Site Civil Engineer Team Lead

WSP•Kennesaw, GA

19d

About The Position

WSP is hiring a Site Civil Engineer Team Lead based in its Kennesaw, Georgia office. This people-centric technical leadership role supports project delivery, staff development, and operational leadership across a civil engineering portfolio focused on site civil and land development projects in the public and private sectors. The role provides technical assistance and guidance for due diligence, permitting, design, concept development, planning, and construction-document production for commercial, industrial, public, private, and federal projects. It also supports the preparation and substantiation of reports and specifications, while ensuring work meets or exceeds industry standards for design, safety, and functionality. The Team Lead manages and mentors engineers at varying career levels, oversees multidisciplinary project teams and concurrent projects, and contributes to project planning, design, permitting, construction management, compliance, and client and agency coordination. The position also includes team administration, operational reporting, quality assurance, and support for proposal and business-development activities. WSP offers a flexible and agile workplace model, along with medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a closely related discipline.
Professional Engineer’s license.
7 to 10 years of relevant post-education experience in engineering and civil design.
Proficiency in civil engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, and their application to permitting and project work.
Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing engineers in a professional-services environment.
Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and construction management, including rehabilitation, new-design, and construction projects.
Knowledge of relevant civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
Ability to perform technical computations and calculations using engineering principles, interpret plans and specifications, and compare facts with applicable regulations.
Ability to plan and conduct inspections and investigations related to construction and facility or structure design, applying relevant regulations and policies.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to express ideas effectively and professionally to engineering and non-engineering audiences.
Strong self-leadership, attention to detail, multitasking, and prioritization skills in a dynamic work environment.
Ability to work independently with minimal oversight, guide junior team or project members, and adhere strictly to quality assurance and quality control requirements.
Proficiency in technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, HEC-RAS, and HEC-HMS, and relevant technology, mathematics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to draw conclusions from testing, data collation, computations, and statistical analysis and identify effective, economical, and logical solutions.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate and direct subcontractors and others to complete tasks safely and efficiently.
Record of upholding workplace safety and ability to comply with WSP health, safety, drug/alcohol, and harassment policies.
Ability to work schedules that meet project-specific requirements and may extend beyond a typical workweek.
Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering.
40-hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) under 29 CFR 1910.120.
Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training.

Responsibilities

Directly manage and mentor engineers from early-career through senior levels, providing training, coaching, technical guidance, career-planning support, goal setting, performance feedback, and annual reviews.
Perform team and business administrative duties, including reviewing timesheets and expense reports, supporting organizational and operational tasks, and tracking and reporting team metrics.
Guide the collection, compilation, and analysis of information from sites, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, subsurface utility information, maps, hydrologic analyses, geotechnical data, and other sources.
Apply civil engineering methods to identify improvements throughout infrastructure project phases, including concept development, preliminary and final design, procurement, construction, and operation.
Conduct engineering research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, buildings, infrastructure, transportation channels, and operations to assess compliance with applicable requirements and permits.
Develop construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates; prepare construction safety and phasing plans; and update infrastructure layout plans in coordination with owners, other disciplines, subconsultants, and clients.
Manage design and construction activities from project inception through completion, including rehabilitation and reconstruction, grading, drainage, pavement design, specifications, materials, phasing, and construction safety plans.
Develop and incorporate technologies, monitoring devices, materials, modeling methods, design requirements, and operating strategies that support safety, functionality, and future-ready civil engineering solutions.
Oversee multidisciplinary teams working on mid-level and multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, hours and expenses, task completion, quantities and costs, technical calculations, permits, construction, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analyses.
Coordinate, review, and approve infrastructure design plans, ensuring data integrity and compliance with applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
Prepare tables, charts, reports, sketches, calculations, cross-sections, and other visualizations to explain or present complex information and analyses.
Prepare technical reports and presentations explaining research, concepts, and recommendations related to engineering, design, and construction issues or opportunities.
Analyze and interpret field-investigation data and contribute to action plans for moderate- to high-level risk mitigation.
Prepare and implement site Health and Safety Plans (HASPs).
Interact professionally with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients.
Collaborate with engineers, planners, infrastructure authorities, and other professionals on federally, state, regionally, and locally funded projects, as well as proposal and business-development opportunities.
Stay current with civil engineering techniques and practices.
Exercise responsible and ethical judgment regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and follow WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.