Lead Consultant, Water

About the role

This Opportunity WSP is currently initiating a search for a Lead Consultant, Water for our Mountain Pacific District. This position will be located out of our Portland, OR office. WSP USA Operates with a Hybrid-Workplace Model. Be involved in projects with our Mountain Pacific Water Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges. Your primary role will be to serve as a technical leader for drinking water clients across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

Responsibilities

• Perform project management and professional engineering relating to complex drinking water infrastructure projects, including treatment, transmission, storage, pumping, distribution, and system planning.
• Serve as a technical lead and subject matter expert for drinking water projects, providing guidance and oversight throughout planning, design, permitting, and construction support efforts.
• Oversee and monitor multidisciplinary project teams and specialty subconsultants to execute projects while managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to develop future-ready water infrastructure solutions for clients.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with municipal, utility, and industrial water clients, serving as a trusted advisor and helping identify opportunities for continued partnership.
• Support business development efforts through client engagement, strategic account planning, proposal development, scope and fee development, and participation in project interviews.
• Mentor and develop engineers and project managers through technical guidance, career development support, and professional coaching.
• Stay current on emerging drinking water regulations, treatment technologies, resilience strategies, and industry best practices through active participation in professional organizations and industry events.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
• 7 to 10 years of relevant post education experience in water resources engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Proficient knowledge of water resource engineering principles, practices, and processes.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary drinking water infrastructure projects.
• Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.
• Well-developed ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Hightly 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.
• Works independently with minimal oversight and provides guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Adept at coordinating technical matters with public and private groups.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively 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.
• Experience with drinking water treatment, storage facilities, pump stations, transmission mains, and distribution systems.
• Established relationships with municipal water clients in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
• Experience leading proposals, interviews, and business development efforts.

Skills

• Technical writing
• Office automation
• Software
• Technology
• Math principles
• Predictive models
• Spreadsheets
• Tools

Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Pay

Expected Salary (all locations): $107,600 - $159,800

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Contact Information

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