Vice President, Quality and Audit (Advisory and Planning

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Vice President, Quality and Audit (Quality Director) to support our US Advisory and Planning team. The candidate may work out of any WSP US office.  
Be a part of growing team of leaders, pioneers, and engineers with huge global support to accelerate your career to new heights.  WSP is a happy and healthy work environment with a great attitude towards flexibility, support, inclusion, balance, and promoting leading innovation.

Your Impact:

• Partner with the US Quality Director to implement the US Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) Manual for your Business Line.
• Lead the Business Line Quality Support team to improve governance and compliance.
• Support the development and implementation of national quality procedures and tools.
• Support the development, design, and roll out of a national quality management system, providing guidance to ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and assurance at all levels of the business including Corporate Document Management.
• Conduct drop-in assessments and support the internal audit program, including audit corrective action plans.
• Develop performance and reporting mechanisms/tools, auditing to ensure business line compliance with National and Global Quality requirements. 
• Assist in the development, rollout and tracking of targets and objectives to ensure the business achieves its strategic aims and successfully delivers on the quality policy.
• Work as part of the National team ensuring a safe environment for all our employees situated in a WSP office and/or client/project office.
• Promote a positive, health, safety environment & quality culture.
• Support the business line with project quality and proposals.
• Coach project teams on developing, guiding, and verifying the implementation of project quality plans, as well as escalating audit corrective action plans as needed.
• Assist with business line operations to monitor and report on compliance and progress through regular audits.
• Participate in select Monthly Project Reviews (MPRs) and engage in recovery efforts where needed.
• Establish and support workflows for quality engagement in pursuits and project delivery.
• Collaborate with technical leaders on standards and best practices for implementation specific to design services.
• Identify training needs in collaboration with operations leaders and deliver as required.
• Report quality concerns, gaps, deficiencies, and improvement opportunities to the Quality Director.
• Promote, guide, and document award program nominations.
• Coordinate with project managers (PMs) and project directors (PDs) to ensure client surveys are conducted in a timely manner.
• Perform and document root cause analysis, lessons learned, and best practice reviews as needed to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide early notification to the Quality Director on projects with quality concerns or issues.
• Facilitate quality training for all new employees and refresher training at required intervals.
• Meet and report regularly with the Quality Director to review metrics, schedules, action items, and follow-ups.
• Support national and global quality-related continual improvement initiatives.
• Participate in project management and planning meetings.
• Share knowledge with peers.
• Demonstrate commitment to staying current with emerging practices and technical knowledge.
   

Measurables:

• Our people feel safe in their place of work, protected from both physical, security and psychological hazards.
• We have a strong quality culture, where people feel a sense of personal responsibility and accountability.
• We display visual leadership and a commitment to the health, safety, environment & quality of our people / partners and the protection of the environment from our activities. 
• We maintain a strong quality performance against global leading and lagging indicators.
• Best in class Management System.
   

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Have at least 12 years of experience in the field of Quality in multi-disciplinary activities, including Construction, Engineering, and Project Management.
• 5+ years in a management role working closely with leadership teams.
• Working knowledge of Business Line projects and programs.
• Working knowledge of HSEQ integrated systems.
• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Adept at using Microsoft Office programs, especially Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
   

Preferred Qualifications

• HSEQ-related qualifications
• Internal/external auditi