This Opportunity

Be involved in projects with our Mid-Atlantic South District Water Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s 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 Lead Consultant for our Baltimore, MD office. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of multiple design projects and hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) studies for stormwater management, conveyance systems, resilient infrastructure, and flood control. This is an excellent leadership position in an internationally recognized global firm in a field designated for rapid growth. 

Your Impact

• Lead business development activities in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. to identify pursuit opportunities, lead pursuit activities for specific projects, and manage client relationships.
• Provide engineering services and project/task management of stormwater, ecological restoration and H&H modeling. 
• Coordinate complex multi-disciplinary projects.
• Coordinate, review and approve design plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• Permitting, public participation, and coordinating/interacting with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing projects including project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide innovative and future ready solutions for clients.
• Remain current in latest stormwater management/stream restoration design standards and 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.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering or closely related discipline.

• Professional Engineer license/Project Management Professional certification or similar certifications is highly preferred. Ability to get licensure/certification in the next 6-12 months is required.

• 7 years of relevant post-education experience in the A/E/C industry with a technical client-facing background in the water resources sector.

• Knowledge of clients, opportunities and competition in Maryland, Virginia or Washington D.C.

• Demonstrated success in strategic selling. Ability to translate complicated technical information into sales messages.

• Experience in water resources engineering including with hydraulic modeling of open-channel and closed conduit systems.

• The ability to manage several projects concurrently, provide senior-level input and evaluation on projects.

• Proficient knowledge of related engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.

• Well-defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Stream and Ecological Restoration, etc.

• Experience with project and client development/relationship management.

• Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.

• 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-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.

• Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.

• Proficient understanding of and experience with stormwater maangement, hydrologic methodologies/models, and with software tools for project delivery including AutoCAD, MicroStation, Bentley design products, project collaboration software, and ArcGIS software.

• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.

• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subconsultants and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in the above-referenced discipline
• Affiliations with professional societies and active industry and community involvement are highly desirable
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