Site Civil Engineer Team Lead

WSP•Kennesaw, GA

18d•Onsite

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 high-level technical assistance and guidance for due diligence, investigation, permitting, design, concept development, planning, and construction-document production for projects across commercial, industrial, public, private, and federal sectors. It also supports infrastructure improvement and construction, and prepares reports and documentation advising on materials, installation, design, and construction specifications. Work must meet or exceed industry standards for quality, safety, and functionality. The Team Lead directly manages and mentors engineers from early career through senior levels, provides hands-on training and career guidance, and supports performance reviews and team operations. The role works across the project lifecycle, including planning, design, procurement, construction, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and operation. It coordinates multidisciplinary teams, project budgets and schedules, technical work, permits, compliance, and client and regulatory interactions. The position may require work schedules beyond the typical workweek and occasional project-related travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a closely related discipline.
Professional Engineer’s license.
7 to 10 years of relevant post-education engineering and civil design experience.
Proficiency in civil engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, permitting, and project-related issues.
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 civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
Ability to perform engineering computations and calculations, understand plans and specifications, and compare project conditions with applicable regulations.
Ability to plan and conduct inspections and investigations related to facility or structure construction and design, applying relevant regulations and policies.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to express ideas professionally to engineering and non-engineering audiences.
Self-leadership, attention to detail, multitasking, and prioritization in a dynamic work environment.
Ability to work independently with minimal oversight, guide junior team or project members, and adhere strictly to QA/QC.
Proficiency in technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software, technology, mathematics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to draw conclusions from testing, data, calculations, and statistical analysis and identify effective, economical, logical solutions.
Effectiveness in coordinating and directing subcontractors and others to complete tasks safely and efficiently.
Track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to comply with WSP health, safety, drug/alcohol, and harassment policies.
Ability to work schedules that may extend beyond the typical workweek to meet project-specific requirements.
Occasional project-related travel may be required.

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, providing training, coaching, technical guidance, career planning, goal setting, performance feedback, and annual reviews.
Support team and business administration, including timesheet and expense-report reviews, organizational and operational tasks, and team metrics reporting.
Guide the collection, compilation, and analysis of site, survey, blueprint, GIS, subsurface utility, hydrologic, geotechnical, and other project data.
Apply civil engineering techniques across concept development, preliminary and final design, procurement, construction, and operations to identify infrastructure improvements.
Conduct civil engineering work, research, and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions and infrastructure to assess conformance with applicable rules, standards, and permits.
Develop construction plans, specifications, cost estimates, construction safety and phasing plans, and infrastructure layout plans in coordination with owners, disciplines, subconsultants, and clients.
Manage infrastructure design and construction projects from inception to completion, including rehabilitation, reconstruction, grading, drainage, pavement design, specifications, materials, phasing, and safety planning.
Develop and incorporate technologies, monitoring devices, materials, modeling techniques, design requirements, and operating strategies to support safety, functionality, and future-ready solutions.
Oversee cross-functional teams on mid-level and/or multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, hours and expenses, tasks, quantities, calculations, permit applications, construction, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analyses.
Coordinate, review, and approve infrastructure design plans to ensure data integrity and compliance with applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
Prepare data visualizations and project materials, including tables, charts, reports, sketches, calculations, and cross-sections.
Prepare technical reports and presentations explaining research, concepts, recommendations, and responses to engineering, design, or construction issues and 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 professionals, engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities on federally, state-, regionally, and locally funded projects and on proposal and business development opportunities.
Stay current with civil engineering techniques and practices; make ethical decisions concerning company resources and follow WSP policies and procedures.
Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.