# Lead Mechanical Movable Bridge Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $109,500 - $240,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking an experienced Lead Mechanical Movable Bridge Engineer to join their nationally recognized Transportation & Infrastructure practice. The successful candidate will lead and support projects involving movable bridges, bridge operating machinery, hydraulic systems, electrical-mechanical equipment interfaces, machinery rehabilitation, asset management, and transportation infrastructure modernization efforts.

Responsibilities:

- Lead mechanical engineering design and rehabilitation projects for movable bridges

- Perform and oversee engineering evaluations of bridge machinery systems

- Provide technical leadership for bridge inspections, condition assessments, failure investigations, and lifecycle evaluations

- Develop engineering calculations, equipment sizing analyses, load studies, and mechanical design documentation

- Prepare and review plans, specifications, technical reports, cost estimates, and construction documents

- Serve as Engineer of Record for bridge mechanical system projects where appropriate

- Lead multidisciplinary coordination with structural, electrical, civil, and construction engineering teams

- Support construction administration activities

- Mentor and develop junior engineers and engineering staff

- Support business development efforts, client relationship management, proposals, and project pursuits

Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution

- Professional Engineer (PE) license

- 10+ years of relevant experience in bridge mechanical engineering, movable bridge systems, transportation infrastructure, or related heavy civil infrastructure

- Strong knowledge of mechanical systems including hydraulics, power transmission systems, rotating equipment, bearings, structural machinery, and electromechanical controls

- Experience performing inspections, evaluations, and rehabilitation design for bridge machinery systems

- Proficiency with engineering analysis software and industry-standard design tools

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance

- Retirement savings

- Paid sick leave

- Paid vacation

- Paid parental leave

- Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

Compensation:

- Expected Salary: $109,500 - $240,000

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- bridge mechanical engineering
- movable bridge systems
- hydraulics
- power transmission systems
- rotating equipment
- bearings
- structural machinery
- electromechanical controls

### Nice to have
- Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- multiple Professional Engineering (PE) licenses
- movable bridge design standards
- rehabilitation programs
- asset management initiatives
- project management experience
- AASHTO
- AREMA
- OSHA
- ASME
- hydraulic design standards

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