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WSP in the U.S. · 2 weeks ago

Assistant Vice President, Civil/Highway Engineer

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$157K/yr - $205K/yr

10+ years exp

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms, and they are seeking an Assistant Vice President, Civil/Highway Engineer for their Southern CA Transportation team. The role involves leading the civil and highway design team, managing projects, and maintaining client relationships while ensuring project success and quality standards.

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Responsibilities

Assist in leading and continue developing the Civil/Highway design team

Providing guidance and mentoring of staff and direct work assignments

Collaborating with management to determine long-range plans and objectives, including recommendations on project staffing

Maintain positive client relationships to expand current business

Actively seek out and lead new opportunities by leveraging established local relationships and participate in pursuit proposals

Manage projects and maintain schedule, budget, and profitability of assigned projects; overseeing preparation of plans, specifications, and proposals

Lead project tasks for conceptual and preliminary engineering and final design activities, as well as development of construction plans, calculations and specifications

Coordinate with other design disciplines such as structures, hydraulics, traffic, and utilities, etc

Participate hands-on in the preparation of Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E)

Review, monitor and/or develop complex layouts, sketches, plans, specifications and estimates standards and guidelines, correspondence, and/or prepare reports

Participate in preparation of technical proposals and labor estimates

Commitment to quality and continuous improvement through innovation, creative thinking and improved results

Establish and maintain cooperative and productive work relationships with all employees, clients and other stakeholders

Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures

Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs

Qualification

Civil EngineeringHighway DesignInfrastructure DesignProject ManagementEngineer LicenseQA/QCTechnical WritingInterpersonal SkillsProblem-SolvingCommunication SkillsCritical ThinkingFlexibility

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline

10+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and civil design

Engineer license required (California preferred)

Highly proficient with civil engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues

Highly proficient with infrastructure design

Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and program/construction management; including project involvement in a variety of rehabilitation and reconstruction, new design, and construction projects

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

Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations

Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies

Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience

Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization

Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC

Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, GeoSlope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools

Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity

Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution

Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently

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

Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment

Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements

Preferred

Master's Degree in Civil Engineering or related field from an accredited program

Benefits

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

Company

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