Senior Project Manager, Transit and Rail

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a full-time Senior Project Manager, Transit and Rail – for our Austin, TX office.  Be involved in projects with our Transit and Rail Systems Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Your Impact

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams of technical professionals and subject matter experts in the successful completion of multiple simultaneous projects of varying sizes, encompassing a wide range of complexities and requirements, including contract negotiation and the management of scope, schedule, and budget.
• Support larger projects as a Program Manager, Project Manager, Task Manager, or Design Manager.
• Interface routinely with traditional Owner, clients, design-build contractors or other alternative delivery clients, and other project stakeholders for coordinated project delivery.
• Accountable for the profitable performance of the individual projects and the successful completion of the projects.
• Assist with business development activities, proposal preparation, interviews and maintain regular client contact. 
• As a Team Leader, provide mentoring, assistance, encouragement and motivation to the technical staff and junior Project Managers.
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing project deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity. 
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively coordinate resources and manage consultants, suppliers, subcontractors, and others to consistently deliver tasks with competence and efficiency. 
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• Essential project management certification required (e.g., PMP, CAP-M). 
• Minimum 12+ years of project and design management/construction engineering experience.
• Engineer license (multi-state preferred).
• Ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.
• Demonstrates a proficient understanding of the project delivery process, coupled with a strong background and extensive experience in project management for both traditional and alternate delivery methods.
• Highly proficient analytical and organizational skills, with business acumen to bridge the business and project management. 
• Highly proficient with critical thinking and problem-solving skills to make assessments and calculations involving the application of project management principles, with a sound understanding of intent, impact, and optimal outcomes.  
• Highly proficient interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively, persuasively, and tactfully with leadership, subcontractors, and employees at all levels of the organization. 
• Strong self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and adjusting readily to the changing prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment. 
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• Rail transit design experience, including railway, facility, building/station, accessibility upgrades, grade separation, subway and LRT.
• Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.

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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.