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WSP USA Civil/Site Development Lead in Minneapolis, Minnesota
WSP is seeking a Civil/Site Development Lead to join our Facilities team. This role is ideal for a motivated engineer looking to expand their technical expertise, take greater ownership of projects, and contribute to complex, high‑performing facility and infrastructure projects across multiple market sectors.
This role is open to the following locations:
Boise, ID
Madison, WI
Minneapolis, MN
At WSP, you’ll work alongside multidisciplinary teams on projects that make a lasting impact—supporting clients, communities, and the built environment. You’ll be challenged with meaningful work, supported through mentoring and professional development, and empowered to grow your career within a collaborative, global organization.
About the Role
Our Facilities group delivers innovative civil engineering solutions for food & beverage, federal, and industrial facilities, with a strong emphasis on quality, collaboration, and forward‑thinking design. In this role, you will support site civil design efforts from concept through construction and play a key role in delivering successful projects.
Typical responsibilities include grading and drainage design for new building sites, renovations, and expansions, as well as utility coordination, access road design, permitting support, and construction phase services.
Key Responsibilities
Perform site civil design including grading, drainage, utilities, and stormwater management for facility projects
Develop design solutions using AutoCAD Civil 3D and terrain modeling tools to support 3D coordination and visualization
Coordinate with multidisciplinary project teams, clients, and contractors
Support permitting and regulatory agency coordination
Assist with construction administration and respond to field questions as needed
Take ownership of assigned tasks and contribute to overall project success
Apply WSP’s quality management processes, including QA/QC reviews
Demonstrate sound engineering judgment while adapting and applying engineering principles, codes, and standards
Grow toward leading projects with guidance, mentoring, and oversight from senior engineers
What You Can Expect at WSP
Exposure to diverse, technically challenging projects
Autonomy and trust—WSP values accountability, not micromanagement
A strong culture of quality, collaboration, and professional integrity
Ongoing mentoring, technical training, and career development support
Compensation aligned with experience, including paid time for all hours worked where applicable
Required Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
7 + years of relevant civil engineering experience
Ability to perform work requiring independent judgment, adaptation, and modification of engineering principles and procedures
Experience in one or more of the following:
Land development
Municipal utility design
Water resources
Environmental engineering
Proficiency in stormwater management, hydraulics, hydrologic analysis, grading, and site development design
Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work and adapt to changing project needs
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated ability to self‑manage tasks and deliver results
Interest in developing client relationships and understanding client needs
Preferred Qualifications
Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
Financial incentive may apply for California PE licensure
Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D or MicroStation InRoads
Familiarity with stormwater modeling tools such as HydroCAD, HEC‑RAS, HydraFlow, or Autodesk Storm & Sanitary Analysis
BIM coordination knowledge
Foundation design experience
Previous consulting engineering experience
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): $98,300 - $145,970
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.
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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.