Assistant Vice President Environmental Water

About the role

This Opportunity WSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Environmental Water to join our Baton Rouge and New Orleans, LA office.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning and execution, making key decisions that will drive future ready water resource solutions for our clients on our water resources projects.
• Collaborate with our dedicated local teams, while being supported by our international expertise.
• Work with water resource and environmental engineers and professionals and environmental and permitting experts.
• Build relationships with our clients, becoming their trusted partner.
• Shape the future of our team through team leadership and business development activities.
• Identify potential clients, project opportunities and support pursuits, including development of proposals.
• Manage team members, supporting their career development and providing professional mentorship.
• Support business development activities by identifying clients and projects, and support pursuit activities, including client meetings, proposal development and interviewing.
• Be active in local professional organizations and remain current in latest water resources techniques.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, Hydrogeology, or Geology, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant post education experience in water resources engineering.
• PE or PG license required (LA required, TX preferred).
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage resources, and foster collaboration among stakeholders, subcontractors and team members.
• Proficient knowledge of water engineering principles, practices and methods and their application to project work.
• Well-defined knowledge of water systems planning, design, engineering, cost estimating, and project management.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Work independently with minimal oversight and provide guidance and leadership to junior to mid-level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from data, arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Qualifications

• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Skills

• Project management and professional design and analysis relating to hydraulic and hydrologic analysis, modeling, and design projects for our water clients in the Texas and Louisiana area.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams, including a variety of specialty subconsultants, to execute projects including managing scope, schedule, and budgets, while building client and team relationships.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from data, arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Coordination and direction of subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings.

Pay

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

WSP USA operates with a Hybrid-Workplace Model.