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Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP Advisory and Planning is looking for an experienced professional to join our team as Principal Consultant, Sustainable Materials, in our Digital Consulting and Strategic Innovation business practice.
As sustainability becomes increasingly central to the development and management of transportation infrastructure, WSP is establishing a new program, “Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Solutions,” to help our public and private sector clients navigate the complex landscape of climate-smart materials and achieve sustainability goals across asset life cycles.
In this role, you will lead our efforts to develop and implement sustainable materials strategies for transportation agencies, material producers, and contractors. You will drive the growth of our sustainable materials consulting services, leveraging your expertise in environmental product declarations, Product Category Rules, life-cycle assessment, environmental benchmarking, and sustainable alternatives for traditional construction materials.
Your leadership will position WSP as the industry thought leader in sustainable transportation infrastructure, creating value for our clients by helping them reduce their environmental footprint while maintaining performance and cost-effectiveness.
This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the sustainability transformation of transportation infrastructure while building a thriving business practice within a global consulting firm committed to creating a more sustainable future.
Your Impact
Required Qualifications
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $142,500 - $263,340
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
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.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP Advisory and Planning is looking for an experienced professional to join our team as Principal Consultant, Sustainable Materials, in our Digital Consulting and Strategic Innovation business practice.
As sustainability becomes increasingly central to the development and management of transportation infrastructure, WSP is establishing a new program, “Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Solutions,” to help our public and private sector clients navigate the complex landscape of climate-smart materials and achieve sustainability goals across asset life cycles.
In this role, you will lead our efforts to develop and implement sustainable materials strategies for transportation agencies, material producers, and contractors. You will drive the growth of our sustainable materials consulting services, leveraging your expertise in environmental product declarations, Product Category Rules, life-cycle assessment, environmental benchmarking, and sustainable alternatives for traditional construction materials.
Your leadership will position WSP as the industry thought leader in sustainable transportation infrastructure, creating value for our clients by helping them reduce their environmental footprint while maintaining performance and cost-effectiveness.
This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the sustainability transformation of transportation infrastructure while building a thriving business practice within a global consulting firm committed to creating a more sustainable future.
Your Impact
- Lead strategic development of sustainable materials programs for transportation infrastructure to position WSP as an industry leader and expand market presence.
- Support public and private sector clients in developing and implementing programmatic sustainability strategies, including Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) implementation, to advance their sustainability goals.
- Lead and support business development activities with existing and prospective clients, including strategic teaming, grant applications, and proposals.
- Develop technical guidance, specifications, and training programs to support practical implementation of sustainability goals for transportation agencies.
- Represent WSP at industry conferences, technical committees, and stakeholder forums focused on sustainable transportation infrastructure.
- Collaborate across other WSP Advisory and Planning practice areas and business lines spread across its regions nationally to identify opportunities for offering sustainability solutions that align with client needs and local market demands.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 12 years of experience with a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Business Administration, or related fields, with a focus on transportation infrastructure sustainability.
- Demonstrated experience developing or implementing programmatic sustainability strategies for transportation construction materials.
- Strong understanding of sustainable alternatives for materials, including asphalt concrete, cement concrete, steel, and other materials, and clean energy technologies.
- Proven ability to analyze environmental impacts including extreme weather and develop benchmarking methodologies to assess sustainability of transportation construction materials.
- Proven experience with stakeholder engagement to build collaboration with industry and public agencies around the adoption of EPDs and sustainable materials.
- Excellent communication skills demonstrated through delivery of technical assistance, facilitation, participation in committees and task forces, and presentations at in-person or virtual events.
- Ability to travel out of state occasionally as needed.
- Experience with product-level embodied carbon assessment, Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions inventory, life cycle assessment, clean energy, and sustainability-related legislation, regulations, and standards is a plus.
- National and international standardization credentials and industry contacts will also considered favorably.
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $142,500 - $263,340
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
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.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
Salary : $142,500 - $263,340
