Senior Vice President - Transportation Sector Leader

WSP • Los Angeles, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

WSP USA seeks a Senior Vice President – Transportation Sector Leader in our
California Region with facility-related project experience in the transportation
sector, focused on airports, container ports, highways, rail/transit projects,
and similar programs.  This position is an exciting opportunity for a candidate
to join a dynamic office team with experienced professionals in a leadership
role and build a team of professionals to capture and expand WSP's market share
in this sector.  

Transit-oriented clients continue to seek innovative and creative ways to
decarbonize their buildings and infrastructure.  WSP bring a wide range of
services and talented indications to answer these challenges.  Come join our
team and grow your career using your skills and experience to prepare our
transportation clients for the next 100 years of innovation. 

The position is based in WSP's Los Angeles, CA office.

To respond to this growth, WSP’s Property and Building Business has an
opportunity for a Transportation Sector Leader to join our teams in California
Region and beyond.  This is a growth position for motivated candidates looking
to expand their influence in the building industry.  As a Senior Vice President
– Transportation Sector Leader, you will have the opportunity to develop and
grow relationships in the transit market, develop strategy, lead pursuits, and
multidiscipline engineering teams.  This position is an exciting opportunity for
a candidate to join our California team of experienced professionals in a
leadership role and grow a team focused on transportation-based Clients,
including collaboration with our Transportation and Infrastructure business
line.

Your Impact

WSP's vision is based on a passionate, thoughtful strategy that embraces the
four pillars of our business: Clients, People & Culture, Operational Excellence,
and Expertise:

Clients

•     Drives the performance of the facility-based transportation-focused
business and strategically grows our market share to fulfill our goal of making
WSP our clients' preferred, trusted advisor.

•     Manages local client coordination and cross-selling efforts in
coordination with Region, District, National Business Lines, and Pursuit
Management.

•     Represent the firm in the facility-specific transportation market through
regular involvement in client and industry events and associations to promote
intelligence gathering and pipeline development.

•     Brings an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by
leveraging our full suite of offerings across all end markets.

•     Utilizes our extended reach of technical and subject matter experts (SMEs)
across regions, districts, offices, and the globe to foster new and innovative
client delivery.

 People & Culture

•     Works with the District Business Line Leader to attract the best industry
talent by fostering a collaborative work environment, values inclusion and
diversity, and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive
place to work, grow, and thrive.

•     Emphasizes employee training and development to create a unique work
experience.

•     Inspires, motivates, and promotes the best of WSP to our clients and
communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale.

•     Supports programs such as Safety, Sustainability, and Ethics & Compliance

 Operational Excellence

•     Optimizes the client and employee experience through regular reviews while
embracing process improvement.

•     Focuses on innovation and collaboration while maintaining and improving
quality.

•     Develop local growth, forecast, and business development strategy in
collaboration with District, Region, and National Business Line Leaders.

•     Resolves conflict and other internal/external issues that may arise in the
office, amongst WSP's client base, or on projects.

•     Collaborates with regional, district leaders and other area leaders to
strategically drive the business, assess and suggest improvements for project
performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and focus on Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs):   Sales, Funding, EBITDA, Staff Hiring and Retention, DSO,
Utilization, Backlog, Inclusion & Diversity, and Guiding Principles.

   Expertise

•     Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new
service offerings.

•     Fosters the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the
trusted thought leaders in our industry.

•     Advances the region's strategic direction in the location of
responsibility for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context
of the strategic plan.

Encourages, supports, and promotes the technical and professional development
of local WSP staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a Mechanical Engineer or relevant engineering field.
• 15+ years of experience in the Transportation Industry, focusing on a combination of any of the following: Engineering Management, Business Development, and Business and Operations Management.
• Professional registration or certification.
• Demonstrated experience in starting and rapidly growing a team of professionals to capture market share in a sector that is not a current strength in the region.
• Demonstrated balanced, solid management/leadership skills, including leading and developing staff.
• The ability to develop strong, established local client relationships and industry contacts.
• Demonstrated sound decision-making, strategic and visionary thinking, and creative business development capabilities across a multi-disciplined practice.
• Ability to effectively manage large groups of engineering staff.
• Proficient writing, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Drives the performance of the facility-based transportation-focused business and strategically grows our market share to fulfill our goal of making WSP our clients' preferred, trusted advisor.
• Manages local client coordination and cross-selling efforts in coordination with Region, District, National Business Lines, and Pursuit Management.
• Represent the firm in the facility-specific transportation market through regular involvement in client and industry events and associations to promote intelligence gathering and pipeline development.
• Brings an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging our full suite of offerings across all end markets.
• Utilizes our extended reach of technical and subject matter experts (SMEs) across regions, districts, offices, and the globe to foster new and innovative client delivery.
• Works with the District Business Line Leader to attract the best industry talent by fostering a collaborative work environment, values inclusion and diversity, and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow, and thrive.
• Emphasizes employee training and development to create a unique work experience.
• Inspires, motivates, and promotes the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale.
• Supports programs such as Safety, Sustainability, and Ethics & Compliance
• Optimizes the client and employee experience through regular reviews while embracing process improvement.
• Focuses on innovation and collaboration while maintaining and improving quality.
• Develop local growth, forecast, and business development strategy in collaboration with District, Region, and National Business Line Leaders.
• Resolves conflict and other internal/external issues that may arise in the office, amongst WSP's client base, or on projects.
• Collaborates with regional, district leaders and other area leaders to strategically drive the business, assess and suggest improvements for project performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and focus on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):   Sales, Funding, EBITDA, Staff Hiring and Retention, DSO, Utilization, Backlog, Inclusion & Diversity, and Guiding Principles.
• Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings.
• Fosters the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry.
• Advances the region's strategic direction in the location of responsibility for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context of the strategic plan.
• Encourages, supports, and promotes the technical and professional development of local WSP staff.

Benefits

• WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive