Resident Engineer

Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Resident Engineer for our Chicago, IL office. This candidate will be involved in projects with our Construction Management Team, and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Your Impact

The Resident Engineer will work on transportation infrastructure construction projects. Responsibilities include:

• Managing day-to-day construction management/construction inspection operations on-site, including oversight of construction contractor operations.
• This position will be on-site and requires a high level of construction engineering management experience.
• This role may manage one or more construction/field engineers.
• Performing observation of field testing and commissioning.
• Verifying that quality standards and project deadlines are met.
• Driving and ensuring contractor deliverables are met.
• Provide staff mentoring.
• Preparing inspection reports.
• Review of shop drawings and specifications to assure proper installation of the items in the contract
• Review reports, payroll certifications and other labor documentation from the contractor.
• Review Contractor’s Work Plans.
• Perform review of Contractor’s schedules, Baseline and updates, in coordination with client requirements.
• Maintenance quantities logs. Response to RFI’s, Prepare a punch list with the owner upon completion of the project, Review of change orders and issuance of recommendations.
• Monitor and ensure Contractor’s compliance with the approved Contractor’s Quality Plan. Monitor Contractor compliance with the Contractor’s Safety and Health Plan and with specific Safe Work Plans.
• Maintaining client satisfaction.
• Construction contract administration, including pay requisitions, change orders, and correspondence from pre-construction through closeout.
• Chairing site meetings with the contractor, client and other stakeholders, and prepare meeting minutes.
• Direct coordination with the client's Project Representatives.
• Providing regular status reports to Construction Services Department Manager.
• 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 Engineering or Construction Management
• Minimum of 10 years of related construction experience to include inspection in a supervisory capacity
• OSHA 10 hr certification or ability to obtain
• Excellent English languages skills, written and verbal
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, Excel) etc.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Illinois Professional Engineer licensure or equivalent
• Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), or Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways (DOTH) experience
• eBuilder, or CDOT CMQA experience
  
  

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

Expected Salary: $125,200 - $186,010

WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

About WSP

ABOUT US

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.