Senior Vice President, Electrical Engineering - Buildings

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Vice President, Electrical Engineer to join our dynamic South California Property & Buildings team. This position will be based out of our Irvine, CA office.

As Senior Vice President, Electrical Engineer you will provide regional and/or multi-sector leadership to ensure electrical engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, infrastructure projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality. You will be responsible for SME innovation and administration, ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal engineering, construction, and safety regulations, and providing strategic and consistent direction to address current and future challenges in a large-scale and multi-faceted business organization.

Your Impact

• Initially, the role would include leadership in the growth of the San Diego office’s electrical team. This would involve marketing efforts with office leaders, oversight and training of the office’s electrical staff, and assistance in recruiting for team growth. This role would include in-person leadership for approximately 2 to 3 days a week. The goal would be substantial growth and brand improvement in the San Diego market within a 6-month to one-year timeframe. Once this goal is achieved, the role and responsibilities would be re-evaluated and adjusted to the mutual benefit of this leader and the company.
• The role would initially include the potential for leadership within the Southern California region and beyond, as mutually agreed upon, with a primary focus on the Life Science and Healthcare market sectors.
• Provide proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation, and administration of engineering discipline’s project and program involvement within the organization.
• Lead the most complex and largest scale electrical engineering projects within the engineering discipline, ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring internal and external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance and profitability, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
• Responsible for the pursuit and development of business and the successful execution of work for current and potential infrastructure work within a geography specifically for the large projects within the area. 
• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
• Drive the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of Electrical Engineering work for WSP in assigned area of responsibility, with a focus on infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, and strategic consulting and program/construction management). 
• Accountable for the profitable performance of the individual projects and the successful completion of the projects within the specified area. 
• Drive compliance and accountability-at-all-levels with applicable Federal, State, and Local electrical/engineering/design/construction laws, codes, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee internal vision and mission for the engineering discipline, ensuring alignment with business operations strategy, and maintaining that certifications, accreditations, and client value ratings are continuously improved.
• Lead engineering discipline meetings and continuing educational opportunities for area of responsibility, providing updates and recommendations to staff that ensure all appropriate measures are taken to foster innovation, development, and quality project delivery within the discipline.  
• Serve as the engineering discipline’s representative/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
• Provide senior leadership for proposals and project work scopes, pricing, budget, and performance metrics for the engineering discipline.
• Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents for complex projects and initiatives that result in sound engineering and regulatory conclusions.
• Provide discipline leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
• Provides performance guidance and proactive leadership to assigned managers and staff.
• Develop high-level business contacts and a client base for providing high level electrical engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities, and cross-selling of oth