This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a New York State Structural Engineering Group Leader to provide visible, hands-on leadership for one of the firm's most established and respected structural practices within our Transportation and Infrastructure business. This role combines technical excellence, major-project leadership market-facing business development with responsibility for growing and inspiring a statewide team of more than 70 structural professionals.
This is a dual-impact leadership role designed for a senior structural practice leader who wants to help win, shape and deliver complex transportation projects, while also building the next generation of leaders and collaborating across regions to grown WSP's national structural platform.
The practice supports highway, bridge, tunnel, transit and rail, aviation and maritime clients across New York as well as the broader adjacent regions. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, a technical leader on marquee pursuits and project, and a connector across regional and national structural leadership.
This role will be based out of either our New York City or Valhalla, New York office.
Your Impact
Serve as a technical leader and strategic contributor on major pursuits and complex projects, including mega-projects and alternative delivery programs.
Provide front-end project shaping, concept development, and technical strategy to help win and successfully execute signature transportation projects.
Champion the development and application of innovative structural solutions that reduce construction cost, risk, and schedule while improving constructability and resilience.
Play a lead role in business development, working directly with clients and account teams to expand WSP's structural footprint across New York State and the broader Northeast and adjacent Regions.Actively participate in cross-regional and national leadership forums to align strategy, share best practices, and strengthen WSP's structural engineering brand.
Establish a clear statewide growth strategy focused on expanding WSP's market share in transportation infrastructure, with special emphasis on major bridges, tunnels, and rail projects.
Lead the pursuit and assist in the delivery of high-profile, complex bridge projects (e.g., Traditional, Design-Build, P3).
Demonstrate strong business acumen as it pertains to growth targets around pipeline development, sales, revenue and margin.
Managing multiple teams of structural engineers across New York State, ensuring the individuals and groups are thriving.
Advancing and implementing state-of-the-art structural engineering practices, inclusive of advanced modelling/analysis/design tools, digital delivery, AI, and computer programming techniques.
Driving the development of innovations and alternative technical concepts to reduce construction cost, risk, and project duration.
Mentoring/developing people leaders, project managers, and technical managers in the structural engineering field.
Develop and implement a talent management plan to onboard and retain top structural engineering professionals, with a focus on succession planning and leadership development.
Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
Drive technical excellence by rolling out new digital delivery and advanced modeling tools across the team, positioning WSP at the forefront of innovation.
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.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering.
20+ years of experience designing roadway and/or rail bridge, tunnel and related structures.
Proven business development capability commensurate with supporting a 70+ person structural engineering team.
Proven project management and risk management expertise across a range of multidisciplinary project @types and markets.
Proven success in developing and implementing structure and culture for
Staff development
Project delivery excellence
Technical innovation
Quality management
Professional Engineer Registration in New York State, willing to obtain PE registration in other states.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to foster a welcoming and nurturing environment for staff at all levels.
Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
Experience working on complex and mega-projects.
Experience with alternative delivery methods.
Direct experience with major transportation clients including MTA, PANYNJ, NYSDOT, NYCDOT, and/or the NYSTA.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $275,000 - $315,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and may offer additional benefits and compensation, depending on circumstances and the @type of work being performed not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation - no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
