Lead Consultant - Freight and Logistics

This Opportunity

Be involved in projects with our Advisory Services Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges.

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!

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Consultant - Freight and Logistics. This position could be located in our Houston, TX office. Be involved in freight and logistics projects with our Economics, Finance, & Grants business line and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges.

About the Position:

We are looking for a highly motivated analyst consultant with experience in freight planning at the federal, state, regional, and/or local level. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise in economic and statistical analysis of freight infrastructure, strategies, and policies. Ideal candidates will also have a background in data science and programming and be eager to innovate and advance the state of practice.

The Freight and Logistics Senior Consultant position offers great opportunities for professional growth.  You will work directly with industry thought leaders to identify and apply evolving and innovative practices to large, highly visible projects across the United States.

Your Impact

• Help public agencies at all levels of government (and some private clients) make better investment, policy, and planning decisions
• Independently lead complex qualitative and quantitative analysis and research
• Direct primary and secondary research, as well as technical analysis
• Collaborate with teams across service areas and business lines 
• Contribute to marketing and business development efforts
• Present approaches and findings in conferences and publish where appropriate
• The successful candidate will have the following skills, interests, and experiences:
• Experience with multimodal freight plans (at the state, regional, and local levels), modal freight plans, market studies, and/or federal grant support.
• Knowledgeable in multimodal freight systems, freight operations, urban freight strategies, sustainability, freight technologies, and supply chains.
• Data science and modeling experience with large freight data sets, including GPS, travel times, commodity flows, international trade, etc. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
• Program/project delivery implementation experience is highly desirable
• Contributes to thought leadership and research
• Recognized for technical excellence 
• Experience with analytical packages and/or programming languages (GIS, R, Python, Tableau, PowerBi, etc.)
• Experience with leveraging Artificial Intelligence tools and techniques to support planning, research, and analysis tasks
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access)
• Excellent communicator with the ability to deliver complex ideas and results in an intuitive and effective manner to a non-technical audience

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience 
• Degree in engineering, economics, data science, statistics, applied mathematics, business, public policy, or urban planning
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s policies 
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree or higher is preferred. 

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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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement sav