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Head of Engineering roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's engineer and scientist categories, but your offer letter must clearly tie the position to a qualifying specialty. Canadian professionals enter at the border without a pre-approved petition. Mexican nationals require a consular appointment. Engineering leadership experience and a relevant degree are both required.
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WSP is seeking a Technical Director, Bridge Engineer to join our transportation team in our Tempe, Arizona office. 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.
The candidate will provide subject-matter technical support and leadership for asset management, program management, rehabilitation, and new design projects for the public sector. Responsible for SME innovation and administration, ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal engineering, construction, and safety regulations, and providing pragmatic direction to address current and future challenges in a rapidly-changing and complex business climate.
Your Impact
- Function as a design lead and support others in managing projects that have a structure.
- Lead mid-level professional engineers, engineers-in-training (EITs), and CADD technicians through basic design and plan production.
- Apply high-level structural and civil engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various infrastructure project phases involving more complex transportation engineering work, including concept development, preliminary design, final design, and construction.
- Plan, organize, and supervise engineering activities on bridge projects.
- Provide innovative solutions related to the design of bridges, transit structures, and other significant structures required for state highways, county roads, and city streets.
- Coordinate with the district structures management team.
- Perform engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, integrated management plans, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
- Lead larger-scale more complex structural engineering 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.
- Support 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).
- Assist with the preparation of an annual update to business tactical action plans within the specified area.
- Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of engineering/construction challenges and programs.
- Ensure that engineering discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition is developed and continuously improved.
- Schedule engineering discipline meetings, providing updates and recommendations to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to inculcate discipline expertise and innovation into project work.
- Serve as one of the engineering discipline’s lead representatives/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
- Develop and inform timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics – and accountable for design of projects in compliance with all applicable City/State/Federal codes and regulations, and in accordance with all acceptable engineering practices.
- Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents that result in sound engineering and regulatory conclusions.
- Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
- Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.
- Remain current in latest structural engineering techniques and practices.
- Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide “trusted advisor” service and 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.
- Experience managing engineering activities on structure-centered transportation projects.
- 12+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering, structural/civil and infrastructure design.
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
- Either a Professional Engineering license issued by the State of Arizona or the ability to readily obtain reciprocity.
- Advanced proficiency with structural engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
- Advanced proficiency with bridge design.
- Strong working knowledge of relevant structural and civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements, and the business impact upon the organization.
- Advanced proficiency with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
- Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Tactical 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, regulators, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exists.
- Advanced proficiency with office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, GeoSlope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS), technology, math principles, physics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
- 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 seeking a Technical Director, Bridge Engineer to join our transportation team in our Tempe, Arizona office. 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.
The candidate will provide subject-matter technical support and leadership for asset management, program management, rehabilitation, and new design projects for the public sector. Responsible for SME innovation and administration, ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal engineering, construction, and safety regulations, and providing pragmatic direction to address current and future challenges in a rapidly-changing and complex business climate.
Your Impact
- Function as a design lead and support others in managing projects that have a structure.
- Lead mid-level professional engineers, engineers-in-training (EITs), and CADD technicians through basic design and plan production.
- Apply high-level structural and civil engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various infrastructure project phases involving more complex transportation engineering work, including concept development, preliminary design, final design, and construction.
- Plan, organize, and supervise engineering activities on bridge projects.
- Provide innovative solutions related to the design of bridges, transit structures, and other significant structures required for state highways, county roads, and city streets.
- Coordinate with the district structures management team.
- Perform engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, integrated management plans, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
- Lead larger-scale more complex structural engineering 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.
- Support 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).
- Assist with the preparation of an annual update to business tactical action plans within the specified area.
- Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of engineering/construction challenges and programs.
- Ensure that engineering discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition is developed and continuously improved.
- Schedule engineering discipline meetings, providing updates and recommendations to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to inculcate discipline expertise and innovation into project work.
