345 results
345 results
Survey Crew Chief
Offices
Minneapolis, MN
Categories
Survey
Survey Crew Chief
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Provide technical expertise to internal and external clients
  • Perform field work for land surveying scopes of work including construction staking, boundary location, ALTA, and topography for various project types
  • Organize field staking materials as necessary
  • Operate GPS, total stations, scanners, and data collectors
  • Transfer files between data collectors and internal company project folders
  • Provide communication to the office teams regarding project status, daily progress and issues
  • Maintain productive working relationships with clients and coworkers
  • Adhere to the company’s Safety, Quality Management and Equipment Maintenance policies
  • Ensures division, regional, and company policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.
  • Lead by example – display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.
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Vice President, Water
Offices
Plano, TX
Categories
Water/Wastewater
Vice President, Water
Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic & Market Leadership

  • Define and implement the strategic plan for the Water sector, including market expansion, service-line growth, and revenue targets.
  • Monitor regulatory requirements (EPA, state environmental agencies, FEMA, etc.), emerging technologies, and funding mechanisms to inform growth strategies.
  • Identify and cultivate opportunities in municipal utilities, water districts, flood control authorities, and regional water agencies.

Operational & Financial Management

  • Lead financial management of the Water sector, including P&L oversight, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management.
  • Ensure efficient operations and high-quality project execution across water resources, wastewater, stormwater, and treatment design teams.
  • Implement and promote consistent processes, quality systems, and safety practices.

 

Business Development & Client Management

  • Drive business development initiatives, including proposal leadership, capture planning, and positioning for major water infrastructure programs.
  • Maintain and expand relationships with public utilities, water districts, municipalities, and regulatory agencies.
  • Represent Westwood in water-related industry associations and forums.

Team Leadership & Development

  • Lead a team of project managers, technical specialists, and discipline leads across water-focused engineering fields.
  • Support recruitment, training, mentorship, performance management, and staff retention.
  • Promote a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence within the Water practice.

 

Collaboration & Enterprise Alignment

  • Collaborate with Transportation, Energy, Land Development, and Corporate Services to leverage synergies and pursue integrated opportunities.
  • Ensure compliance with engineering licensure requirements, quality standards, and internal governance
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Vice President, Transportation
Offices
Plano, TX
Categories
Transportation
Vice President, Transportation
Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic & Market Leadership

  • Develop and execute transportation business strategies aligned with the broader Public Infrastructure Division.
  • Identify emerging markets, funding opportunities, and regulatory trends impacting transportation programs.
  • Expand service offerings and geographic reach in collaboration with Division and Corporate leadership.

 

Operational & Financial Management

  • Manage P&L for the Transportation sector, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance.
  • Oversee project delivery to ensure quality, risk mitigation, and adherence to scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Implement operational best practices, workflow efficiencies, and resource optimization across teams.

 

Business Development & Client Management

  • Lead major pursuit strategies, proposal development, and capture planning for key transportation clients.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with DOTs, municipalities, counties, and federal agencies.
  • Represent Westwood at industry conferences, technical committees, and public-sector forums


Team Leadership & Development

  • Lead and mentor a team of project managers, discipline leads, and technical professionals across transportation engineering disciplines.
  • Support recruitment, retention, skills development, and succession planning for the transportation team.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, safety, and continuous improvement.

 

