Assistant Vice President, Transportation Planning

About the role

This Opportunity WSP seeks a highly-motivated, self-driven professional with strong background in multimodal transportation planning, environmental (PD&E/NEPA) planning, FDOT processes and projects, and experience with MPO and municipal clients in Florida, with a specific focus on South Florida clients.

Responsibilities

• Takes on project management duties, helps grow the WSP Florida business, and cultivates relationships with clients.
• Provides technical support, leads tasks, and participates in business development activities.
• Supports other WSP disciplines with advisory and planning type tasks.
• Lead the capture planning and proposal develop for upcoming projects.
• Ensures planning-related project elements and processes are conveyed and acted upon with a high level of quality and compliance.
• Collaborates with clients, resource agencies, and planning and technical staff, providing a high level of strategic advice, consultancy, and subject matter expertise.
• Develops a client base for providing high level transportation planning services including identifying additional business development opportunities and engaging in proposal writing and submission.
• Mentors staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
• Remains current in latest transportation planning subject matter, practices, regulations, and techniques.
• Exercises responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adheres to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Performs additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience working in the transportation planning field.
• Strong working relationships with state, regional and local agencies in South Florida.
• Advanced expertise with consulting practices, and established experience coordinating with clients, regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and technical staff required.
• Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior 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.
• Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Experience with discipline-specific software (i.e., ArcGIS, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch-Up, CAD).
• Proficiency with technical business writing, office automation and communication software, technology, and tools.
• Extensive critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, and identify the most effective solutions to accomplish objectives of assigned projects.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Occasional in-state travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in transportation planning related field (preferred).

Skills

• Subject matter technical planning support and project management on a range of multimodal transportation, community planning, and environmental planning projects.
• Technical business writing, office automation and communication software, technology, and tools proficiency.
• Advanced expertise with consulting practices and coordination with clients, regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and technical staff.
• Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience with discipline-specific software.
• Extensive critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Benefits

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.

Pay

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.

About WSP

ABOUT US 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. www.wsp.com

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