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Senior Manager

WSP USA

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Location
Springfield, IL
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

WSP USA seeks a Senior Manager for its Transportation team in Springfield, IL, to lead and expand a local engineering group, mentor staff, develop client relationships, and provide technical expertise across project phases while adhering to quality and ethical standards.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

OpenRoads DesignerMicrosoft OfficeQuality Control ProceduresVerbal and Written Communication

Qualifications

B.S. In Civil Engineering or Related Field15+ Years Transportation Engineering ExperienceProfessional Engineer License Illinois Missouri IowaMaster’s Degree in EngineeringAbility to Work in United States Immediately

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

This Opportunity

WSP USA is seeking a Senior Manage r 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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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.

www.wsp.com

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 20,550 open Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Illinois median$119–219K/yr467 salary ranges
  • Illinois median$17–20/hr174 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 742 open Manager jobs in Illinois and 20,550 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 14,287 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 11,068 of the 20,550 open Manager jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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