Collaboration & Enterprise Alignment

  • Coordinate with other Westwood divisions (Land, Power, Renewables, Program Management, and Corporate Services) to pursue cross-market opportunities.
  • Ensure compliance with licensure, engineering standards, quality management systems, and corporate policies.
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GIS Specialist / Field Technician
Offices
Denver, CO
Categories
GIS
GIS Specialist / Field Technician
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.
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GIS Specialist
Offices
Minneapolis, MN
Categories
GIS
GIS Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Work with clients and end users to build innovative GIS solutions using the ArcGIS platform
  • Perform complex GIS analysis using Esri's ArcGIS platform
  • 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 renewable energy projects
  • Produce technically skilled and detailed solutions to include preparing clear, complete, and accurate representations of spatial data using ArcGIS Online and/or ArcGIS Enterprise
  • Process data and graphics requests from project team members and anticipate information needs and presentation format as part of renewable energy project workflows
  • Work with project stakeholders to develop and maintain new and useful workflows utilizing web-based GIS
  • Develop and maintain geospatial data on desktop, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and mobile applications. Ensure data meets appropriate data accuracy and content standards for quality assurance and quality control.
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Substation Engineer - Physical
Offices
Charlotte, NC
Categories
Substation
Substation Engineer - Physical
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Performs all aspects of design for high voltage (4kV – 230kV) and EHV (above 230kV) substation projects to include:
    • Development of
      • General Arrangements
      • Plan Views and Elevation Views
      • Grounding Plans
      • Cable Trough/Conduit Plans
      • Specifications for Major Primary Equipment (transformers, breakers, switches, etc.)
      • Documentation for Design Calculations
      • Bill of Materials
      • Construction Documentation (Sequence and RFP)
    • Studies
      • Grounding
      • Lightning
      • AC and DC calculations for Station Service and Battery System Sizing.
      • Bus Fault Stress Analysis
    • Technical Support
      • Procurement
      • Construction
    • Active Coordination
      • Ability to work seamlessly with Physical Designer to develop required drawings.
      • Ability to coordinate efforts with other various external and internal project team members, with familiarity in identifying when coordination is needed with certain design disciplines such as transmission line engineers, distribution line engineers, civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, and surveyors.
    • Other Expectations
      • Keenly focused on the production of high-quality work and supports continuous improvement efforts.
      • Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects.
      • Responsible for assisting with identifying key client interests and drivers and may determine the key clients in some instances.
      • Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work.
      • Serves as a technical specialist for system protection and communication and has knowledge and skillset to provide consultation and guidance to project teams.
      • Remove any impediments that are obstructing the engineering team from achieving its goals.
      • Works to advise Management about how to maximize ROI for the team.
      • Attending all client technical review meetings.
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Project Architect - Land Development
Offices
Richmond, VA
Categories
Civil Engineering
Project Architect - Land Development
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Consults with clients to determine functional and spatial requirements of new structure or renovation, and prepares information regarding design, specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimated costs, and construction time
  • Visits project site to become familiar with existing conditions
  • Prepares fee proposals and time, cost and staffing budgets for project for Department Head approval
  • Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget
  • Plans layout of project and integrating engineering elements into unified design for client review and approval
  • Prepares scale drawings and contract documents for building contractors
  • Represents client in obtaining bids and awarding construction contract
  • Administers construction contracts and conducts periodic on-site observation of work during construction to monitor compliance with plans
  • Prepares studies and reports
  • Prepares project designs and plans using computer assisted design software and equipment
  • Directs activities of workers engaged in preparing drawings and specification documents
  • Resolves client problems and complaints and provides technical advice to project staff
  • Performs final quality assurance/buildability review of project documents
  • Signs and seals project documents prepared under his supervision
  • Understands and obeys site safety requirements for construction sites

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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Certified Planner
Offices
Richmond, VA
Categories
Planning and Landscape Architecture
Certified Planner
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Review and interpret regulatory codes, ordinances, and comprehensive plans.
  • Review and analyze land features relating to opportunities, constraints, and layout options for development.
  • Prepare due diligence analysis, land development concepts, master development plans, and graphic illustrations using both digital and hand drawn formats.
  • Work with senior certified planners to develop and refine design solutions.
  • Use in depth knowledge of land planning theory and concepts in preparing land development concepts and master development plans.
  • Participate in project meetings with staff, clients, & regulatory agencies.
  • Assist in editing technical plans, details, and specifications.
  • Visit construction sites to gather information, review design intent, inform and support senior project team members during the construction phase.
  • Use in depth knowledge of entitlement procedures and required regulatory approvals.
  • Stay current on service-specific trends, technology, software, hardware and equipment. Drive value based on innovation.
  • Initiate and seek out project proposal efforts and cross selling opportunities, including scope and fee, for Planning service projects with local market leaders.
  • Ensures division, regional, and company values, policies and practices are consistently followed within the Planning service.
  • Lead by example – display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.
  • Project geographic focus to be mainly in the South region through local office markets but supported by national Planning service team and expertise.
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Engineering Technician
Offices
Richmond, VA
Categories
Civil Engineering
Engineering Technician
Duties and Responsibilities

• Create, edit, and modify CAD drawings
• Apply Westwood Company CAD standard, practices, and procedures in creating and modifying CAD drawings
• Collaborate in a team environment
• Coordinate filing, storage, and retrieval of drawings and documents
• Work with extreme precision and accuracy in creating design drawings
• Plot and check drawings
• Willing to take on other duties as assigned

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Graduate Engineer - Water Resources
Offices
Frisco, TX
Categories
Water Resources
Graduate Engineer - Water Resources
Duties and Responsibilities

Innovative Project Engagement: Dive into stormwater modeling, floodplain analysis, and hydraulic design, contributing to projects that have a lasting positive impact on communities.

Collaborative Excellence: Work alongside our elite team of engineers on transformative projects, utilizing your creativity and technical expertise to develop sustainable solutions.

Advanced Tool Mastery: Gain hands-on experience with industry-leading software, including HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, CAD, 2D Analysis, and ArcPro, enhancing your ability to bring innovative designs to fruition.

Professional Growth: Embark on a career filled with growth opportunities, mentorship, and the chance to become a key player in project outcomes.

 

Your Role with Us: This is a full-time, in-office position where your work will directly contribute to our team's success. You will be responsible for a range of tasks from hydrologic and hydraulic modeling to preparing detailed reports and construction plans. While this role does not have supervisory responsibilities, it offers a pathway to significant professional development within a supportive and energetic team environment.

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