What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Professional, Civil Engineering position at WSP in the U.S.?
Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for an Experienced Civil & Stormwater Project Engineer for our Morristown, NJ office. The following location will also be considered: Lawrenceville, NJ. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Team in New Jersey and be a part of a growing global professional services firm.
The successful candidate will be
Required Qualifications:
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.
www.wsp.com
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.
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for an Experienced Civil & Stormwater Project Engineer for our Morristown, NJ office. The following location will also be considered: Lawrenceville, NJ. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Team in New Jersey and be a part of a growing global professional services firm.
The successful candidate will be
- Team Player – Responsive, reliable and collaborative.
- Ability to coordinate and interface with clients, subcontractors and reviewing agencies.
- Strong technical capability involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
- Efficient in both technical writing and verbal communication.
- Values quality of technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals.
- Support various scale civil engineering projects as Stormwater Management (SWM)/Drainage/Hydrologic & Hydraulic (H&H)/Soil Erosion & Sediment Control (SESC) task designer, maintaining effective collaboration with multi-discipline design team and client to ensure quality project delivery.
- Interact with regulatory agencies, consultants, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
- Preparing engineering permit applications, reports, plans, specifications, estimates, construction support services and perform occasional field work.
- Collect, compile, and analyze data from the physical work site, surveys, record drawings, GIS data, subsurface utility information, maps, hydrologic analysis, geotechnical data, and other matrices for project development, design, and construction.
- Apply high-level civil engineering techniques and processes to identify SWM/drainage/H&H improvement opportunities and feasibility, conforming with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits, for various infrastructure project type in concept development, preliminary design, final design and construction phase.
- Assist with development and scoping of projects, participate in proposal preparation and marketing activities.
- Provide guidance and training to entry-level engineers.
- Pursue diversified knowledge of T&I and water resources principles and practices.
- Perform hydrologic and hydraulic modeling for floodplain mapping, SWM and drainage design according to applicable federal, state and local rules and regulations.
- Design a variety of SWM Best Management Practices (BMP) facilities and drainage system per applicable design criteria and guidelines.
- Design Soil Erosion & Sediment Control measures.
- Identify technical issues and take actions to mitigate risk.
Required Qualifications:
- BS in Civil Engineering from an accredited University.
- Passed FE exam, EIT certification preferred.
- 4 to 7 years of experience in Transportation and Infrastructure projects.
- Proficient knowledge of water resource engineering principles, practices, process, design and construction of SWM BMPs, drainage design, stream hydrology and hydraulics, floodplain evaluation, and SESC measures.
- Working knowledge of civil engineering on roadway design principals, grading and earthwork.
- Ability to generate, review and supervise production of construction documents including, plans, details, specifications and estimate.
- Experience in preparing and acquiring approval of NJDEP Permits (FHA/WFD/FWW), Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control certification, and/or similar federal/state/local environmental permits and approval in the NJ/NY/PA area.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office software suite and CADD software such as MicroStation and/or AutoCAD.
- Proficiency in HEC-RAS, HydroCAD, Bentley Pond Pack, StormCAD and Storm & Sanitary.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
- MS in Civil Engineering or closely related discipline from an accredited University a plus.
- NJ/NY/PA Professional Engineer License or the ability to acquire when necessary.
- Competence in ESRI ArcGIS, AutoCAD Civil 3D/LDD and/or Bentley InRoads/OpenRoads Designer.
- Familiarity with surface water H & H analyses software including HEC-1, HEC-2, HEC-HMS, WMS and/or EPA SWMM a plus.
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.
www.wsp.com
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.
