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Assistant Engineer roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as a specialty occupation requiring a bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application before your visa petition, and the role's technical depth typically supports both initial sponsorship and green card pathways.
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Accelerate possibilities. The WSP Data Center CoE (Center of Excellence) is growing, and we’re looking for smart, responsive, collaborative people to join us. Our CoE is 100% focused on data centers—supporting the world’s leading AI and cloud infrastructure companies. You’ll work to help tackle our clients’ biggest challenges: Where to build? How to secure power and water? How to develop responsibly and become a valued part of the community? AI is transforming life from scientific discoveries to smarter transportation and more sustainable communities. Data centers make it possible.
With us, you can build impact, deliver remarkable projects, and grow your career while shaping the future of the data center industry.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
WSP is currently initiating a search for an Data Center Electrical Engineer, Assistant Vice President to work out of any of our office. As an AVP Electrical Engineer with us, you will design complex power and other building systems including generator plants, medium voltage distribution, uninterruptible power systems, lighting, fire alarm, and grounding while leading projects and a team of electrical engineers.
Your Impact
- Produce high quality technical and professional deliverables for projects and proposals
- Apply deep knowledge of engineering techniques across multiple technical functions
- Utilize advanced analytical and design techniques to solve technical problems
- Exemplify well-developed advanced experience in electrical discipline
- Lead the development of initial electrical system concepts
- Present complex technical solutions to clients
- Manage and coordinate project teams and projects
- Develop work plans to address technical issues within project time and budget
- Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawing and specification documents for issuance to architects, contractors and building owners
- Attend and lead client meetings
- Manage and mentor junior staff
- Collaborate and coordinate with internal project discipline team members, equipment vendors and manufacturers
- Perform project management activities including writing proposals, establishing budgets, and managing client interactions
- Coordinate activities concerned with technical development, scheduling, and resolving engineering design issues
- Coordinate the activities of technical staff from project award through project completion
- Design complex and large electrical medium voltage and low voltage distribution systems and electrical building systems (i.e. general power, lighting, grounding, etc.)
- Survey and evaluation of existing conditions
- Develop project specifications
- Perform construction administration
- Develop and maintain client relationships
- Contribute and interact with team, develop and manage high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals
- Participate in local professional organization (attend meetings/lectures), i.e., poster sessions, participate in conference panel
- 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
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering with electrical building systems emphasis
- 10+ years of experience in designing electrical systems for the high performing, commercial, industrial or mission critical/data center buildings
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
- Experience mentoring and training others in field
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to interact well with others as well as develop and contribute to high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals
- Strong working knowledge of electrical systems and codes
- Attention to detail, highly organized, self-starter
- Participate in conference programs including panels, lectures, poster sessions, papers and presentations
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Enhancing credentials (LEED, Uptime ATD, etc.) preferred
- Experience with the analysis and modeling of short circuit coordination and arc flash studies
- Mission Critical/Data Center experience
- Experience with international projects and knowledge of international codes and standards
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): $153,000-$213,000
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.
INTRODUCTION
Accelerate possibilities. The WSP Data Center CoE (Center of Excellence) is growing, and we’re looking for smart, responsive, collaborative people to join us. Our CoE is 100% focused on data centers—supporting the world’s leading AI and cloud infrastructure companies. You’ll work to help tackle our clients’ biggest challenges: Where to build? How to secure power and water? How to develop responsibly and become a valued part of the community? AI is transforming life from scientific discoveries to smarter transportation and more sustainable communities. Data centers make it possible.
With us, you can build impact, deliver remarkable projects, and grow your career while shaping the future of the data center industry.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
WSP is currently initiating a search for an Data Center Electrical Engineer, Assistant Vice President to work out of any of our office. As an AVP Electrical Engineer with us, you will design complex power and other building systems including generator plants, medium voltage distribution, uninterruptible power systems, lighting, fire alarm, and grounding while leading projects and a team of electrical engineers.
Your Impact
- Produce high quality technical and professional deliverables for projects and proposals
- Apply deep knowledge of engineering techniques across multiple technical functions
- Utilize advanced analytical and design techniques to solve technical problems
- Exemplify well-developed advanced experience in electrical discipline
- Lead the development of initial electrical system concepts
- Present complex technical solutions to clients
- Manage and coordinate project teams and projects
- Develop work plans to address technical issues within project time and budget
- Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawing and specification documents for issuance to architects, contractors and building owners
- Attend and lead client meetings
- Manage and mentor junior staff
- Collaborate and coordinate with internal project discipline team members, equipment vendors and manufacturers
- Perform project management activities including writing proposals, establishing budgets, and managing client interactions
- Coordinate activities concerned with technical development, scheduling, and resolving engineering design issues
- Coordinate the activities of technical staff from project award through project completion
- Design complex and large electrical medium voltage and low voltage distribution systems and electrical building systems (i.e. general power, lighting, grounding, etc.)
