Description
WSP is currently seeking a Deputy Project Manager for our New York City, NY office. This role provides leadership within the Transportation and Infrastructure Team to ensure transit and rail engineering projects are delivered to a high standard.
Your Impact As a Deputy Project Manager, you will provide proactive and strategic leadership for transportation and infrastructure engineering disciplines. Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing direction, expertise, and support to project teams to ensure successful project delivery
- Leading larger-scale projects, overseeing budgets, monitoring external events, and supervising subcontractors and employees
- Leading technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings
- Ensuring profitable project performance and successful project completion
- Developing and improving engineering discipline certifications and value proposition
- Conducting needs analyses and client value surveys to align engineering functions with business and project strategy
- Scheduling engineering discipline meetings and providing updates and recommendations
- Developing proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics
- Interpreting and summarizing data to inform sound engineering and regulatory conclusions
- Mentoring staff to support their growth and professional development
- Managing and providing performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff
Who You Are
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a closely related discipline
- 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in engineering, prior transit and rail experience, and infrastructure design
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred)
- Project management and quality management experience leading a team of quality engineers, inspectors, and assessors
- Proficiency with transportation and infrastructure engineering principles, practices, and design/build
- Advanced proficiency with technical computations and calculations involving engineering principles
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills
- Tactical lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities
Benefits WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, retirement savings, paid sick leave, paid vacation, and paid parental leave.
Compensation Expected Salary: $143,600 - $205,000