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Senior Vice President, Project Management
$144k-181k (estimate)
Full Time
3 Weeks Ago
WSP in Canada is Hiring a Senior Vice President, Project Management Near Indianapolis, IN
Job DescriptionThis OpportunityWSP is initiating a search for a Senior Vice President, Project Management for our Transportation and Infrastructure Group to join our dynamic team in WSP’s Indiana Office. In this role you will support our client development program, lead strategic pursuits and serve as a senior project manager for major projects, including those delivered using Alternative Delivery methods (P3, DB, CM/GC).
The successful candidate will support INDOT and other transportation agency client growth including acting as pursuit manager leading strategic pursuits. This position will be focused on positioning WSP as the preferred and trusted choice for our transportation clients, employees, and business partners. In this position, you will passionately support the Indianapolis office leadership team through WSP’s strategically focused four pillars of success: People & Culture, Clients, Operational Excellence, and Expertise. You will be an external face of WSP leveraging local and national resources and relationships to deliver significant value on our client’s programs. This individual will have involvement and input in the overall strategic plan to grow WSP’s Indiana transportation practice and support our technical delivery, project management practices and business development activities.
Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, advanced client relationship building skills, commitment to quality, and a desire to expand WSP’s market, clients, and service offerings. A major part of this role includes developing, implementing, and managing projects from the early pursuit planning stages through the scope development, design, and eventual delivery. Reporting to the Midwest District Transportation Business Line Leader, this position will sit in our major project managers group with a primary focus on project delivery for our client programs both locally and nationally.
Envision. Inspire. Transform.
Your Impact
Additional Details
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 savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
The successful candidate will support INDOT and other transportation agency client growth including acting as pursuit manager leading strategic pursuits. This position will be focused on positioning WSP as the preferred and trusted choice for our transportation clients, employees, and business partners. In this position, you will passionately support the Indianapolis office leadership team through WSP’s strategically focused four pillars of success: People & Culture, Clients, Operational Excellence, and Expertise. You will be an external face of WSP leveraging local and national resources and relationships to deliver significant value on our client’s programs. This individual will have involvement and input in the overall strategic plan to grow WSP’s Indiana transportation practice and support our technical delivery, project management practices and business development activities.
Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, advanced client relationship building skills, commitment to quality, and a desire to expand WSP’s market, clients, and service offerings. A major part of this role includes developing, implementing, and managing projects from the early pursuit planning stages through the scope development, design, and eventual delivery. Reporting to the Midwest District Transportation Business Line Leader, this position will sit in our major project managers group with a primary focus on project delivery for our client programs both locally and nationally.
Envision. Inspire. Transform.
Your Impact
- Provide project management, scheduling, and work planning for staffing level needs and delivery of assigned projects.
- Lead projects with all aspects of transportation design from conceptual and preliminary engineering to final design.
- Accountable for overall management and successful execution of assigned engineering projects, monitoring internal and external events, expenses, performance, and profitability.
- Ensure that production of plans, specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements and are commensurate with professional standards, client requirements and corporate objectives.
- Coordinate and work with multi-disciplined engineering staff throughout the U.S. and abroad. Determine the best internal resources and ensure sufficient project staff are available to meet key schedule milestones.
- Ensure projects are completed within schedule and budget; and develop contingency strategy if schedule or budget are impacted.
- Embraces and cultivates WSP and local office culture in alignment with WSP strategies enabling teams to thrive.
- Develop and maintain relationships with public and private sector clients, agencies, partner firms and sub-consultants, as well as, other external stakeholders such as vendors and suppliers.
- Lead staff development which includes mentoring, training, coaching and professional development.
- Collaborates with professionals and senior leadership from a variety of disciplines to provide innovative solutions for clients.
- Support pursuit of alternative and traditional delivery projects providing innovations and supporting proposal preparation.
- Support effective long-term client and contractor relationships.
- Represent WSP's alternative delivery capabilities in assigned locations, markets, and at industry associations as appropriate.
- 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.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, or closely related transportation field. Advance degree is a plus.
- 15 years of relevant post education experience in engineering, civil and infrastructure design, and project management with a strong focus in the transportation market.
- Indiana engineering license required; multi-state preferred.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to manage a large span of control while effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interacting with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated project management experience - personally accountable, persistent, and goal-oriented.
- Extensive experience with the Indiana Department of Transportation and with local county and municipal transportation projects.
- Advanced proficiency with civil engineering principles, practices, process, alternative delivery, standard of care, and the application to project work-related issues.
- Strongly established relevant client relationships and industry contacts, including: INDOT, DPW, county, municipal, private, and business partners in local area.
- Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to internal and external client service.
- Ability to think strategically and creatively, and craft approaches to challenging problems.
- Ability to translate complicated technical information into messaging in support of proposal messaging.
- Sound decision-making, strategic and visionary thinking, and creative business development capabilities across a multi-disciplined practice.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Additional Details
- Travel Required: Up to 50%
- Job Status: Regular
- Employee Type: Full
- Primary Location: INDIANAPOLIS-WEST WASHINGTON STREET
- All locations: US-IN-Indiana
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 savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
SALARY
$144k-181k (estimate)
POST DATE
06/02/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/28/2024
WEBSITE
wspgroup.ca
HEADQUARTERS
Montral
SIZE
25 - 50
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