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Surface Water Lead-Baltimore

WSP
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Apr 2026
💰 $249,150/yr($139,800/yr$249,150/yr)

About the role

This Opportunity

Provides high level management and guidance for a water resources engineering team, helping to develop work processes, due diligence, task and project management and delivery for stormwater/drainage/MS4/TMDL projects.  Responsibilities include the management, design and development of processes, infrastructure, and operating strategies related to water quality, stormwater facilities, MS4/TMDL program support, culverts, hydrology, open channel hydraulics, bridge hydraulics, floodplain modeling/mapping, and hydrologic/hydraulic modeling.   Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards.

Your Impact

  • Demonstrates strong commitment to keeping up to date in technical knowledge of current practice and becoming proficient in applying emerging practices.
  • Ability to lead and manage others in producing high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals.
  • Applies substantial broad knowledge and judgment for a particular function.
  • Serves as an expert in the field, developing and conducting training sessions/courses on new concepts, approaches, and/or materials to enhance the capabilities of staff.
  • Routinely interacts with clients, officials, contractors, and others, using developed negotiation skills to resolve critical issues.
  • Ensures the quality of technical work produced with projects and practices.
  • Helps lead marketing and business development efforts.
  • Promotes teamwork, maintaining positive morale, and instilling a creative culture.
  • Leads implementation of Quality Plan.
  • May be required to sign and seal contract documents.
  • Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams to execute projects including, budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, permit applications, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
  • Coordinate, review and approve infrastructure design plans, ensuring quality design and work is compliant with all applicable regulations.
  • Prepare and/or oversee comprehensive technical reports and presentations for a variety of water resource designs and studies. 
  • Understand design principles and current regulatory approaches in Maryland for a variety of stormwater facilities, such as bioretentions, green roofs, permeable pavements, stormwater ponds, manufactured treatment devices, and underground detention facilities.
  • Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
  • Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
  • Remain current in latest water resources engineering techniques.
  • 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.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
  • 15+ years of relevant post education experience in water resources engineering.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) in Maryland.
  • Proficient knowledge of water resource engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to environmental permitting and project work-related issues. 
  • Well-defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, NPDES MS4/TMDL Programs, Erosion and Sediment Control, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Floodplain Delineation, etc.
  • Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.
  • Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
  • Well-developed ability to make technical computations and

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