Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a GIS SPECIALIST / FIELD TECHNICIAN to join our Geotechnical Engineering team in our MINNEAPOLIS, MN, MADISON, WI, or DENVER, CO offices. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our renewable energy clients.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain geospatial data on desktop and mobile applications. Ensure data meets appropriate data accuracy and content standards for quality assurance and quality control.
• Create customized client-facing Operations Dashboards and configurable web applications to allow for real-time project monitoring.
• Participate in field assignments such as geotechnical investigations, pile load testing, culvert inventories, road condition studies, and site visits. Expect to be travelling on field assignments on average up to 50% of the time (i.e., 1-2 weeks per month). Field assignments are approximately 1 to 2 weeks in length. Food and lodging allowances will be provided.
• Perform field data entry and post-processing when in the office to support analysis and report development.
• Lead fieldwork preparation, including preparing safety plans and field maps, coordinating utility clearances, planning travel, and coordinating project requirements with subcontractors and client representatives.
• Clearly communicate with management regarding project status, workload, problems and progress as related to work assignments.
• Utilize advanced GPS equipment to locate and map objects and utilities in the field.
• Provide independent data interpretation while effectively maintaining data documentation.
• Create and modify GIS datasets; manage and maintain legacy GIS datasets; develop and implement GIS-based analyses supporting civil engineering, electrical engineering, and survey projects.
• Produce technically skilled and detailed solutions to include preparing clear, complete, and accurate representations of spatial data using hardcopy and/or electronic media.
• Core responsibility includes processing data and graphics requests from project team members and anticipating information needs and presentation format as part of engineering and survey workflows.
• You will work on energy projects, such as transmission, solar and wind, and land projects, such as residential and commercial development, to compile available information for project proposals.
• Develop and maintain geospatial data on desktop and mobile applications. Ensure data meets appropriate data accuracy and content standards for quality assurance and quality control.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Geospatial Technician to join our team. This position will assist Registered Professional Surveyors with CAD production, deed research, boundary analysis, easement preparation, legal description, and computing survey points.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking an Office Administrator that provides oversight of day-to-day administrative operations to ensure the office functions in a healthy, productive, and professional manner. This role delivers a broad range of administrative services and partners closely with multiple leaders. 

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is currently seeking a qualified full-time Survey Instrument Operator. This position will work with a survey crew chief in the field collecting data to support design activities, boundary surveying, providing sketches, and layout to support construction activities. This position requires extensive travel to project sites.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. . is currently searching for a qualified full-time Survey Crew Chief. This position will lead a survey team in the field collecting data to support design activities, boundary surveying, providing sketches, and layout to support construction activities.

Substation Intern, Physical (Summer 2026)

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Substation Engineering Intern, Physical, to join our team. This position will be a part of our Renewables Division. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

This internship is for Summer 2026.

• Prepares preliminary analysis on a variety of technical tasks
• Project research, fieldwork, observation, and preliminary design calculations
• Take personal responsibility for the quality of tasks performed
• Uses CAD/PLSCAD to prepare and check working drawings, details, layouts, and estimates
• Performs routine analysis to check the accuracy of data and work products

Water Resources Project Engineer

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Water Resources Project Engineer to join our renewables team.

The qualified individual will lead and manage permitting, design, and construction of Solar and Wind development projects. This position will serve as a technical lead coordinating with other Civil and Water Resources Engineers to ensure projects are protected from flooding and meet stormwater regulations. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Primary Responsibilities

Job duties include leading stormwater design, watershed permitting, hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, and FEMA studies using state-of-the-art technology. More specific duties include:

• Lead the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models
• Manage and coordinate with civil, electrical, and environmental teams within Westwood
• Perform and review drainage calculations and designs
• Prepare and oversee design drawings and design calculations
• Write and review technical reports documenting design methodologies
• Lead site visits and inspections as needed
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and deliverables
• Mentor junior engineers and support their professional development
• Support the construction stormwater team with shear stress calculations, exhibit creation, and erosion control design
• Find and utilize various GIS datasets to support work on water resources and other related projects
• Communicate directly with clients and regulatory agencies
• Lead proposal development and business development efforts

Water Resources Project Engineer

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Water Resources Project Engineer to join our renewables team.

The qualified individual will lead and manage permitting, design, and construction of Solar and Wind development projects. This position will serve as a technical lead coordinating with other Civil and Water Resources Engineers to ensure projects are protected from flooding and meet stormwater regulations. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Primary Responsibilities

Job duties include leading stormwater design, watershed permitting, hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, and FEMA studies using state-of-the-art technology. More specific duties include:

• Lead the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models
• Manage and coordinate with civil, electrical, and environmental teams within Westwood
• Perform and review drainage calculations and designs
• Prepare and oversee design drawings and design calculations
• Write and review technical reports documenting design methodologies
• Lead site visits and inspections as needed
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and deliverables
• Mentor junior engineers and support their professional development
• Support the construction stormwater team with shear stress calculations, exhibit creation, and erosion control design
• Find and utilize various GIS datasets to support work on water resources and other related projects
• Communicate directly with clients and regulatory agencies
• Lead proposal development and business development efforts

Water Resources Project Engineer

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Water Resources Project Engineer to join our renewables team.

The qualified individual will lead and manage permitting, design, and construction of Solar and Wind development projects. This position will serve as a technical lead coordinating with other Civil and Water Resources Engineers to ensure projects are protected from flooding and meet stormwater regulations. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Primary Responsibilities

Job duties include leading stormwater design, watershed permitting, hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, and FEMA studies using state-of-the-art technology. More specific duties include:

• Lead the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models
• Manage and coordinate with civil, electrical, and environmental teams within Westwood
• Perform and review drainage calculations and designs
• Prepare and oversee design drawings and design calculations
• Write and review technical reports documenting design methodologies
• Lead site visits and inspections as needed
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and deliverables
• Mentor junior engineers and support their professional development
• Support the construction stormwater team with shear stress calculations, exhibit creation, and erosion control design
• Find and utilize various GIS datasets to support work on water resources and other related projects
• Communicate directly with clients and regulatory agencies
• Lead proposal development and business development efforts

Water Resources Project Engineer

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Water Resources Project Engineer to join our renewables team.

The qualified individual will lead and manage permitting, design, and construction of Solar and Wind development projects. This position will serve as a technical lead coordinating with other Civil and Water Resources Engineers to ensure projects are protected from flooding and meet stormwater regulations. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Primary Responsibilities

Job duties include leading stormwater design, watershed permitting, hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, and FEMA studies using state-of-the-art technology. More specific duties include:

• Lead the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models
• Manage and coordinate with civil, electrical, and environmental teams within Westwood
• Perform and review drainage calculations and designs
• Prepare and oversee design drawings and design calculations
• Write and review technical reports documenting design methodologies
• Lead site visits and inspections as needed
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and deliverables
• Mentor junior engineers and support their professional development
• Support the construction stormwater team with shear stress calculations, exhibit creation, and erosion control design
• Find and utilize various GIS datasets to support work on water resources and other related projects
• Communicate directly with clients and regulatory agencies
• Lead proposal development and business development efforts