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Early Career Civil Engineer

WSP USA

Meridian, IDJob$62–80K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$62–80K/yr
Location
Meridian, ID
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Early Career Civil Engineer will support WSP’s Industrial Engineering Team in its Boise office, assisting with design, development, and construction of industrial projects and systems. The role contributes to project delivery across industrial, federal, and power-substation work, including design tasks, calculations, drawings, technical documentation, and coordination with multidisciplinary teams. Work products are expected to meet industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Interpersonal Communication, requiredSelf-Leadership, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredMultitasking, requiredPrioritization, requiredIndependent Work, requiredTeamwork, requiredTechnical Writing, requiredSoftware Proficiency, requiredSpreadsheet Proficiency, requiredTechnology Proficiency, requiredMicroStation, nice to haveAutoCAD, nice to haveCivil 3D, nice to haveOpenRoads, nice to haveGeopak, nice to haveTransportation Engineering, nice to haveProfessional Organization Participation, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Civil Engineering or Related, required0+ Years Relevant Experience, requiredEngineer in Training Certification, nice to haveRelated Internship, nice to have

Benefits

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

Full job description

This Opportunity

Be involved in projects with our Industrial Engineering Team as an Early Career Civil Engineer in our Boise, ID office. and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

Take part in providing local technical assistance for the design, development, and construction of Industrial projects and systems in the public and private sector. Tasks may include basic assistance with the research, design, concept development, and construction of heavy industrial civil infrastructure. Work with a team to generate accurate and concise documentation regarding assigned aspects of the project. Deliver work products meeting acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.

Your Impact

  • Assist and support design teams in the execution of project delivery on a range of project types including civil site development of industrial, federal, power substations, and more.

  • Provide technical input during various stages of project, including preliminary design, final design and contract documentation including cost estimates and specifications.

  • Perform basic design tasks, engineering calculations, and drawings using computer-aided design (CADD).

  • Perform standard computations and analysis.

  • Discuss and propose solutions to technical issues.

  • Collect data and gather information or documents.

  • Attend design meetings and coordinate with team members.

  • Develop memorandums and other written technical documents.

  • Maintain positive team relationships.

  • Assist and coordinate with key staff across disciplines (i.e. drainage, structures) as required.

  • Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.

  • 0 to 1 years of relevant post education experience.

  • Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.

  • Proficient self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.

  • Ability to work independently under general supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.

  • Basic proficiency with technical writing, software, spreadsheets, and technology.

  • 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 conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Engineer in Training Certification.

  • Familiarity with discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, OpenRoads, Geopak).

  • Prior internship related to the degree of study and/or transportation engineering.

  • A member of and/or actively participate in local professional practice organizations.

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 (all locations): $62,200- $80,000 (all locations)

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 5,212 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$62–80K/yr
  • US median$91–140K/yr2,915 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $71K, is 41% below the US median midpoint ($121K) — in the lowest quarter of Civil Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 52 open Civil Engineer jobs in Idaho and 5,212 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Idaho
Experience
This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 4,275 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,997 of the 5,212 open Civil Engineer jobs (77%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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