Senior Manager

This Opportunity

WSP USA is seeking a Senior Manager to join our Transportation team in our Springfield, IL office. This is an opportunity to grow our existing team of engineers, designing some of the most complex and impactful transportation projects in central and southern Illinois, including the metropolitan St. Louis area. At WSP, you’ll have the opportunity to shape your career to make it what you want it to be. Our central and southern Illinois team focuses on delivering projects for our clients while mentoring and developing team members to prepare them for future opportunities.

Here at WSP, everything is within our reach-and yours as a WSP employee. Join us and help shape the future!

Your Impact

Utilize relationships with clients to achieve WSP's business development goals

Develop working relationships with clients and consultant partners

Build and expand a local team to support client needs

Mentor existing and new staff

Lead tasks & design teams in the execution of projects

Provide technical expertise in various stages of project, including preliminary design, final design, and contract documentation including cost estimates and specifications

Discuss and propose solutions to technical issues during design

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

Collaborate with key staff across disciplines (i.e. drainage, structures) as required

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

B.S. in Civil Engineering or closely related field.

15+ years of experience in the Transportation engineering field

Possess strong verbal and written communication skills

Professional Engineer’s License in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa desired.

Hands-on experience in OpenRoads Designer

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel

Ability to implement WSP's Quality Control Procedures

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree in engineering.

Experience managing small to mid-size projects.

Leadership experience working with IDOT, and other local agencies

Business development experience

Experience in leading and mentoring a team

The selected candidate must have the ability to work in the United States immediately.

Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on 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: $107,2600-$183,800

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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Job Info

Job Identification

96341

Posting Date

09/29/2026, 08:34 PM

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.

• B.S. in Civil Engineering or related field with 15+ years in Transportation engineering
• Professional Engineer’s License in IL, MO, or IA preferred; proficiency in OpenRoads Designer and Microsoft Office
• Strong verbal/written communication skills and ability to implement quality control procedures