Assistant Vice President, Tunnel Engineer

Job Description
This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a full-time
Assistant Vice President, Tunnel Engineer
for our
New York, NY Location
. This person will be expected to help lead projects with our National Geotechnical Team and be a part of a growing organization that thrives on exceeding our client's needs.

Provides subject matter technical support and leadership for multi-site/phase due diligence, investigation, remediation, impact assessment, permitting, improvement, and construction of infrastructure projects and systems in the public and private sector. Responsibilities include the research, design, concept development, planning, and construction of facilities, roads, buildings, tunnels, dams, canals, levees, bridges, water supply systems, underground storage, and sewage treatment. Provides situational guidance to PMs and managers that address current and future challenges, and that documentation and recommendations accurately account for and address risk, innovation, and future-ready opportunities. Provides leadership with ensuring that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.

Your Impact

• Manage all phases of major complex underground and tunneling projects, from feasibility to conceptual engineering and preliminary engineering through final design and construction.
• Communicate with clients, respond to clients' requests, and attend design and progress meetings.
• Coordinates technical aspects with client counterpart and teaming partners for work within the discipline on complex underground and tunneling projects.
• Coordinate with other disciplines and clients and attend design and progress meetings.
• Lead engineering analysis for the design of tunnels in soft ground, mixed conditions, and rock using various tunnel construction methods such as TBM, drill and blast, sequential excavation method SEM, including temporary/initial support and final lining. Apply rock and soil mechanics skills to evaluate various failure modes and develop ground support schemes.
• Interpret geotechnical and geological data, characterize ground classifications and derive engineering parameters.
• Develop of geotechnical design reports/memos and Contract Documents including drawings and specifications.
• Supervise and provide guidance to junior engineers

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Minimum M.S. degree in Geotechnical/Tunneling Engineering.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience in tunnel design and construction.
• US PE registration (or ability to obtain within 6 months).
• Proven experience in design and construction of underground and tunneling projects, including both soft ground and rock tunnels.
• Proven experience in developing Contract Documents for underground and tunneling projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience in managing technical staff to deliver quality work.
• Must be a team player.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Engineering.
• 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR preferred.
• Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training desired.

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $115,000 - $205,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP
ABOUT US
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.

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Notice To Third Party Agencies
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.