- Serve as one of the engineering discipline’s lead representatives/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
- Develop and inform timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics – and accountable for design of projects in compliance with all applicable City/State/Federal codes and regulations, and in accordance with all acceptable engineering practices.
- Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents that result in sound engineering and regulatory conclusions.
- Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
- Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.
- Remain current in latest structural engineering techniques and practices.
- Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide “trusted advisor” service and 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.
- Experience managing engineering activities on structure-centered transportation projects.
- 12+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering, structural/civil and infrastructure design.
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
- Either a Professional Engineering license issued by the State of Arizona or the ability to readily obtain reciprocity.
- Advanced proficiency with structural engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
- Advanced proficiency with bridge design.
- Strong working knowledge of relevant structural and civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements, and the business impact upon the organization.
- Advanced proficiency with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
- Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Tactical 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, regulators, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exists.
- Advanced proficiency with office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, GeoSlope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS), technology, math principles, physics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
- 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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Align your credentials to TN engineer categories
Your degree must be in engineering or a closely related field, not just computer science or business. If your title is Head of Engineering but your degree is in physics or applied mathematics, document how the discipline directly supports the role's technical scope.
Target employers with cross-border hiring infrastructure
Look for companies that already employ Canadian or Mexican engineers at senior levels. Firms with U.S.-Canada or U.S.-Mexico distributed teams are far more likely to have HR and legal processes in place for TN visa sponsorship without delays.
Get your offer letter drafted before border crossing
For Canadian applicants, your offer letter is your petition. It must name the TN category, describe your engineering duties at a leadership level, state the position is temporary, and include your start date. A vague or generic letter is the most common reason for border denials.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsorship-ready roles
Search Migrate Mate to identify Head of Engineering openings at employers already set up for TN visa sponsorship. Filtering by visa type upfront saves you from advancing through interview rounds with companies that can't support your status.
Clarify TN renewal expectations before accepting an offer
TN status is granted in up to three-year increments with no statutory limit on renewals, but each renewal requires continued qualifying employment. Confirm the employer understands this before signing, especially if the role involves equity milestones tied to multi-year vesting.
Prepare documentation for Mexican nationals applying at a consulate
Mexican professionals must apply at a U.S. consulate and bring a complete package including the employer support letter, your engineering degree, and evidence of professional experience. Consular officers assess TN eligibility independently, so the documentation standard is the same as a full visa application.
Head Of Engineering TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Head of Engineering role qualify for TN visa status?
Yes, provided the role is grounded in engineering practice and your degree is in engineering or a directly related scientific field. The TN category covers engineers broadly, but a purely administrative or general management role with no technical engineering component may not qualify. Your employer's offer letter must clearly describe the engineering responsibilities you'll oversee and execute.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Head of Engineering positions?
TN has no annual lottery, no cap for Canadians, and can be approved at the port of entry the same day for Canadian nationals. H-1B visa requires USCIS petition approval, is subject to an annual lottery, and has a multi-month processing timeline. For qualified Canadian and Mexican engineers, TN is faster and more predictable, though it does not confer dual intent, which matters if you're considering a green card path later.
Where can I find Head of Engineering jobs with TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking U.S. roles with TN visa sponsorship. Searching there lets you filter to employers already prepared to support TN status, so you're not discovering sponsorship gaps mid-process. General job boards don't filter by visa type, which makes it difficult to identify TN-ready employers without asking in every application.
Can I switch employers while on TN status as a Head of Engineering?
Yes, but your TN status is tied to your current employer and role. Before starting with a new company, that employer must support a new TN application. Canadian nationals can apply at the border or a port of entry with updated documentation. Mexican nationals must return to a U.S. consulate. There's no grace period built into TN status the way there is with H-1B, so timing the transition carefully matters.
What happens if my Head of Engineering title changes at my current employer?
If your role materially changes, including a significant shift in duties or a title change that moves outside the original TN engineering category, you should file for a new or amended TN. Minor title changes within the same engineering function are lower risk, but a shift toward a general management or product leadership role with reduced technical scope could raise questions at renewal. Document any changes with your employer as they happen.