Senior Professional, Construction Materials Testing Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP has an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Professional, Construction Materials Testing Engineer to join our Charlotte office.  This individual will manage our construction materials testing and special inspection projects.  We offer excellent career growth, a friendly, flexible work environment, and a variety of challenging projects.  We have a group of talented staff and work on some of the most exciting projects in the area.  We offer the opportunity to mentor talented young engineers and technicians in a supportive and flexible atmosphere where the focus is on teamwork, quality, and excellent client service.  Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, solid client relationship skills, a commitment to delivering a quality product and an interest in a leadership role.

Your Impact

• Manage projects associated with construction management, construction quality assurance, special inspections, materials testing and laboratory testing in both construction materials and geotechnical applications.
• Support project management tasks such as scheduling, reports review, budget tracking, invoicing, proposal writing and business development
• Support business development and strategic planning efforts to increase market share in the local market. 
• Manage and coordinate project teams, including ensuring the technical quality of deliverables.
• Position will serve as primary interface with client representatives
• Must have ability to make quick decisions requiring sound judgment and experience
• Interact with regulatory agencies, construction contractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
• 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.

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Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Geology or Business, is preferred; along with measurable experience managing teams, projects, and client development
• 5-7+ years of industry experience with leading teams, managing projects and sound knowledge of laboratory tests, field testing and special inspections 
• Excellent organization skills and ability to multi-task
• Positive experience dealing directly with client representatives
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships as well as experience in proposal preparation
• Strong work ethic, and demonstrated ability to work on project teams
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Highly capable self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Ability to work schedules into project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
• Must successfully complete and pass WSP’s Motor Vehicle screening. 
• 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 

• PE License
• Local presence and contacts in the Charlotte construction market

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