- Survey and evaluation of existing conditions
- Develop project specifications
- Perform construction administration
- Develop and maintain client relationships
- Contribute and interact with team, develop and manage high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals
- Participate in local professional organization (attend meetings/lectures), i.e., poster sessions, participate in conference panel
- 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
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering with electrical building systems emphasis
- 10+ years of experience in designing electrical systems for the high performing, commercial, industrial or mission critical/data center buildings
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
- Experience mentoring and training others in field
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to interact well with others as well as develop and contribute to high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals
- Strong working knowledge of electrical systems and codes
- Attention to detail, highly organized, self-starter
- Participate in conference programs including panels, lectures, poster sessions, papers and presentations
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Enhancing credentials (LEED, Uptime ATD, etc.) preferred
- Experience with the analysis and modeling of short circuit coordination and arc flash studies
- Mission Critical/Data Center experience
- Experience with international projects and knowledge of international codes and standards
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): $153,000-$213,000
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an Assistant Engineer
Align your degree to your engineering discipline
H-1B specialty occupation requires a degree directly related to your role. A civil engineering degree supporting a structural assistant engineer position is a clean match; a general science degree may trigger a Request for Evidence from USCIS.
Search LCA filings by engineering job title
Use Migrate Mate to find employers with verified Labor Condition Application filings under engineering titles. This filters out companies that post assistant engineer roles but have no documented history of sponsoring those positions.
Target firms with active PERM pipelines
Many assistant engineer roles sit on a path to EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship. Ask during interviews whether the firm has an established PERM process for engineering staff, since not all companies extend beyond initial H-1B support.
Verify prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Your employer's LCA must certify wages at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your engineering specialty and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the wage level before you sign, so you can negotiate from an informed position.
Get your credentials evaluated before applications close
If you completed a three-year engineering degree outside the U.S., obtain a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization before applying. Some employers reject candidates mid-process when equivalency isn't documented upfront.
Clarify work-site arrangements in the LCA
Assistant engineers frequently rotate across job sites or work at client locations. Each worksite must be covered by the LCA, and your employer must post LCA notices there. Confirm this with your employer before the H-1B petition is filed to avoid compliance gaps.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Assistant Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, assistant engineer positions typically qualify because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific engineering discipline such as civil, mechanical, electrical, or software engineering. The key is that the degree field must directly relate to the job duties. A role that accepts any bachelor's degree, regardless of field, can fail the specialty occupation test, so the job description wording matters.
Which visas can sponsor an Assistant Engineer working in the U.S.?
The H-1B is the most common path, covering specialty occupations with a cap of 65,000 regular slots and 20,000 for U.S. advanced-degree holders, subject to an annual selection process. TN visa status is available for Canadian and Mexican engineers under USMCA. Australian citizens can use the E-3 visa, which has a 10,500 annual cap that has never been exhausted. All three require employer sponsorship and a qualifying engineering degree.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor Assistant Engineer visa petitions?
Migrate Mate lists U.S. employers with verified sponsorship history for engineering roles, searchable by city and discipline. This lets you focus your applications on companies that have an established process rather than those encountering sponsorship for the first time.
Can an Assistant Engineer pursue a green card through employment sponsorship?
Yes. Most assistant engineer roles qualify under EB-3 skilled worker category, and those requiring an advanced degree or demonstrating exceptional ability may qualify under EB-2. Both routes require PERM labor certification, where the employer must demonstrate through a DOL-supervised recruitment process that no qualified U.S. worker is available. Processing timelines vary significantly by country of birth due to per-country visa backlogs.
What happens to my H-1B status if I move between project sites as an Assistant Engineer?
Each worksite where you spend more than a few days must be covered by the Labor Condition Application your employer filed. For project-based engineering work, employers often file amended H-1B petitions or use short-term placement rules under DOL guidelines. If a site is not covered by the LCA, you're technically out of compliance even though your underlying H-1B status remains valid, so confirm coverage with your employer before each deployment.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Assistant Engineer jobs?
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.