Professional Engineer Visa Sponsorship Jobs in Nevada
Nevada's professional engineer jobs cluster around Las Vegas construction and infrastructure projects, Reno's growing tech and manufacturing sector, and state agencies like NDOT. Major employers including AECOM, Jacobs, and NV Energy regularly sponsor engineers across civil, electrical, and mechanical disciplines for H-1B visa and other work visas.
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WSP is initiating a search for a Lead Professional, Traffic Engineer position in our Las Vegas, Nevada office. Be involved in projects with our Pacific Mountain West Traffic & Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.
WSP is seeking an experienced Traffic Engineer that is innovative, results-oriented, and team focused with strong experience in traffic design or traffic operations. The Lead Consultant, Traffic Engineer position will demonstrate excellence, quality, and effective management techniques to support staff development, project delivery and client relationships for our local, state and regional clients. This position will support our established local and district wide traffic team.
Take advantage of the wide-ranging career development opportunities, international professional networks, and cutting-edge project experiences to advance your technical and management skills and see your passions realized with WSP.
Your Impact
- Develop transportation solutions together with our district’s traffic, transit, and planning teams.
- Use cutting-edge analysis, modeling, and simulation techniques to evaluate traffic operations alternatives to best improve safety, access, and mobility.
- Perform traffic operation analyses and travel demand forecasting for a variety of transportation engineering and planning projects.
- Support development of regional and project-level traffic forecasts.
- Perform traffic operations analysis using Vissim, Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS and other software.
- Prepare tables, figures, and technical reports/presentations to summarize impacts for communities, public agencies and decision-makers.
- Manage tasks and monitor scope, schedule, and budget.
- Ensure excellence in overall project delivery.
- Analyze, evaluate, and interpret data obtained during field/site investigations, offering input with developing action plans for moderate- to high-level risk mitigation activities.
- Apply traffic engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various project phases involving transit and roadway transportation engineering work including concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, and operation.
- Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams of engineers, planners, and scientific professionals to execute project work on small and mid-level 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.
- Develop and design innovative concepts for strategic intersection and corridor improvements, including near term initiatives and longer-term capital improvement projects and studies that require coordination with authorities, sub-consultants, and clients.
- Design communications networks and traffic signal improvements to facilitate remote, real-time corridor operations.
- Collaborate with other professionals on proposal and business development opportunities.
- Remain current in the latest traffic engineering techniques and practices.
- 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 Engineering, or closely related discipline.
- 7 to 10 years of relevant post education experience in engineering and prior traffic design experience.
- Engineer license required.
- Highly proficient with traffic engineering principles, practices, process, capacity and operational analysis.
- Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving 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 transportation corridors, applying applicable regulations and policies.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills, 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 team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Ability to plan and conduct investigations on various aspects of transportation corridors, applying applicable regulations and policies.
- Works independently with minimal oversight and provides guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, and relevant traffic engineering software.
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
- PTOE certification.
- Project management experience.
- Participate in professional societies and conference programs including committees, panels, papers, and presentations.
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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Which companies sponsor visas for professional engineers in Nevada?
Engineering and infrastructure firms are the most active sponsors in Nevada. AECOM, Jacobs, HDR, and WSP regularly file H-1B petitions for civil and structural engineers on large public works and transportation projects. NV Energy sponsors electrical engineers, while Barrick Gold and Nevada Copper have sponsored engineers for mining operations in the state. Federal contractors tied to Nellis Air Force Base and Nevada National Security Site also appear in DOL disclosure data.
Which visa types are most common for professional engineer roles in Nevada?
The H-1B is the most common visa for professional engineers in Nevada, as PE and engineering roles typically qualify as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in a specific technical field. TN visas are available to Canadian and Mexican engineers under USMCA. Engineers with extraordinary ability may pursue O-1A classification. Some employers also support EB-2 or EB-3 immigrant visa petitions for engineers they want to retain long term.
Which cities in Nevada have the most professional engineer sponsorship jobs?
Las Vegas and the broader Clark County area account for the majority of professional engineer sponsorship activity in Nevada, driven by ongoing transportation, utility, and commercial construction projects. Reno and Sparks are growing steadily, supported by data center development, Tesla's Gigafactory, and Panasonic's manufacturing expansion in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. Carson City sees some demand through state government infrastructure and NDOT project work.
How to find professional engineer visa sponsorship jobs in Nevada?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for roles that include visa sponsorship, making it easier to identify professional engineer openings in Nevada without sorting through positions that won't support work authorization. You can search by role and state to surface relevant listings from employers like engineering consultancies, utilities, and construction firms actively hiring in Las Vegas, Reno, and surrounding areas. Creating a profile helps match you to new postings as they appear.
Are there state-specific considerations for professional engineers seeking visa sponsorship in Nevada?
Nevada requires a state-issued Professional Engineer license to use the PE designation or sign engineering documents, which is separate from your immigration status. Employers sponsoring engineers for H-1B positions must pay the prevailing wage as determined by DOL for the specific role and county, which varies between Clark and Washoe counties. Nevada's mining industry adds a niche demand for metallurgical and geotechnical PEs that is less common in other states, which can open sponsorship opportunities outside the typical civil or software engineering pathways.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored professional engineer jobs in Nevada?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.