Southwest Water/Wastewater Lead, Water Resources Engineering

About the position

WSP is seeking a Southwest Water/Wastewater Lead to join our Water team. This position will be based out of Salt Lake City, UT. WSP is a leading environmental consulting firm that specializes in offering innovative water and wastewater treatment solutions to a wide range of clients across the United States. We are dedicated to enhancing environmental sustainability and public health through our expert consulting, engineering, and project management services. The Drinking Water/Wastewater Market Lead will be a key player in expanding our market presence while managing and delivering water and wastewater utility and plant projects in various states. This role involves strategic market development, client relationship management, and technical project leadership. The ideal candidate will have a solid technical background in municipal and industrial water/wastewater treatment, coupled with a proven track record in business development within the environmental consulting industry.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of market expansion strategies for our water and wastewater treatment consulting services.
• Support the pursuit, and secure new business opportunities and projects across multiple states.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, regulatory agencies, and industry stakeholders.
• Oversee the planning, design, and implementation of water/wastewater projects, ensuring they meet quality, budget, and timeline targets.
• Provide expert consulting services, including feasibility studies, process optimization, and regulatory compliance advice.
• Represent the company at industry conferences, workshops, and networking events to enhance our market presence and professional reputation.
• Build and manage a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and project managers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with other departments and teams within the firm to leverage cross-functional capabilities and resources.
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Remain current in latest water resources engineering techniques.
• Collaborates 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental, or Chemical Engineering, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
• 12+ years of relevant post education experience in environmental consulting industry, with a focus on water/wastewater treatment.
• 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.
• 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.
• Well-defined experience in conducting Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments in accordance with ASTM guidelines and industry standards.
• Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies.
• 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.
• 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 out of state may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Engineering.