Technical Director, Structural Engineering

Job Description

This Opportunity

Senior Director, Regional Business Line Leader – Bridge Inspection (Mid‑Atlantic)

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Director, Local Business Leadership / Senior Vice President, Regional Business Line Leader – Bridge Inspection (Mid‑Atlantic) to lead an established bridge inspection department. The successful candidate will provide executive leadership for the Mid‑Atlantic district, overseeing multiple Bridge Inspection Districts and driving strategy, business performance, and delivery excellence across a complex, multi‑state operating environment.

This role is responsible for regional business operations, client engagement, financial performance, and governance, ensuring alignment with national Bridge Inspection objectives and WSP’s standards for quality, safety, consistency, and profitability. The position serves as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leadership and plays a key role in shaping both regional execution and national outcomes.

Your Impact

Executive Leadership & Strategy

• Develop and execute district ‑ level business strategies aligned with National Bridge Inspection Business Line objectives and overall organizational goals. • Serve as a key member of the leadership team, driving strategic initiatives and contributing to long ‑ term planning, investment decisions, and market positioning. • Provide insight and guidance to senior and executive leadership on market trends, growth opportunities, organizational risk, and resource needs. • Approve district budgets, staffing plans, and strategic investments to ensure alignment with business objectives.

Business Ownership & Financial Accountability

• Maintain full accountability for district P&L performance, including revenue growth, backlog development, utilization, margin, and forecast accuracy. • Establish and monitor district ‑ level KPIs, ensuring performance aligns with approved business plans. • Ensure financial decisions are made with a clear understanding of their impact on overall business performance. • Lead corrective actions when financial or operational performance deviates from plan.

Governance, Quality & Risk Management

• Provide executive oversight for delivery governance, QA/QC, safety, and compliance with NBIS, AASHTO, and client ‑ specific standards. • Act as the final escalation authority for technical, contractual, financial, and client ‑ related risks within the district. • Approve major pursuits, contracts, and delivery decisions in accordance with established delegation of authority. • Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and adoption of emerging practices and technologies across the district.

Client Leadership & Market Presence

• Serve as the executive sponsor for key DOT and transportation agency clients across the Mid ‑ Atlantic. • Maintain and expand executive ‑ level client relationships, supporting repeat business and new market opportunities. • Represent WSP externally as a trusted advisor and industry leader in bridge inspection services. • Integrate technical capabilities and business opportunities to strengthen WSP’s market position and long ‑ term client partnerships.

People Leadership, Talent & Succession

• Provide leadership and oversight to Bridge Inspection District Managers, ensuring accountability, performance excellence, and alignment with strategic objectives. • Lead district workforce planning, ensuring appropriate staffing levels, leadership depth, and technical capability to support current and future programs. • Develop and maintain a confidential leadership succession plan for the district. • Foster an inclusive, high ‑ performance culture that values collaboration, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and professional development.

Collaboration & Enterprise Integration

• Ensure strong coordination between district operations and national business line leadership, as well as other WSP market sectors. • Promote consistent implementation of enterprise initiatives, policies, and best practices across the district. • Support cross ‑ regional collaboration and resource sharing to advance national Bridge Inspection priorities.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or a related discipline. • Professional Engineer (PE) license required; multi‑state licensure preferred. • 12+ years of progressive professional experience, including leadership of large, complex organizations, programs, or business units. • Demonstrated success in district or local business leadership, including financial and operational accountability. • Extensive knowledge of business operations, financial management, and organizational leadership. • Proven ability to influence and advise senior and executive leadership. • Strong executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to travel within the Mid‑Atlantic region as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field. • Advanced FHWA/NHI training relevant to bridge inspection. • Active leadership roles in industry or professional organizations. • Experience leading organizational growth, transformation, or strategic change initiatives. • Established executive relationships with state DOTs and transportation agencies.

Employer Description

Why WSP

This role offers the opportunity to help shape the future of bridge inspection services within a newly established National Business Line, influence national strategy, and serve as a steward of WSP’s values, culture, and long‑term business success across the Mid‑Atlantic.

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): $1167,600-$285,300 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.

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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.