Surface Water Service Line Leader - 16697

Phoenix, AZ

Surface Water Service Line Leader - 16697

This Opportunity

WSP has an exciting career opportunity for a Surface Water Service Line Leader to join our Arizona operation. This individual will manage the Arizona Operation’s Environmental Water group and interface with other water leaders across the West Region and the U.S. 

We offer excellent career growth, a friendly, flexible work environment and a variety of challenging projects. We have a talented staff and work on some of the most exciting projects across the West. We offer the opportunity to mentor talented young engineers in a supportive and flexible atmosphere where the focus is teamwork, quality and excellent client service.  Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, solid client relationship skills, a commitment to delivering a quality product and an interest in a leadership role.
 
You will be engaged in exciting projects across the U.S. ranging from FEMA Risk MAP (Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning) activities, transportation drainage and other similar water resources projects.  Our professionals are networked across the WSP organization and are active in technical organizations advancing our practice.

WSP’s regional offices are currently supporting Risk MAP programs. The successful candidate will be working closely with team members, both locally and nationally, towards the successful completion of a variety of Risk MAP products and other water resource projects.

Your Impact

•    Work with other Water Resources Service Line Leaders supporting our hydraulics and hydrology groups across the West region.
•    Lead an established project team completing projects that include tasks such as the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models of open and closed systems, flood hazard mitigation analysis, risk data analysis, GIS analysis, and preparation of planning reports.
•    Leads, coordinates, and performs drainage design activities on projects to include technical planning, design and construction support.
•    May perform detailed drainage design for; highways, roadway, culverts, storm drain systems, retention/detention basins, erosion control measures, hydraulic structures including weirs, drop structures, and energy dissipaters.
•    Lead and support business development and strategic planning efforts to increase market share in priority markets, including federal, state and local clients.
•    Supervise and direct staff to ensure optimal productivity, positive motivation, training, and employee recognition.
•    Recruit/hire staff and direct project staffing assignments to meet client, contract, and company business objectives.
•    Act as program/project manager and/or provide senior level technical roles for select projects and programs in planning, analysis, engineering and/or design associated with flood risk management, drainage engineering, and other related surface water resources management projects.
•    Manage and coordinate project teams, including ensuring the technical quality of deliverables.
•    Convey results and findings by means of oral discussions, graphic-based presentations, and project documentation.
•    Travel to project sites and attend public meetings.
•    Support financial, project management, backlog, and utilization reporting requirements for the Arizona Operation.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

•    BS in Civil Engineering or related engineering degree required, MS preferred.
•    Professional Engineer (PE) required.  Arizona license preferred or be in position to obtain registration through reciprocity.
•    Proficient in stormwater management, hydrology, and hydraulic practices.
•    10 years + of hydrology / hydraulics and water resources experience, drainage infrastructure design, and business experience with increasing levels of supervisory and managerial responsibility.
•    Experienced with software such as: FLO-2D, HEC-1/HEC-HMS, HEC-2/HEC-RAS/HEC-RAS 2D, HEC-6/HEC-6T, Microstation, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and HY-8 as this individual will mentor train and check models of junior engineers.
•    Expertise in the use of GIS for data import, manipulation, review, querying, filtering/screening of results.
•    Proven effective leadership, business development, client management, and project management experience.
•    Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
•    Familiarity with the National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA flood insurance study regulations.
•    Must pass background check and must have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the Company's driving (MVR) policy.