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From the employer's careers site First seen 3 Nov 2026

Deputy Project Manager - Transportation

WSP New York, NY senior full-time

Salary

$143,600 - $205,000 per year

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Description

We are seeking a Deputy Project Manager for our Transportation and Infrastructure Team in New York City.

This role provides leadership within a sector of the organisation to ensure transit and rail engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, infrastructure projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry and company standards for design, safety, and functionality.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide proactive and strategic leadership for transportation and infrastructure engineering disciplines and functions
  • Lead larger-scale, more complex projects, ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when
  • Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings
  • Ensure profitable performance of individual projects and successful completion within the specified area
  • Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics
  • Interpret and summarise data, including reports and documents
  • Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development
  • Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline
  • 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in engineering, prior transit and rail experience, and infrastructure design
  • Project management and quality management experience leading a team of quality engineers, inspectors, and assessors
  • Proficiency with transportation and infrastructure engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build
  • Advanced proficiency with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles
  • Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Engineering
  • Engineer license required (multi-state preferred)
  • Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability
  • Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
  • Retirement savings
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid vacation (or other personal time)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

Compensation:

  • Expected Salary: $143,600 - $205,000

Skills

Required

  • transportation and infrastructure engineering
  • project management
  • quality management
  • engineering principles
  • technical computations
  • leadership
  • communication

Nice to have

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/98540

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