Structural Engineering Manager

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Structural Project Engineer to join our renewable energy team. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. The Senior Engineer utilizes their expertise to provide technical oversight on renewable energy projects, serve as trusted advisors to clients, and actively engage with Lead Engineers to navigate complex conversations and situations effectively. Senior Engineers are recognized as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in their field. They handle project design and mentor team members through their project work. They concentrate on discovering innovative solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce errors, driving project completion in a quicker, smarter, and more effective way. A Senior Engineer’s dedication to fostering a collaborative environment and promoting professional development significantly contributes to the organization’s success.

Technical Expertise

• Serve as an SME, providing technical oversight and design support for renewable energy projects by:
• Analyzing complex projects to identify design requirements, uncertainties, and constraints
• Understanding client interests and developing approaches to address these concerns
• Identifying project situations that present high risks or scope gaps
• Offering solutions to design teams to mitigate risks
• Utilizing relevant skills or expertise to assist projects and team members with design challenges
• Staying updated on changes to standards, regulations, and best practices
• Confidently providing design teams with technical input, mentorship, and on-the-job training
• Actively participate in detailed project design. Design activities include:
• Serving as the Engineer of Record (EOR) in a responsible role on projects
• Performing complete design for challenging, complex, or high-risk projects
• Providing active design support for ongoing projects
• Proactively coordinating with design teams to review and deliver feedback on designs
• Reviewing project documents for compliance with standards and quality assurance
• Assisting with project construction by addressing contractor and owner inquiries, including Requests for Information (RFIs) and submittal reviews
• Assist with official communication on specific assignments/meetings
• Coordinate technical activities and designs with personnel in other disciplines and departments
• Collaborate with and support teams in other offices to optimize workload distribution.

Quality

• Proactively coordinate directly with design teams to review and provide feedback on designs for multiple concurrent projects.
• Provide EOR oversight of design tasks and final EOR review on assigned projects.
• Review complete project documents for conformity and quality assurance. Identify project circumstances that are high-risk or scope gaps. Provide design teams with solutions to mitigate risk.

Staff Development

• Engage actively with Lead Engineers to offer mentorship on complex conversations and situations.
• Identify growth and learning opportunities for project teams.
• Prepare and deliver organized technical training to the Service.
• Actively participate in staff mentorship and training programs.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and process enhancements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to initiate and execute process enhancements.
• Advise Service leadership on strategies to enhance team satisfaction and performance.

Business Development Support

• Support positive interactions with clients and directly coordinate with them.
• Act as the primary technical expert for clients.
• Assist Market Directors as needed with marketing efforts and the creation of marketing materials.
• Provide clients with accurate design deliverables that align closely with contract requirements.
• Respond to client requests promptly.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• No supervisory responsibilities for this role.

Success Measures:

• Regarded as an SME within the company.
• Regarded as a trusted technical advisor by clients.
• Actively participating in the training program as a trainer.
• Continually seeking innovative solutions to enhance efficiency and reduce errors.
• Engaging in project design while providing mentorship through your project work.
• Actively collaborating with Lead Engineers to support mentorship efforts.
• Identifying growth and learning opportunities for project teams.

Structural Engineering Manager

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Structural Project Engineer to join our renewable energy team. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. The Senior Engineer utilizes their expertise to provide technical oversight on renewable energy projects, serve as trusted advisors to clients, and actively engage with Lead Engineers to navigate complex conversations and situations effectively. Senior Engineers are recognized as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in their field. They handle project design and mentor team members through their project work. They concentrate on discovering innovative solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce errors, driving project completion in a quicker, smarter, and more effective way. A Senior Engineer’s dedication to fostering a collaborative environment and promoting professional development significantly contributes to the organization’s success.

 Technical Expertise

• Serve as an SME, providing technical oversight and design support for renewable energy projects by:
• Analyzing complex projects to identify design requirements, uncertainties, and constraints
• Understanding client interests and developing approaches to address these concerns
• Identifying project situations that present high risks or scope gaps
• Offering solutions to design teams to mitigate risks
• Utilizing relevant skills or expertise to assist projects and team members with design challenges
• Staying updated on changes to standards, regulations, and best practices
• Confidently providing design teams with technical input, mentorship, and on-the-job training
• Actively participate in detailed project design. Design activities include:
• Serving as the Engineer of Record (EOR) in a responsible role on projects
• Performing complete design for challenging, complex, or high-risk projects
• Providing active design support for ongoing projects
• Proactively coordinating with design teams to review and deliver feedback on designs
• Reviewing project documents for compliance with standards and quality assurance
• Assisting with project construction by addressing contractor and owner inquiries, including Requests for Information (RFIs) and submittal reviews
• Assist with official communication on specific assignments/meetings
• Coordinate technical activities and designs with personnel in other disciplines and departments
• Collaborate with and support teams in other offices to optimize workload distribution.

Quality

• Proactively coordinate directly with design teams to review and provide feedback on designs for multiple concurrent projects.
• Provide EOR oversight of design tasks and final EOR review on assigned projects.
• Review complete project documents for conformity and quality assurance. Identify project circumstances that are high-risk or scope gaps. Provide design teams with solutions to mitigate risk.

Staff Development

• Engage actively with Lead Engineers to offer mentorship on complex conversations and situations.
• Identify growth and learning opportunities for project teams.
• Prepare and deliver organized technical training to the Service.
• Actively participate in staff mentorship and training programs.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and process enhancements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to initiate and execute process enhancements.
• Advise Service leadership on strategies to enhance team satisfaction and performance.

