Description
WSP is seeking a Lead Civil Roadway Engineer/Project Manager to support clients in New Mexico, working from the Albuquerque office.
This role provides situational guidance to project managers addressing current and future challenges, documenting and recommending actions that accurately account for and address risk, innovation, and future-ready opportunities. The successful candidate will ensure that responsibilities are delivered with a level of quality meeting or exceeding industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure production of specifications, reports, and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
- Coordinate with other design disciplines and remote office locations.
- Collaborate with management to determine long-range plans and objectives.
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate staffing levels for projects.
- Manage projects, maintaining schedule, budget, and profitability.
- Oversee preparation of plans, specifications, proposals, and RFC packages.
- Complete ad hoc projects as needed.
- Provide input on proposal preparation.
- Lead projects through all aspects of Transportation Design.
- Ensure production of specifications, reports, and analyses meet requirements.
- Coordinate with internal and external clients.
- Support long-term client/contractor relationships.
- Represent WSP's alternative delivery capabilities.
- Mentor junior staff.
- Stay current with the latest civil engineering techniques and practices.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related discipline.
- 7-10 years of relevant post-education experience in engineering and civil design.
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
- Proficient with civil engineering principles, practices, and processes.
- Experience working with DOT projects and clients.
- Demonstrated creativity, foresight, and mature engineering judgment.
- Experience preparing, managing, and reviewing project deliverables.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills.
- Works independently to provide guidance and leadership.
- Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, and design software.
- Experienced with providing critical reviews for documents and preparing technical deliverables.
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and directing subcontractors.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with New Mexico Department of Transportation; Utah, Colorado, and/or Arizona DOTs.
- Experience with local New Mexico municipal or county projects.
- Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables.