Transportation Transit & Rail Program Manager 

This Opportunity WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Transportation Transit & Rail Program Manager for the Pacific Mountain West District, based out of the Seattle, WA office. Join our Pacific Northwest District Team and be part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges. Provides leadership within the transit & rail sector of our organization to ensure infrastructure projects and programs are delivered successfully, to the satisfaction of our clients. Assist with providing pragmatic direction to focus engagement with clients and maintain and continue to develop our collective relationships in the industry.Your Impact Lead the delivery of projects and project teams for transit and rail agencies in the Pacific Northwest, and in the West Region, as an active member of the transportation team.Support our clients and the industry through innovative thought and advancement of transportation infrastructure projects.Collaborate with other local offices and in-house experts to provide clients with innovative and future-focused solutions.Assist with business development efforts, strategy development, client engagement and pursuits in across the Pacific Mountain West.Serve as key staff on pursuits: program manager, project manager, deputy project manager, technical lead, strategic advisor, etc.Assist in writing proposals and participating in interviews in response to agency Requests for Proposals (RFPs).Represent WSP and actively participate in industry events.Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.Who You Are Required QualificationsBachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.15+ years of relevant post education experience in transportation and infrastructure delivery.Advanced proficiency with project delivery principles, practices, process, design/build, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.Extensive advanced proficiency with infrastructure planning, environmental or design.Demonstrated ability with establishing, implementing, and managing multiple larger-scale discipline-related programs, documents, projects, and practices for a line(s) of business.Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to manage staff, and effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.Strategic lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exits. Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.Preferred QualificationsMaster’s Degree in Engineering or related field.Engineer license (multi-state preferred).Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.WSP Benefits: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): $179,000 - $300,410WSP 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. #LI-RF1About WSPWSP 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. Full timePosting Date: 2024-11-01