing plans and updating infrastructure layout plans that require coordination with owners, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and clients.
• Lead larger-scale structural engineering/inspection projects ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
• Assist with engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable Maryland and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
• Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of engineering/construction challenges and programs.
• 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.
• 10 to 15 years of relevant post education experience in engineering discipline and prior structural design/inspection experience.
• Maryland Professional Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
• FHWA - NHI - Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges training is required.
• FHWA – NHI - Fracture Critical Bridges (Non-redundant Steel Tension) training is required.
• FHWA - NHI Bridge Inspection Refresher (when In-Service training is older than 5 years) training is required.
• FHWA - NHI Inspection of Ancillary Structures training is required.
• Maryland DOT SHA Traffic Manager’s Training (TMA) is required.
• Highly proficient with structural engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to project work-related issues.
• Highly proficient extensive experience in infrastructure inspection, design, and program/construction management; including project involvement in a variety of condition inspection, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of relevant MDTA construction practices, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Highly proficient with the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of buildings, facilities, or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies.
• 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 to mid- to senior-level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, inspection-specific software, 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.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Strong technical skills in signature structure bridge inspection and rehabilitation.
• Ability to also serve as Key Team Member for major strategic bridge opportunities.
• Accustomed to working in a team environment on challenging projects.
• Familiarity with AASHTO design and load rating criteria (LFD, LRFD and LRFR).

Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

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.