Track Design Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Track Design Engineer for one of our mutually agreed upon East Coast WSP USA Inc. offices. Be involved in projects with our Transit and 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 and direction for all track design facets of transit and railroad design projects and pursuits.

• Coordinate and lead engineering efforts on rail infrastructure projects ranging from planning and design to construction support and maintenance.

• Establish and maintain strong, effective relationships with external clients and market WSP services to transit agencies and local railroads.

• Sustain the growth of younger engineers by assigning appropriate technical tasks and promoting a culture of growing technical excellence.

• Supervise and integrate multidisciplinary rail teams

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.

• 7 to 10 years of experience in rail infrastructure maintenance and/or construction, including 5 years in design

• Professional registration (P.E. License)

• Demonstrated communications skills, both verbal and written. This includes the ability to present design concepts and principles in verbal and written form to audiences with a wide spectrum of backgrounds, from technical manager to ordinary citizen

• Strong skills in track alignment design and CADD skills in both the MicroStation and AutoCAD platforms

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering.

• 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 ballast-less track forms

• Experience in construction, maintenance or inspection of track

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $79,100 - $150,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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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.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation - no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.