Assistant Vice President, Project Management

Job-:
Project and Program Management

Location:

Arlington, VA, United States Posted:
This OpportunityWSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Project Management to work out of our office in Arlington, VA.  In this position, you will be involved in projects with our Federal Programs Team focused on energy resiliency, nuclear power, and facilities engineering while being a part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges.

The position will primarily focus on executing AE and Program Management services for federal clients focused on the development of nuclear technologies powering Department of War installations with an emphasis on policy, regulation, permitting, interconnection. Projects are anticipated to have a broad range of engagement from site assessment and characterization through engineering and architectural services. It is anticipated this role will have a primary role in various Program Management Organizations (PMOs) focused on supporting Federal agencies execute their nuclear programs.

Work may be performed directly for the DOW, a construction contractor, or to a nuclear OEM provider. While this segment of the market matures, a fundamental need of the position is developing relationships across segments of the market while building a team and technical ability to deliver the vast services necessary to deliver new nuclear projects.  The position will work with operations and delivery leaders across all sectors to position WSP as the preferred and trusted choice for clients and employees.

Your Impact Drive business in a new and emerging nuclear market with the DOW.Establish relationships with key industry partners to execute challenging projects or the program management across a large number of projects.

Operate as a trusted advisor to the DOW in the development and planning of new nuclear.

Hold a key role within PMOs established to execute a broad Federal nuclear portfolio. Engage in the development of new team members necessary for the expansion of services to meet market needs.

Guides multi-discipline teams in making informed technical decisions.

Fosters innovation and technical excellence of teams.

Identifies opportunities to improve processes and coordinates with Project Delivery Leader and Director of Federal Property and Buildings to implement them.

Assists Client Account Sponsors, Leads, and/or Managers with Client management and satisfaction.

Metrics and KPIs:

Safety, Health, Environment, & Quality (SHEQ) performance of projects in their  Revenue delivered relative to the as-contracted Net Revenue of their portfolio of projects.

Client management and satisfaction.

Operational governance, process adherence and quality.

Collaboration and workshare with other WSP Sectors and Regions supporting resourcing projects with the strongest talent for programs’ or projects’ scopes of work for mutual WSP and client success.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent.

Minimum 10+ years of successful experience proposing on, negotiating fee proposals, and delivering Architectural & Engineering (AE) planning, design, and AE construction-phase oversight services on projects under U.S. Department of War contracts.
7+ years' experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering/architectural teams.
3+ years’ operating within a PMO and overseeing executing of projects through various phases of development. Due to client requirements, US citizenship is required.

Demonstrated experience in working with cross-functional teams and a variety of stakeholders, and in developing and executing strategies to deliver business results.

Demonstrated track record of managing large and complex opportunities…