Assistant Vice President, Transportation Planning Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP is initiating a search for a full-time Assistant Vice President, Transportation Planning Engineer to join our Chicago, IL office. We have an immediate opening for a motivated Transportation Planning Engineer with local transportation projects experience, with a focus on Preliminary Engineering Reports and Environmental Studies (Phase I).  The ideal candidate will have project management experience, multi-modal transportation engineering experience, familiarity with and understanding of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, and ability to navigate a fast-paced working environment. The Transportation Planning Engineer is expected to support key clients on a variety of transportation projects through the NEPA process. The Transportation Planning Engineer will also work closely with planning, environmental, civil engineering, and transit/rail engineering staff across WSP’s Midwest region to research, analyze, document and present information related to various types of transportation and/or land use projects for multiple clients in the Midwest, Illinois preferred.

The successful candidate must be a motivated team player, excited to grow their skills in preliminary engineering design, public involvement, environmental planning and documentation, local, state and federal regulatory requirements and best practices. Ideally, the successful candidate will also demonstrate strong analytical, communication, collaboration, technical, supervisory, and business skills. Additional Skills that would be valuable but not required: have a demonstrated working knowledge of preliminary engineering and environmental issues, site planning, master planning, long-range planning, land use policies, roadway, transit, freight, rail, and active transportation project studies

Your Impact

• Manage multi-disciplinary teams in executing preliminary engineering projects, environmental studies, and public involvement strategy, including project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.
• Provide oversight with for identifying and compiling observational, spatial, and environmental data concerning a variety of matrices for projects, investigations, and surveys, and determine impacts to the human and natural environment.
• Prepare comprehensive technical reports and presentations that explain research, findings, and recommendations to address, prevent, control, or restore more complex or larger-scale engineering and environmental problems.
• Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, reports, models, cross-sections, and other illustrations for the interpretation or presentation of more complex and larger scale data, findings, or analyses, and presentation in PowerPoint and other formats as needed.
• Prepare, attend, and/or lead public, agency and stakeholder group meetings associated with transportation projects.
• Provide oversight for desk-based research and site work, including measurements, data interpretation, demographics, patterns and trends, and computer modeling.
• Coordinate with clients, resource agencies, and environmental and technical staff to provide a high level of strategic advice, consultancy, and expertise. 
• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
• Develop a client base for providing preliminary engineering services/environmental planning including identifying additional business development opportunities and engaging in proposal writing and submission.
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Collaborate with professionals from multiple disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
• Remain current in latest preliminary engineering/planning practices, regulations, and techniques.
• Support the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of Environmental Planning and Engineering work for WSP, with a focus on opportunities in all disciplines transportation planning. 
• Remain current in latest environmental planning and preliminary engineering subject matter, practices, regulations, and techniques. 
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide “trusted advisor” service and future ready solutions for clients.
• 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 Civil Engineering, General Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience.)
• Illinois P.E. license, or the ability to obtain within 6 months of hire.