Lead Civil Engineer
Hybrid · Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Lead civil engineering role within WSP's Power Delivery Substation Civil/Structural Group focused on electrical substations. Oversees civil design activities, including permitting support, site layout, grading, stormwater analysis, survey coordination, and civil construction support; develops civil construction specifications, cost estimates, engineering proposals, and project schedules; guides data collection and analysis from site and GIS sources; coordinates with multiple disciplines to ensure design quality and compliance; supports regulatory interactions and client communications; requires leadership, strong written and oral communication, and ability to manage multiple projects and budgets concurrently.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline
- 10+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and civil design
- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred)
- Highly proficient with civil engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues
- Highly proficient with infrastructure design
- Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and program/construction management; including project involvement in a variety of rehabilitation and reconstruction, new design, and construction projects
- Strong knowledge of relevant civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements
- Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations
- Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience
- Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization
- Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC
- Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, InRoads, Geopak, GeoSlope, ANSYS, STADD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS)
- Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution
- 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
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in electric utility substation design
- Ability to successfully participate in multiple projects concurrently and manage budgets and schedules
- Disclaimer: Hybrid and remote work opportunities are available.
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