Early Career Structural Engineer

Location: New York, NY, United States Department: Engineering

This Opportunity

WSP USA is seeking a highly energetic, self-motivated, and goal-oriented Early Career Structural Engineer to support our Transportation Facilities Group in the New York, New York office. With the intimacy of a tight-knit group of staff, along with the support of a large firm, this is an excellent and unique opportunity for the right candidate to challenge themselves and grow their career.

The Transportation Facilities Group (TFG) leads and designs projects that support local and regional growth initiatives through small and large transportation projects. Our goal is to team with our agency clients to develop solutions to the complex challenges of advancing transportation throughout the region. TFG has over 60 engineers and architects based in New York City.

The position offers varied projects in the transportation field within the NY Metro Region. The Structural Engineer position will work under the supervision of a Senior Structural Engineer and includes designs in rail and bus stations, airports, transportation hubs, rail systems, as well as a wide array of projects that lead and support the engineering divisions. Clients include NYCT, MTA Bus, LIRR, MNR, PANY&NJ, Amtrak, NJ Transit, contractors, and local utilities. The scale of work varies from small to very large projects and gives the candidate the ability to continually switch between multiple project types on any given day, while providing tremendous exposure to varied disciplines within the New York Office.

Your Impact

Development of structural design details and drawings, including calculations for new construction and renovation work

Developing drawings in REVIT (BIM), AutoCAD, and MicroStation

Utilizing Microsoft Excel and Mathcad Prime to develop structural calculation packages

Knowledge of structural analysis software such as SAP, STAAD.Pro, RAM Steel, ETABS, and/or SAFE (or equivalent)

Field inspection of structural systems of transportation facilities

Complete training related to assigned tasks.

Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Typical project types include:

Transportation Facilities including administration buildings, shop and maintenance buildings, subway and rail stations, and substations

Vent and utility buildings

Aviation structures including terminals, concourses, hangars, and ancillary support structures

Parks and recreation centers

Resiliency related studies and design

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, with a focus on structural engineering. Recent graduate or graduating in May 2025

0 to 1 years of relevant post education experience.

Prior internship experience, leadership experience, or relevant coursework.

Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

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

Detail-oriented with an emphasis on quality work products.

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

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.

Preferred Qualifications

Master of Science in Civil Engineering with a focus on structural engineering. Recent graduate or graduating in May 2025

The successful candidate will have 0 to 3 years of internship experience in Civil Engineering.

Experience using STAAD.Pro, SAP, ETABS, SAFE, RAM Structural System, Mathcad, Excel, AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit, or similar structural design software

Engineer in Training Certification

Compensation and Benefits:

WSP provides 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.

Expected Salary: $65,000 - $85,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and 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, or federal law.

#LI-SM1