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This Opportunity

WSP is initiating a search for a  **Colorado Civil Engineering Manager** within our **Denver, CO** office in the **Transportation Business Line** . The candidate will provide leadership by overseeing a talented group of civil engineering staff to ensure projects and programs are delivered with quality and technical excellence. They will work closely with local and regional WSP leadership to market, develop, and grow the transportation business through smart strategies and effective communication and collaboration. The candidate will coordinate civil and technical workshare with offices across the state and region. They will provide input and leadership with other local and regional transportation sector group leads in the pursuit of transportation and infrastructure focused highway, bridge, roadway corridor, transit and rail, and multi-modal projects; as well as support our clients and project opportunities for all of WSP’s services.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. WSP has been in the Colorado market for over 30 years, and our teams have worked on some of the most impactful transportation programs in the State. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

Your Impact

Operational Excellence

+ Optimizes the client and employee experience through regular review, implements process improvements, and provides leadership to ensure technical practices and programs are delivered with technical excellence.

+ Responsible for subject matter expertise, innovation, and administration, and ensures technical and corporate compliance with standards.

+ Anticipates and resolves internal/external challenges that may arise within your team, amongst WSP’s client base, or on projects.

People & Culture

+ People leader with direct supervision of the Colorado Civil/Roadway Team.

+ Approaches leading your team to encourage staff's growth and goals, with an eye towards creativity and innovation.

+ Collaborates with the Local Business Line Leader to attract the best industry talent by fostering a work environment that is collaborative, values inclusion and diversity and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow and thrive.

+ Provides proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation and administration of engineering and technical disciplines’ project and program involvement across Colorado and within the organization.

+ Emphasizes employee training and development to support staff development and succession planning.

+ Inspires, motivates and promotes the best of WSP to ensure strong employee engagement and morale.

+ Supports programs such as Quality, Safety, Sustainability and Ethics & Compliance; and Inclusion & Diversity and Guiding Principles.

Clients

+ Works closely with the Local Business Line Leader to market and maintain relationships with key clients across Colorado by engaging in industry and client-facing activities.

+ Deploys our unique expertise and perspective to create new value for clients and provides civic and industry leadership within the local area.

+ Drives performance of the technical excellence practices, business and strategically grows our market share to ensure WSP is a preferred provider to our clients.

+ Leverages technical experience and leadership to support client engagement.

Expertise

+ Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings with focus on transportation and infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, project/program management).

+ Supports advancement of the strategic direction of Colorado for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context of the annual strategic business plan.

+ Encourages, supports and promotes the technical and professional development of local WSP staff.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.

+ Minimum of 12 years of experience with a college degree; or equivalent experience with a strong focus in engineering, transportation, infrastructure, and/or project management/project delivery.

+ Professional Engineer (P.E.) License Required.

+ Advanced proficiency with civil engineering principles, practices, process, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.

+ 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.

+ Demonstrated experience of leadership, personal accountability, persistent and goal oriented.

+ Advanced proficiency with office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, etc.), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.

+ Strongly established relevant client relationships and industry contacts in the local area.

+ Commitment to internal and external client service.

+ 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.

+ 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.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a 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 (Colorado only): $163,500 - $243,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and 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.

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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.