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WSP is seeking an Associate Consultant, Architecture for our Washington, DC office. Be involved in projects with our Mid-Atlantic Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
Provides support to architects, engineers, and project managers for due diligence, planning, concept development, restoration, alteration, extension, and implementation of creative, functional, and sustainable building designs and/or construction of projects in the public and private sector. Tasks may include basic assistance with conceptually visualizing projects, preparing drawings, specifications, budgets, and construction documents, and developing and presenting design proposals. Generates accurate and concise drawings, renderings, and documentation regarding assigned tasks and construction specifications. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, structural integrity, and occupancy.
Your Impact
- Under minimal supervision, assist with the preparation of detailed drawings showing both the external and internal appearance and structure of building projects.
- With minimal supervision, assist with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, subsurface utility information, maps, environmental data, historical use, and other matrices for project development, design, and construction.
- Perform basic professional architectural work relating to conducting research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, building, infrastructure, and transportation channels to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.
- Assist with the input of building technologies, concepts, modeling techniques, design requirements, and operating strategies to account for the safety and functionality of occupants and end-users, and incorporating future-ready solutions with architectural design standards.
- Assist with verifying the characteristics of a site and providing technical assistance on securing structural soundness from loads and pressures caused by environmental or human influence.
- Assist with preparing complete and accurate visualizations using software, technical drawings, software, and 2D/3D illustrations.
- Assist technical staff and project managers by offering input and analysis with design concepts, construction, risk mitigation and improvement activities.
- Work with cross-functional teams in executing project work.
- Complete training on assigned tasks.
- Work collaboratively with other architects, engineers, professionals, and building authorities on Federal, State, regional, local, and privately funded building and development projects.
- 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 an NCARB accredited Architecture program.
- 1 to 3 years of relevant post education experience in the learned discipline.
- Knowledge of architectural principles, practices, processes, and the application to project work-related issues.
- Familiarity with building planning, drawing standards, design, and construction management; including restorative and new design.
- Competent creative, visualization, and technical drawing skills.
- Familiarity with process and concepts for sustainability, green building design, and reducing and eliminating the use or generation of hazardous substances/greenhouse gas.
- Highly familiar with relevant building and construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
- Analytical mindset with an ability to exercise sound judgement in evaluating situations and making decisions.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a technical and non-technical audience.
- Capable self-leadership with attention to detail, accuracy, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.
- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, technology, math principles, graphics, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Experience with discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, REVIT, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite).
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Ability to work schedules is conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek. Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in an NCARB accredited Architecture program.
- Experience with transportation, public infrastructure, transit, aviation, or civic architecture projects.
- Experience with sustainable design and green building principles.
How You'll Work:
This is a high-ownership, collaborative environment where initiative, accountability, and partnership are highly valued. You'll have the opportunity to:
- Contribute to design outcomes.
- Collaborate on complex architectural efforts while collaborating across disciplines.
- Solve challenging technical and project delivery issues.
- Build trusted relationships with project teams.
- Grow professionally through meaningful responsibility opportunities.
- Contribute to a positive, forward-looking team culture grounded in accountability, trust, and continuous improvement.
Work in a hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote) environment.
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: $84,500 - $116,200
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.
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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 an Associate Consultant, Architecture for our Washington, DC office. Be involved in projects with our Mid-Atlantic Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
Provides support to architects, engineers, and project managers for due diligence, planning, concept development, restoration, alteration, extension, and implementation of creative, functional, and sustainable building designs and/or construction of projects in the public and private sector. Tasks may include basic assistance with conceptually visualizing projects, preparing drawings, specifications, budgets, and construction documents, and developing and presenting design proposals. Generates accurate and concise drawings, renderings, and documentation regarding assigned tasks and construction specifications. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, structural integrity, and occupancy.
Your Impact
- Under minimal supervision, assist with the preparation of detailed drawings showing both the external and internal appearance and structure of building projects.
- With minimal supervision, assist with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, subsurface utility information, maps, environmental data, historical use, and other matrices for project development, design, and construction.
- Perform basic professional architectural work relating to conducting research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, building, infrastructure, and transportation channels to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.
- Assist with the input of building technologies, concepts, modeling techniques, design requirements, and operating strategies to account for the safety and functionality of occupants and end-users, and incorporating future-ready solutions with architectural design standards.
- Assist with verifying the characteristics of a site and providing technical assistance on securing structural soundness from loads and pressures caused by environmental or human influence.
- Assist with preparing complete and accurate visualizations using software, technical drawings, software, and 2D/3D illustrations.
- Assist technical staff and project managers by offering input and analysis with design concepts, construction, risk mitigation and improvement activities.
- Work with cross-functional teams in executing project work.
- Complete training on assigned tasks.
