Senior Vice President Rail Vehicles - National Rail Business Line

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a full-time Senior Vice President Rail Vehicles - National Rail Business Line to be located preferably in our Boston, MA office. The selected candidate will be supporting WSP’s clients engaged in the procurement, retrofit, maintenance and operation of light rail vehicle, heavy rail and commuter rail fleets. Experience in working with rail Transit Authorities, preparing technical specifications, standards, and recommended practices along with rail car manufacturing and maintenance experience is strongly desired. 

As senior staff you will be responsible to help build the rail vehicle national practice (staff recruiting/development and business development).

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

Your Impact

• Lead business development activities for the Rail Vehicles National Practice 
• Ensure Client satisfaction of work products and develop new business opportunities.
• Lead specification development efforts in the area of rail vehicles.
• Lead overhaul oversight activities in the areas of material usage, labor, quality, scheduling and budget.
• Have a track record of performing engineering analysis and root cause determination of problematic systems.
• Assume technical and managerial responsibility for the preparation of technical reports as requested by the client.
• Preparation of progress reports during the light rail build phase (new or rebuild) for the client.
• Assume a lead role in assisting in new pursuits in terms of presentations and proposal writing.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Perform billable work and other tasks as assigned based on training
• Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.
• Remain current in latest transit and rail engineering techniques and practices.
• Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines, other engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development opportunities.
• Ability to travel for project work.
• 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.
• Participate in marketing, business development and proposal support as required. 
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, or closely related discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and prior transit and rail experience. 
• License(s) and/or Certification(s) as applicable.
• Highly proficient with transit and rail engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build on major infrastructure projects, particularly railway civil works, transit stations, bridges, and elevated structures. 
• 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
• 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, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, OpenRail), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, 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, computations, 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 h