Surface Water Lead-Baltimore

This Opportunity

Provides high level management and guidance for a water resources engineering team, helping to develop work processes, due diligence, task and project management and delivery for stormwater/drainage/MS4/TMDL projects. Responsibilities include the management, design and development of processes, infrastructure, and operating strategies related to water quality, stormwater facilities, MS4/TMDL program support, culverts, hydrology, open channel hydraulics, bridge hydraulics, floodplain modeling/mapping, and hydrologic/hydraulic modeling.

Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards.

• Demonstrates strong commitment to keeping up to date in technical knowledge of current practice and becoming proficient in applying emerging practices.
• Ability to lead and manage others in producing high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals.
• Applies substantial broad knowledge and judgment for a particular function.
• Serves as an expert in the field, developing and conducting training sessions/courses on new concepts, approaches, and/or materials to enhance the capabilities of staff.
• Routinely interacts with clients, officials, contractors, and others, using developed negotiation skills to resolve critical issues.
• Ensures the quality of technical work produced with projects and practices.
• Helps lead marketing and business development efforts.
• Promotes teamwork, maintaining positive morale, and instilling a creative culture.
• Leads implementation of Quality Plan.
• May be required to sign and seal contract documents.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams to execute projects including, budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, permit applications, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
• Coordinate, review and approve infrastructure design plans, ensuring quality design and work is compliant with all applicable regulations.
• Prepare and/or oversee comprehensive technical reports and presentations for a variety of water resource designs and studies.
• Understand design principles and current regulatory approaches in Maryland for a variety of stormwater facilities, such as bioretentions, green roofs, permeable pavements, stormwater ponds, manufactured treatment devices, and underground detention facilities.
• Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
• Remain current in latest water resources engineering techniques.
• 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.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant post education experience in water resources engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) in Maryland.
• Proficient knowledge of water resource engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to environmental permitting and project work-related issues.
• Well‑defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, NPDES MS4/TMDL Programs, Erosion and Sediment Control, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Floodplain Delineation, etc.
• Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.
• Well‑defined specific knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record‑keeping requirements.
• Well‑developed ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non‑engineering…