- Work collaboratively with other architects, engineers, professionals, and building authorities on Federal, State, regional, local, and privately funded building and development projects.
- 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 an NCARB accredited Architecture program.
- 1 to 3 years of relevant post education experience in the learned discipline.
- Knowledge of architectural principles, practices, processes, and the application to project work-related issues.
- Familiarity with building planning, drawing standards, design, and construction management; including restorative and new design.
- Competent creative, visualization, and technical drawing skills.
- Familiarity with process and concepts for sustainability, green building design, and reducing and eliminating the use or generation of hazardous substances/greenhouse gas.
- Highly familiar with relevant building and construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
- Analytical mindset with an ability to exercise sound judgement in evaluating situations and making decisions.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a technical and non-technical audience.
- Capable self-leadership with attention to detail, accuracy, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.
- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, technology, math principles, graphics, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Experience with discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, REVIT, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite).
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Ability to work schedules is conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek. Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in an NCARB accredited Architecture program.
- Experience with transportation, public infrastructure, transit, aviation, or civic architecture projects.
- Experience with sustainable design and green building principles.
How You'll Work:
This is a high-ownership, collaborative environment where initiative, accountability, and partnership are highly valued. You'll have the opportunity to:
- Contribute to design outcomes.
- Collaborate on complex architectural efforts while collaborating across disciplines.
- Solve challenging technical and project delivery issues.
- Build trusted relationships with project teams.
- Grow professionally through meaningful responsibility opportunities.
- Contribute to a positive, forward-looking team culture grounded in accountability, trust, and continuous improvement.
Work in a hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote) environment.
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: $84,500 - $116,200
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.
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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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Frame your degree as directly related
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree field directly relates to the role. Business architecture sits at the intersection of business strategy and enterprise systems, so a degree in information systems, business administration, or computer science strengthens your specialty occupation argument more than a general management credential.
Use O*NET to anchor your resume language
O*NET lists the core tasks and knowledge areas USCIS and DOL reference when evaluating specialty occupation petitions. Aligning your resume's language with the O*NET profile for this role reduces the risk of an H-1B Request for Evidence challenging whether your position qualifies.
Target consulting and financial services firms first
Consulting firms and large financial institutions file LCAs for Business Architecture Analyst roles at much higher rates than general employers. Prioritizing these sectors in your search puts you in front of employers with established immigration counsel and repeatable sponsorship processes already in place.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsorship history
Filter your job search to employers with confirmed LCA filing history for business architecture roles. Migrate Mate shows which companies have sponsored this title before, letting you skip the guesswork and focus your applications on employers who've already committed to the sponsorship process.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Your employer must certify your salary meets the prevailing wage on the LCA before USCIS accepts the petition. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level II or Level III wage for your metro area before entering salary discussions, so you don't negotiate yourself into a noncompliant offer.
Clarify the LCA timeline with your employer early
DOL certifies most LCAs within seven business days, but your employer needs to post the LCA at the worksite and satisfy a public access file requirement before filing with USCIS. Asking about this process during the offer stage confirms the employer has done it before and prevents delays after you accept.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Business Architecture Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates whether the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. Business Architecture Analyst positions typically require a degree in business administration, information systems, computer science, or a closely related discipline. If the job description allows any bachelor's degree without a field requirement, the employer may face an RFE challenging specialty occupation status, so the job posting language matters.
Which visa types are realistic for a Business Architecture Analyst seeking sponsorship?
H-1B is the most common path, covering up to three years initially with extensions to six. Australian citizens can pursue the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and a 10,500 annual cap that has never been exhausted. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN visa if the role maps clearly to a USMCA-listed profession such as management consultant. Each visa requires the employer to file a Labor Condition Application with DOL before USCIS reviews the petition.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor Business Architecture Analyst roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified LCA filing history for this role title, so you can focus your applications on companies that have sponsored candidates before rather than cold-applying and asking about sponsorship later.
Does a three-year Australian bachelor's degree satisfy the H-1B or E-3 degree requirement?
USCIS generally accepts a three-year Australian bachelor's degree as equivalent to a U.S. four-year bachelor's degree for specialty occupation purposes, particularly when the field of study aligns with the role. A credential evaluation from a recognized organization such as NACES can formally document this equivalency and strengthen the petition. For E-3, the Australian consulate applies the same standard because the specialty occupation definition is identical to H-1B.
Can a Business Architecture Analyst on H-1B change employers without losing status?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can begin working for a new employer as soon as the new I-129 petition is filed with USCIS, as long as you've been in lawful H-1B status and the petition is non-frivolous. The new employer must file a fresh LCA with DOL and certify the prevailing wage for the new worksite location before submitting the petition. You don't need to wait for USCIS to approve the transfer before starting the new role.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Business Architecture Analyst 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.