What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Professional, Water Resources Engineering position at WSP?
This Opportunity
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future! WSP is currently initiating a search for an Early Professional, Water Resources Engineering for our Baton Rouge or New Orleans office. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established team with excellent mentor/managers and offers the ability to work on some of the most exciting infrastructure projects for our municipal and private clients!
This opportunity offers a hybrid workplace model, designed to offer our staff greater flexibility, along with opportunities for career growth, advancement, and mentoring. Join us in doing purposeful, sustainable work that helps shape our communities and the future!
This candidate will utilize their professional experience and technical knowledge of civil engineering to support a variety of civil projects that could include stormwater and drainage design, floodplain management and flood control, water/wastewater, site civil, utility design, and road design.
Your Impact
- Perform professional civil engineering work, develop design criteria, and assist with research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, infrastructure, and transportation channels to achieve overall project objectives.
- Work with our Louisiana team and support our engineering teams throughout the Southern region to deliver successful projects for our clients.
- Analyzes topographic survey data and assists in the analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of data obtained during field investigations.
- Prepare technical reports.
- Perform hydrologic and hydraulic studies and design using hydrologic and hydraulic software.
- Performs drainage system, stormwater management, potable water systems, and wastewater conveyance system design.
- Prepare contract documents, including plans, specifications, cost estimating, and bid packages, and ensures that specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements.
- Performs construction administration tasks.
- Attend and participate in project team meetings and collaborate with staff-level engineers.
- Provides technical design support to the Project Engineer, including drafting support for production activities.
- Interface with clients and support business development initiatives.
- Work collaboratively with other engineers and planners on projects with infrastructure authorities on federal, state, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects.
- Remain current in latest civil engineering techniques and practices.
- 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.
Talent is the essence of meeting our client's objectives, goals and challenges. If this sounds like a fit for you, we'd love to have that first discussion of you joining our team.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or closely related discipline.
- 2 years of relevant post education experience in civil design and plan production for water resources, transportation and/or infrastructure projects.
- Understanding of and familiarity with local and state design guidelines and standards.
- Be highly proficient in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation/In Roads, and similar design software programs.
- Moderate proficiency in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software such as HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, Hydraflow Storm Sewers and similar design software programs
- Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to express ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Knowledge of civil engineering principles, practices, process and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
- Effective self-leadership with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
- Moderate proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions and logical solutions.
- 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
- Engineer in Training Certification.
- Affiliation with professional societies.
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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.
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