Senior Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Engineer for our New York City office.  Be involved in projects with our Transit & Rail Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. 

Your Impact

• Provide design leadership for track design and integration of railroad and transit design projects and pursuits. 
• Maintain strong, effective relationships with external and internal clients and assist WSP in marketing services to local railroads and transit agencies. 
• Coordinate and lead engineering efforts on all stages of rail infrastructure projects ranging from planning to design to construction and maintenance support. 
• Sustain the growth of younger engineers by mentoring, assigning appropriate technical tasks and promoting a culture of expanding technical excellence.
• The position may require occasional up to 10% travel throughout the Northeast Region (NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME) or elsewhere on occasion throughout the United States.
• 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.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• Highly proficient with transit and rail engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build on major infrastructure projects, particularly railway civil works, transit stations, bridges, and elevated structures. 
• Minimum ten years’ railroad, passenger railroad, and/or rail transit industry experience with either (or combination of) a railroad, a transit agency or an engineering consultant firm
• Proven ability to deliver railroad and transit design projects in the role of designer or construction manager
• Proficiency in CADD software used in civil and rail design, such as design platforms based on  Microstation or Autocad 
• Competency in verbal and written communications.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines 
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• Professional Engineer's License
• Working knowledge of design requirements for rail systems (e.g. traction power, catenary, signals).
• Working knowledge of track structure design principles and special trackwork details 
• Experience with design and testing of ballastless track forms 
• Track construction, maintenance or inspection experience 
• Must successfully complete and pass WSP’s Motor Vehicle screening. 
• This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests.
• A copy of this policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request. 
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.