Local Business-Line Leader: Pacific Northwest Earth & Environment - WSP USA
Portland, OR
About the Job
_Envision. Inspire. Transform._
The WSP Pacific Northwest Earth and Environment (E&E) Local Business-Line Leader (LBL) is a key member of the Mountain Pacific regional leadership team, responsible for meeting the annual business plan goals for E&E and the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan in the Pacific Northwest. Within the local geographic markets, leads business development and service delivery through successful execution of WSP USA’s strategy, focused on our four pillars of success: Clients, Expertise, People & Culture and Operational Excellence. The LBL is a hybrid role, providing operational leadership while remaining engaged with projects and client delivery.
Operational Excellence
+ Responsible for delivering all operational metrics across a team of 175 consultants that provide environmental permitting, environmental water, site investigation and remediation, geotechnical and compliance related services
+ Optimizes the client and employee experience
+ Focuses on innovation and enhancing health & safety, quality and sustainable standards
+ Responsible for the development and execution of strategic business plans for markets and sectors in the Pacific Northwest
+ Collaborates with regional leadership to strategically drive the business, manage project performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and meet operational financial metrics
+ Coordinate with local internal and external client account managers to drive sales and resource allocation in geographic area of responsibility
+ Provides commercial risk management and governance in the execution of defined delegation of authority.
People & Culture
+ Works with the Regional Leader to attract the best industry talent and grow the business by fostering a work environment that is collaborative, values inclusion and diversity and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow and thrive
+ Emphasizes employee development and mentoring culture to create a differentiated employee work experience and accelerates employee growth
+ Inspires, motivates and promotes the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale
Clients:
+ Sets clients at the center for all we do, helping them be “Future Ready” through sustainable planning and design, and prepared for emerging market disrupters
+ Brings an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging WSP’S full suite of offerings across all end markets, championing a “one WSP” client culture
+ Utilizes our extended reach across offices, regions and the globe to pursue opportunities that foster and expand new and innovative client delivery
+ Deploys our unique expertise and perspective to create new value for clients and provides civic and industry leadership within the local market geography
+ Manages client coordination and cross-selling efforts across all WSP business lines in coordination with Region, National Business Lines, Sector and strategic growth team
+ Has a deep understanding of addressable markets in the local geography, drives performance of the business and strategically grows our market share to ensure WSP is a preferred provider to our clients
Expertise
+ Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings
+ Fosters the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry
+ Supports the advancement of the strategic direction of the business line and positions the region for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context of the strategic plan
+ Encourages, supports and promotes the technical and professional development of all staff within WSP
Key performance indicators include EBITDA, Organic Growth, DSO, Utilization, Backlog, Health and Safety Metrics and Employee Engagement.
Direct reports include geotechnical, environmental water, remediation, compliance, permitting and planning, information management and project delivery service line leads.
Qualifications:
+ Bachelor’s degree in engineering, geology or other related field
+ Minimum of 10+ years of relevant post education professional experience, including operational leadership
+ Demonstrated experience of leadership, personal accountability, persistent and goal oriented
+ Understanding of the role and end market sectors within the industry
+ Commitment to internal and external client service
+ Strong business acumen with an aptitude for improving processes
+ Ability to innovate and re-think the conventional approach to client and employee engagement
+ Motivational with a staff development mindset
+ Experience with change management
+ Collaborative with effective communication skills
Compensation and Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
Expected Salary (Washington Only): $171,700 - $250,300
WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and 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, or federal law.
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About WSP
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.
The WSP Pacific Northwest Earth and Environment (E&E) Local Business-Line Leader (LBL) is a key member of the Mountain Pacific regional leadership team, responsible for meeting the annual business plan goals for E&E and the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan in the Pacific Northwest. Within the local geographic markets, leads business development and service delivery through successful execution of WSP USA’s strategy, focused on our four pillars of success: Clients, Expertise, People & Culture and Operational Excellence. The LBL is a hybrid role, providing operational leadership while remaining engaged with projects and client delivery.
Operational Excellence
+ Responsible for delivering all operational metrics across a team of 175 consultants that provide environmental permitting, environmental water, site investigation and remediation, geotechnical and compliance related services
+ Optimizes the client and employee experience
+ Focuses on innovation and enhancing health & safety, quality and sustainable standards
+ Responsible for the development and execution of strategic business plans for markets and sectors in the Pacific Northwest
+ Collaborates with regional leadership to strategically drive the business, manage project performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and meet operational financial metrics
+ Coordinate with local internal and external client account managers to drive sales and resource allocation in geographic area of responsibility
+ Provides commercial risk management and governance in the execution of defined delegation of authority.
People & Culture
+ Works with the Regional Leader to attract the best industry talent and grow the business by fostering a work environment that is collaborative, values inclusion and diversity and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow and thrive
+ Emphasizes employee development and mentoring culture to create a differentiated employee work experience and accelerates employee growth
+ Inspires, motivates and promotes the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale
Clients:
+ Sets clients at the center for all we do, helping them be “Future Ready” through sustainable planning and design, and prepared for emerging market disrupters
+ Brings an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging WSP’S full suite of offerings across all end markets, championing a “one WSP” client culture
+ Utilizes our extended reach across offices, regions and the globe to pursue opportunities that foster and expand new and innovative client delivery
+ Deploys our unique expertise and perspective to create new value for clients and provides civic and industry leadership within the local market geography
+ Manages client coordination and cross-selling efforts across all WSP business lines in coordination with Region, National Business Lines, Sector and strategic growth team
+ Has a deep understanding of addressable markets in the local geography, drives performance of the business and strategically grows our market share to ensure WSP is a preferred provider to our clients
Expertise
+ Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings
+ Fosters the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry
+ Supports the advancement of the strategic direction of the business line and positions the region for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context of the strategic plan
+ Encourages, supports and promotes the technical and professional development of all staff within WSP
Key performance indicators include EBITDA, Organic Growth, DSO, Utilization, Backlog, Health and Safety Metrics and Employee Engagement.
Direct reports include geotechnical, environmental water, remediation, compliance, permitting and planning, information management and project delivery service line leads.
Qualifications:
+ Bachelor’s degree in engineering, geology or other related field
+ Minimum of 10+ years of relevant post education professional experience, including operational leadership
+ Demonstrated experience of leadership, personal accountability, persistent and goal oriented
+ Understanding of the role and end market sectors within the industry
+ Commitment to internal and external client service
+ Strong business acumen with an aptitude for improving processes
+ Ability to innovate and re-think the conventional approach to client and employee engagement
+ Motivational with a staff development mindset
+ Experience with change management
+ Collaborative with effective communication skills
Compensation and Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
Expected Salary (Washington Only): $171,700 - $250,300
WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and 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, or federal law.
#LI-AC2
About WSP
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.
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