# Technical Director, Bridge Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Tempe, AZ
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Technical Director, Bridge Engineer to join our transportation team in Tempe, Arizona.

The successful candidate will provide subject-matter technical support and leadership for asset management, program management, rehabilitation, and new design projects for the public sector.

Key responsibilities:

- Function as a design lead and support others in managing projects that have a structure

- Lead mid-level professional engineers, engineers-in-training (EITs), and CADD technicians through basic design and plan production

- Apply high-level structural and civil engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various infrastructure project phases

- Plan, organise, and supervise engineering activities on bridge projects

- Provide innovative solutions related to the design of bridges, transit structures, and other significant structures

- Coordinate with the district structures management team

- Perform engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, and construction contracts

- Lead larger-scale more complex structural engineering projects

- Support the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of Structural Engineering work for WSP

- Assist with the preparation of an annual update to business tactical action plans

- Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss engineering/construction challenges and programs

- Ensure that engineering discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition are developed and continuously improved

- Schedule engineering discipline meetings and provide updates and recommendations

- Serve as one of the engineering discipline's lead representatives/liaison to external entities

- Develop and inform 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

- Remain current in the latest structural engineering techniques and practices

- Collaborate with professionals from various disciplines to provide 'trusted advisor' service and future-ready solutions for clients

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct

Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Structural or Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline

- Experience managing engineering activities on structure-centred transportation projects

- 12+ years of relevant post-education experience in engineering, structural/civil and infrastructure design

- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred)

- Advanced proficiency with structural engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues

- Advanced proficiency with bridge design

- Strong working knowledge of relevant structural and civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements

- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills

- Tactical lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritisation of responsibilities

- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources

- Advanced proficiency with office automation, discipline-specific design software, technology, math principles, physics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies

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

## Skills

### Required
- Structural Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Bridge Design
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Communication
- Analytical Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Time Management
- Collaboration
- AutoCAD
- Civil 3D
- MicroStation
- ArcGIS
- InRoads
- Geopak
- GeoSlope
- ANSYS
- STADD
- HEC-RAS
- HEC-HMS

### Nice to have
- Master's Degree in Engineering
- Document Review and Approval
- Discipline-Specific Deliverables
- Certifications
- Processes and Plans

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