This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Lead Track Engineer for our Baltimore, MD office. The following locations will also be considered: Washington DC and Herndon, VA. 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 clients and market WSP 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 assigning appropriate technical tasks and promoting a culture of expanding technical excellence.
- The position may require occasional travel throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region (PA, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV) or elsewhere in the United States.
- Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
- Remain current in latest transit and rail engineering techniques and practices.
- Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines, other engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development opportunities.
- 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 or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
- Minimum 10 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.
- Professional Engineer's License.
- Proven ability to deliver railroad and transit design projects in the role of lead designer or specialist.
- Proficiency in CADD software used in civil and rail design, such as design platforms based on MicroStation or AutoCAD.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communications skills. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Track construction, maintenance or inspection experience.
#LI-KCL
|
