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This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Field Engineer to join our Construction Management team out of our Herndon, VA office.
Your Impact
Job Duties:

• Provide technical support to Construction Area Resident Engineer, Construction Manager and field inspection staff providing owners rep program management services.
• Monitor construction activities to ensure compliance with:
  • Contract plans and specifications
  • FRA, Amtrak, CSX, and VRE standards
  • Environmental permit conditions
• Conduct daily inspections of work in place (concrete pours, rebar placement, foundations, trackwork, etc.)
• Support required testing and quality documentation
• interpret and verify compliance with specifications, work instructions, methods, procedures, and product data.
• Assist in developing construction inspection and oversight strategies, and work directly with program management staff and design/build contractor personnel to implement
• Maintain regular logs of work progress
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of construction plans, project specifications, work instructions, schedules, applicable safety regulations, and relevant design, shop, and other associated drawings to stay informed about the responsibilities, plans, and schedule of the project and the Design/Builder
• Provide technical support for a range of activities not limited to precast concrete placement, concrete pours, deep foundations, structural steel placement, construction of piers, abutments, approaches, work over water and other project
• Interface with engineers to evaluate Field Design Changes, Non Conformance Reports and Requests for Information
• Provide scheduling recommendations based on client's allowable work windows;
• Monitor and support project activities in the field, providing technical assistance as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Resident Engineer

Who You Are
Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related field or equivalent
• 3-5 years of experience in construction of Class 1 Rail projects or similar infrastructure
• Proven experience with concrete and steel structures
• Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, and repair procedures, and provide guidance to maintenance crews on document interpretation
• Ability to proactively assist maintenance crews in selecting and deploying materials and equipment, including related construction methods and techniques
• Ability to identify and address safety and quality concerns; and
• Ability to coordinate with maintenance staff, communicate effectively with all parties and good interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in working over water from barges and construction trestles
• RailPro Safety Certification

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): $110,750-140,080/year
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.
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About Us
About WSP
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.
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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.