Assistant Vice President, Water Resources

WSP•Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

WSP is currently looking for an Assistant Vice President, Water Resources for our Philadelphia, PA office. This individual will help drive growth, deliver excellence, and mentor staff in a collaborative environment with the business line leaders in the Northeast and across the U.S. operations. Our ideal candidate has solid client relationships with Eastern PA/NJ-area utilities and municipalities, understands water resources market trends, is committed to delivering quality products, and is passionate about building cohesive, best-in-class teams. WSP is aggressively investing in building our water business, expanding our market share with the mission to serve our clients and communities and leave a legacy of positive impact. You will have the opportunity to help shape our future in the Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic markets as well as across our East Region, supported by network of WSP colleagues who share this passion and vision. Join our best-in-class Water Team and help shape our future. Envision. Inspire. Transform.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
12+ years of relevant post education experience in water resources engineering.
Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
Highly proficient with water resources engineering principles, practices, and methods and their application to environmental and project work-related issues.
Highly proficient with the concepts of reducing and eliminating the use or generation of hazardous substances, processes, or products., and mitigation programs.
Strong knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
Proficiency with technical writing, office automation and communication software, technology, math principles, predictive models, and tools.
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 testing results, data collation, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
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.
Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.
Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Engineering.

Responsibilities

With minimal supervision, assist with proactive and strategic leadership for the engineering discipline and function, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project and work site deliverables are successfully achieved within the water resources sector.
Perform engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, integrated waste management plans, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
Lead larger-scale more complex engineering projects ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of environmental problems and programs.
Actively foster compliance with applicable Federal, State, and Local environmental laws, policies, and regulatory requirements.
Ensure that engineering discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition is developed and continuously improved.
Participate in needs analyses and client value surveys to align the engineering discipline's function with business and project strategy, identifying and addressing any skill gaps or risks within the sector business operations.
Schedule engineering discipline meetings, providing updates and recommendations to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to inculcate discipline expertise and innovation into project work.
Serve as one of the engineering discipline's lead representatives/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics - and accountable for planning, development and management of projects in compliance with all applicable City/State/federal codes and regulations, and in accordance with all acceptable engineering practices.
Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents that result in sound engineering, engineering, and regulatory conclusions.
Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
Support and develop a client base for providing high level water resources engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities.
Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.
Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
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.