Business Development Support

• Support positive interactions with clients and directly coordinate with them.
• Act as the primary technical expert for clients.
• Assist Market Directors as needed with marketing efforts and the creation of marketing materials.
• Provide clients with accurate design deliverables that align closely with contract requirements.
• Respond to client requests promptly.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• No supervisory responsibilities for this role.

Success Measures:

• Regarded as an SME within the company.
• Regarded as a trusted technical advisor by clients.
• Actively participating in the training program as a trainer.
• Continually seeking innovative solutions to enhance efficiency and reduce errors.
• Engaging in project design while providing mentorship through your project work.
• Actively collaborating with Lead Engineers to support mentorship efforts.
• Identifying growth and learning opportunities for project teams.

Substation Engineer-P&C

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

The Substation P&C Engineer serves as an engineer on electric substation design projects for high-voltage utility systems and renewable energy interconnection projects. He/she will apply NESC, NEC, and other applicable codes and standards in the engineering design and will also independently produce: one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, potential and current schematics, control schematics, alarm schematics, protection and control specifications, and I/O mapping. He/she should be familiar with protection scheme functionality. The ability to develop relay settings and associated points mapping is not required but preferred. He/she will also work with other internal and external project stakeholders to ensure project milestones and expectations of contracted services are met. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Civil Project Engineer

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Civil Project Engineer to join our team in our Houston, TX office. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. The ideal candidate will collaborate to Wind projects and emerging market projects. We are looking for an individual with enthusiasm about her/his work, and with a strong commitment to client service and technical excellence. If you are a licensed engineer with 6 years of designing experience looking for that next step in your career as a project manager or strong technical lead, this may be the position for you.

Substation Engineer-P&C

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

The Substation P&C Engineer serves as an engineer on electric substation design projects for high-voltage utility systems and renewable energy interconnection projects. He/she will apply NESC, NEC, and other applicable codes and standards in the engineering design and will also independently produce: one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, potential and current schematics, control schematics, alarm schematics, protection and control specifications, and I/O mapping. He/she should be familiar with protection scheme functionality. The ability to develop relay settings and associated points mapping is not required but preferred. He/she will also work with other internal and external project stakeholders to ensure project milestones and expectations of contracted services are met. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Substation Engineer-P&C

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

The Substation P&C Engineer serves as an engineer on electric substation design projects for high-voltage utility systems and renewable energy interconnection projects. He/she will apply NESC, NEC, and other applicable codes and standards in the engineering design and will also independently produce: one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, potential and current schematics, control schematics, alarm schematics, protection and control specifications, and I/O mapping. He/she should be familiar with protection scheme functionality. The ability to develop relay settings and associated points mapping is not required but preferred. He/she will also work with other internal and external project stakeholders to ensure project milestones and expectations of contracted services are met. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Senior Electrical Engineer 

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our renewables team. The position is responsible for managing the electrical engineering of commercial and utility-scale solar projects. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be the primary electrical contact for clients and will oversee the electrical design budget for projects to ensure budgets are met.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the electrical engineering of commercial and utility-scale solar projects, ensuring adherence to project budgets.
• Verify the incorporation of contractual electrical engineering scope into design and coordinate change orders with project managers.
• Insure project deliverable schedules for electrical engineering scope are met.
• Assist project managers in responding to RFPs by preparing proposal scope and fees for the electrical engineering.
• Coordinate with other project disciplines, including civil engineers, geotechnical/structural engineers, and surveyors.
• Schedule and plan necessary resources needed to support projects on a weekly basis.
• Perform and lead electrical engineering design and creation of construction documents for projects.
• Oversee project electrical team resources and be responsible for staff performing electrical calculations and studies.
• Coordinate with clients, utilities, and code enforcement officers.
• Perform QA/QC of design work performed on projects for which you are the lead electrical engineer.
• Maintain awareness of currently available equipment and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with and support electrical engineering teams in other offices as projects and workload sharing between offices dictates.
• Support construction of projects by responding to contractor and owner requests, including RFIs and submittal review.
• Assist Market Directors as needed for marketing efforts and creation of marketing materials surrounding electrical engineering work.
• Supervise, train, and mentor graduate engineers, staff engineers, and design technicians.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our team. The Senior Project Manager position helps facilitate project success by collaborating with the Client and Project Team on all aspects of work related to Power Delivery Projects. The Sr. Project Manager will be responsible for managing the overall project scope, schedule, cost, and risk management as well as establishing and maintaining a professional and satisfactory relationship with subcontractors, regulatory agencies, and any other project stakeholder. Primary focus of this role includes but is not limited to project management, marketing, business development, client contact and growth of division services. The Senior Project Manager will also mentor and provide guidance to Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking an ambitious and talented professional to join our team as a Project Manager. This is an opportunity to join Westwood’s highly experienced and dynamic team dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. 

Our ideal candidate will have 8+ years of civil engineering design and project management experience supporting design projects. This position is responsible for complex engineering design tasks as well as marketing, business development, client contact and growth of a team.  

Project Designer - Architecture

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking an entry-level Architect to join our Land Development team in our Christiansburg, VA office. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. The entry-level Architect performs design iteration, compiles data, and completes elementary architectural assignments; prepares project architectural plans as requested; observes construction in the field; works under direct supervision of a licensed architect or senior project manager; and works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role.