Transportation Technical Excellence Practices Leader - WSP USA

This Opportunity

Be involved in projects with our Northern California District’s Transportation Business Line and help grow all business lines to meet our client’s objectives. 
  
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. 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  Northern California Transportation Technical Excellence Practices Leader within our San Francisco, CA office. The candidate will assist with leadership of the Northern California Transportation Business Line team, and provide direct leadership of a multi-sector technical excellence team, provide leadership to ensure technical practices such as civil engineering, electrical, architecture, structures and others including technical deliverables and programs are delivered with quality and demonstrates technical excellence.  Assist in the project delivery and the development and implementation of district’s marketing and business growth strategies, and coordinate workshare with offices across the Northern California. They will provide coordinated leadership with other local and national business line leaders for the pursuit of transportation and infrastructure focused highway, bridge, roadway corridor, transit and rail, tolling and mobility solutions, and multi-modal; and aviation-based transportation improvements, as well as support our clients and project opportunities for all of WSP’s services. 

This position can also be located out of our San Jose, Sacramento, or Oakland CA Offices.

Your Impact

Operational Excellence 

• Optimizes the client and employee experience through regular review and implements process improvements, and provide leadership to ensure technical practices and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards, and which elevates the district’s technical excellence.
• Focuses on innovation and enhancing transportation and mobility solutions, project delivery and technical solutions.
• Responsible for subject matter expertise innovation and administration, and ensures technical and corporate compliance with standards. 
• Collaborate with district leaders, technical excellence leaders and project/program management teams and other area leaders to establish quality and sustainable standards. 
• Supports the development of local growth, forecast and business development strategy in collaboration with District, Region and National Business Line Leaders. 
• Resolves conflict and other internal/external issues that may arise in the office, amongst WSP’s client base, or on projects. 
• Collaborate with regional, district leaders and other area leaders to strategically drive the business with focus on business growth, manage project performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and meet operational, business performance, and financial metrics. 

People & Culture 

• Works with the Northern California Business Line Leader to organize the Northern California business with focus on vision and culture, talent development and building teams, client engagement and experience, and performance and growth strategy.
• Collaborate with Business Line Leader to attract the best industry talent 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.
• Provide proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation and administration of engineering and technical disciplines’ project and program involvement across the district and within the organization.
• Emphasizes employee training and development to create a unique work experience. 
• Inspires, motivates and promotes the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale. 
• Supports programs such as Quality, Safety, Sustainability and Ethics & Compliance; and Inclusion & Diversity and Guiding Principles. 

Clients 

• Brings an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging our full suite of offerings across all end markets, and technical practices such as civil engineering, electrical, architecture, structures and others.
• Utilizes our extended reach across regions, districts, offices and the globe to foster 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 area.
• Drives performance of the technical excellence practices, business and strategically grows our market share to ensure WSP is a preferred provider to our clients.
• Leverages technical experience and leadership to support client engagement, and provides strategic direction and leadership of Client Engagement Teams (CET).
• Supports local client coordination and cross-selling efforts in coordination with Region, District, National Business Lines, and Pursuit Management.

Expertise 

• Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings with focus on transportation and infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, project/program management).
• Collaborates with Business Line Leader, local business and district leadership in the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry. 
• Supports advancement of the strategic direction of the district and region in the location of responsibility for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context of the strategic plan.
• Encourages, supports and promotes the technical and professional development of local WSP staff.
• Demonstrates technical experience to advance service offerings and technical excellence through direct project delivery demonstrated by set performance utilization goal as Technical Excellence Practices Leader.
• Key performance indicators include:  EBITDA, Organic Growth, DSO, Utilization, Backlog and other performance measures focused on business growth.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of experience with a college degree or equivalent experience with a strong focus in engineering, transportation, infrastructure, and/or project management/project delivery. 
• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, business management/administration or a relevant field.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License or equivalent required.
• Demonstrated experience of leadership, personal accountability, persistent and goal oriented. 
• Ability to innovate and re-think the conventional approach to client and employee engagement. 
• Strong business acumen with an aptitude for improving processes. 
• Sound decision-making, strategic and visionary thinking, and creative business development capabilities across a multi-disciplined practice. 
• Strongly established relevant client relationships and industry contacts in the local area. 
• Commitment to internal and external client service. 
• Commitment to travel to workshare locations and offices across the Northern California to support leadership of teams across the district.
• 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. 
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.

WSP Benefits: 

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: $111,000 - $255,400

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.

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