Early Professional, Structural Engineering

This Opportunity

WSP USA is seeking a highly energetic, self-motivated, and goal-oriented Early Career Structural Engineer to support our Transportation Facilities Group in the New York, New York office. With the intimacy of a tight-knit group of staff, along with the support of a large firm, this is an excellent and unique opportunity for the right candidate to challenge themselves and grow their career.
 
The Transportation Facilities Group (TFG) leads and designs projects that support local and regional growth initiatives through small and large transportation projects. Our goal is to team with our agency clients to develop solutions to the complex challenges of advancing transportation throughout the region. TFG has over 60 engineers and architects based in New York City.
 
The position offers varied projects in the transportation field within the NY Metro Region. The Structural Engineer position will work under the supervision of a Senior Structural Engineer and includes designs in rail and bus stations, airports, transportation hubs, rail systems, as well as a wide array of projects that lead and support the engineering divisions. Clients include NYCT, MTA Bus, LIRR, MNR, PANY&NJ, Amtrak, NJ Transit, contractors, and local utilities. The scale of work varies from small to very large projects and gives the candidate the ability to continually switch between multiple project types on any given day, while providing tremendous exposure to varied disciplines within the New York Office.

Your Impact

• Development of structural design details and drawings, including calculations for new construction and renovation work
• Developing drawings in REVIT (BIM), AutoCAD, and MicroStation
• Utilizing Microsoft Excel and Mathcad Prime to develop structural calculation packages

• Knowledge of structural analysis software such as SAP, STAAD.Pro, RAM Steel, ETABS, and/or SAFE (or equivalent)

Field inspection of structural systems of transportation facilities

• Complete training related to assigned tasks.

• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

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.

Typical project types include:

Transportation Facilities including administration buildings, shop and maintenance buildings, subway and rail stations, and substations

• Vent and utility buildings

• Aviation structures including terminals, concourses, hangars, and ancillary support structures

• Parks and recreation centers

Resiliency related studies and design

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related.post-education 

• 0 to 1 years of relevant post education experience.

• Prior internship experience, leadership experience, or relevant coursework.

• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.

• Detail-oriented with an emphasis on quality work products.

• The selected candidate must have the ability to work in the United States immediately.

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Civil Engineering with a focus on structural engineering.

•  0 to 3 years of internship experience in Civil Engineering.