Project Manager

Full-Time Project Manager

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Project Manager for our Chicago, IL office. Be involved in projects with our Construction Management team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

The Project Manager will work on transportation infrastructure construction projects. Responsibilities include:

• Manage projects simultaneously, ranging from small renovations to large-scale new facilities.
• Provide overall site management, coordination, and planning for subcontractors and developers.
• Verifying that quality standards and project deadlines are met.
• Driving and ensuring contractor deliverables are met.
• Provide staff mentoring.
• Review reports, payroll certifications and other labor documentation from the contractor.
• Perform review of Contractor's schedules, Baseline and updates, in coordination with client requirements.
• Maintenance quantities logs. Response to RFI's, Submittals, Review of change orders and issuance of recommendations.
• Maintaining client satisfaction.
• Construction contract administration, including pay requisitions, change orders, and correspondence from pre-construction through closeout.
• Ability to chair site meetings with the contractor, client and other stakeholders, and prepare meeting minutes.
• Direct coordination with the client's Project Representatives.
• Providing regular status reports to Construction Services Department Manager.
• Providing overall leadership to the construction services business in Illinois and neighboring states as the practice grows, and ultimately expanding our delivery of professional construction services to both public and private clients.
• Directing all operations related to project performance; business development; market expansion; and industry leadership.
• Identifying growth opportunities through new and existing markets and clients and the hiring of staff to acquire the necessary skills and drive growth initiatives
• Managing Construction Services contracts through the assignment of professional Project Managers, Resident Engineers, Inspectors and other project technical resources allocated to the group to efficiently and effectively deliver projects to meet client expectations and project profitability.
• Maintaining and developing key relationships with public and private clients, including teaming partners.
• Managing technical non-billable time for the most effective outcomes in accordance with plan targets.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Engineering or Construction Management, or Masters in Business Administration or equivalent experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience in construction project management
• Experience with Illinois Tollway, Chicago Department of Transportation, Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
• eBuilder experience is preferred.
• OSHA 10-hour certification or ability to obtain
• Excellent English language skills, written and verbal
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, Excel) etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• eBuilder experience

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): $157,410 - $192,390

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.

Job Identification 90683

Posting Date 07/07/2026, 08:10 PM

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.

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.