Technical Director, Transportation Project Manager

WSP • South Jordan, UT

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About The Position

WSP is seeking a Technical Director, Transportation Project Manager to join its Salt Lake City Transportation Team. The role provides leadership within a sector of the organization, ensuring civil engineering expertise, technical deliverables, infrastructure projects, and programs meet or exceed industry and company standards for design, safety, and functionality. The successful candidate will focus on traditional transportation projects, work collaboratively with the existing team, and help generate work with key clients.

The position contributes to the management and development of the Civil Engineering team and supports business growth and project delivery across Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. It leads transportation business development, client engagement, pursuits, project teams, and technical and project-management activities. Responsibilities include oversight of project financial performance, quality, risk, staffing, scope, schedules, and budgets; ensuring deliverables comply with applicable requirements; and developing client relationships and strategic partnerships.

This role is part-time and may not be benefits eligible. Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements. WSP describes its workplace model as flexible and agile while meeting client needs. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• At least 12 years of relevant post-education experience in engineering, civil engineering, and infrastructure design.
• Engineer license required; multistate licensure preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in civil engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, standard of care, and their application to permitting and project-related issues.
• Advanced proficiency in infrastructure design.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, record-keeping requirements, and their business impacts.
• Advanced proficiency in technical computations and calculations involving engineering principles, plan and specification review, and factual comparisons with applicable regulations.
• Ability to work independently and guide mid- to senior-level team or project members while strictly adhering to QA/QC.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively, persuasively, and tactfully with employees at all organizational levels.
• Tactical lateral-thinking and strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize responsibilities in a pressure work environment.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from senior management, clients, regulators, and company-wide staff, including people without a formal hierarchical relationship.
• Advanced proficiency with office automation, discipline-specific design software, technology, mathematics, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Ability to uphold workplace safety and comply with WSP health, safety, drug/alcohol, and harassment policies.
• Ability to adapt quickly to change and demonstrate flexibility with schedules and hours to meet business needs.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering.
• Strong experience managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to management, growth, and development of the Civil Engineering team, partnering with the Local Business Leader and Senior Management Team.
• Support team performance against key performance indicators and contribute to the success of the SW Mountain District and West Region.
• Mentor staff and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned employees.
• Support clients and the transportation industry through innovative ideas and advancement of transportation projects.
• Collaborate with local offices and national transportation delivery experts to develop innovative, future-focused client solutions.
• Lead transportation business development, strategy, client engagement, and pursuits in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
• Serve in key roles on pursuits, such as project manager, deputy project manager, design lead, or advisor.
• Contribute to procuring contracts with preferred transportation contractors; engage clients, develop business leads, and form strategic alliances and project partnerships.
• Represent the firm at client and industry events and associations.
• Lead transportation project and project-team delivery for agencies in the SW Mountain District, including Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
• Lead key projects as project manager, senior lead, or in other appropriate roles.
• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiations, presentations, and meetings.
• Oversee project financial performance, compliance with project-management and quality-control plans, and adequacy of risk-management plans.
• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure quality project deliverables, including PS&E documents, engineering reports, and project memorandums.
• Be responsible for profitable project performance and successful project completion within the specified area.
• Assist in preparing annual updates to business tactical action plans.
• Develop and continually improve engineering discipline certifications, accreditations, and value propositions.
• Conduct needs analyses and client value surveys, align engineering discipline functions with business and project strategy, and identify and address skill gaps or operational risks.
• Schedule engineering discipline meetings and provide updates and recommendations to promote discipline expertise and innovation in project work.
• Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budget metrics; plan, develop, and manage projects in compliance with applicable codes, regulations, and engineering practices.
• Interpret and summarize data, reports, and documents to reach sound engineering and regulatory conclusions.
• Provide verbal and written input to multidisciplinary teams and high-level strategic advice to clients.
• Develop a client base for high-level civil engineering services, identify business-development opportunities, and cross-sell other WSP capabilities.
• Remain current in civil engineering techniques and practices and collaborate across disciplines to provide trusted-advisor service and future-ready solutions.
• Make responsible and ethical decisions 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.

Benefits

• The role may not be benefits eligible.
• WSP describes a comprehensive benefits suite that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior