Project Director, National Resilience Practice

This Opportunity

WSP is initiating a search for a Project Director to support our company’s growing Resilience Practice and our Federal and State/Local Business Lines focused on hazard mitigation. This is a full-time position located in our Portland, OR or Seattle, WA offices.

This is a project management and client development position that requires experience in (i) supporting communities and agencies in determining risks and developing effective response strategies (ii) analyzing  hazards such as seismic events, wildfire, storm surge, riverine flooding, and changing future conditions (ii) assessing the probable impacts caused by those hazards to our clients’ assets, their services, and our society, and/or (iii) integrating this information into policy, strategies, programs, planning, projects, and decisions to support resilience efforts. You will work with other experts from our various national practices, including engineers, planners, economists, policy specialists, and risk modelers, and expand our organization to meet our growing portfolio of clients.

Your Impact

• Work directly with communities to support their goals of enhancing resilience.
• Support communities and agencies in their efforts to traverse complex federal and state funding programs.
• Manage multiple projects, delivering on commitments through effective coordination with internal and external resources, including consulting team partners.
• Contribute to the continued expansion of the market, through the delivery of existing services and products for new clients and the design and delivery of new services and products aimed at supporting effective decisions and improve capital investments to reduce the effects of future climate-related hazards.
• Develop strategic business plans, working with sector leads from within the WSP USA business lines on collaborative engagements.
• Represent WSP USA in the marketplace, contributing capabilities and experiences to other WSP offices.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, physical sciences, planning or other technical discipline relevant to the assessment and management of community risk
• 15+ years of professional experience, including project management, supervision and staff mentoring experience
• Management consulting and business development experience
• Demonstrated leadership in project design and delivery
• Technical capabilities in the assessment and management of multi-hazard risk
• Experience working independently, and on efforts requiring remote collaboration
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Post Graduate Education
• Knowledge of federal programs administered by FEMA, HUD, and EPA and others.
• Experience working for government agencies in a leadership position.
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders (e.g., transportation, water, energy, municipal) to address resilience concerns 

WSP 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. 

Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $114,000 - $210,800

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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