Assistant Vice President, Water Resources Engineering

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Drainage Engineering Project Manager for our Seattle, WA office. WSP USA Operates with a Hybrid-Workplace Model. Be involved in projects with our Northwest Pacific Water Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

Provides high level technical assistance, leadership, and guidance on multi-site/phase drainage engineering work processes, due diligence, investigation, remediation, impact assessment, and environmental permitting projects.  Tasks may include the design and development of drainage, wastewater, or water projects.  Substantiates reports and documentation to advise on field conditions, movement, and outcome of overall risks to ecological and human health and respond to regulatory drivers.   Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards.

Your Impact

• Perform high-level project management and professional engineering relating to drainage design on projects
• Foster relationships with local clients to pursue more drainage design projects
• Identify upcoming drainage projects with local clients, lead projects through business case and Go-No Go decisions, and champion proposal efforts for new drainage work
• Provide guidance with data collection efforts for collecting, identifying, and compiling appropriate data 
• Develop advanced technologies, monitoring devices, modeling techniques, design requirements, and operating strategies to reduce the volume and toxicity of pollutants, account for the negative environmental impact of industrial facilities, power plants, and transportation vehicles/systems, and allow for greater use of water resources.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams to execute mid-level projects including, budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, emission and mass balance calculations, permit applications, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
• Coordinate, review and approve infrastructure design plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, reports, models, cross-sections, and other illustrations for the interpretation or presentation of more complex data, findings, or analyses.
• Prepare comprehensive technical reports and presentations that explain research, findings, and recommendations.
• Prepare and implement site Health and Safety Plans (HASPs).
• Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing mid-level projects including project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.
• 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 Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering
• 10+ years of relevant post education experience in drainage design
• Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred.
• Proficient knowledge of drainage design engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to environmental permitting and project work-related issues. 
• Well-defined knowledge of conveyance systems planning, design, engineering, cost estimating, and project management. 
• 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 calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations. 
• Ability to plan and conduct inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-