Stormwater & Resiliency Lead

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Stormwater & Resiliency Lead for our Mid-Atlantic Earth and Environment team. The candidate will be part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges.

• Serve as Client Account Manager for several existing Municipal Stormwater Clients
• Work closely within our Planning Team and with our Mid-Atlantic Engineering Team to mentor junior staff and deliver comprehensive solutions to our clients.
• Develop municipal stormwater business with existing clients and build additional business through new client relationships.
• Lead/Focus our Virginia/Mid-Atlantic Resiliency (water, climate, environmental) practice by identifying and implementing strategies, establishing client relationships and proposal opportunities.
• Respond to requests for proposals and assemble project teams to meet client needs.
• Successfully manage task-order based framework contracts (scope, schedule, budget, profit, cash flow, client satisfaction, repeat work)

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, engineering, political science, public administration, environmental science, or natural resource management.
• 15+ years of relevant technical/professional experience.
• Demonstrated team leadership, goal-driven performance, and staff development.
• Solid project management experience including scheduling, budgeting, resource management, profit, cash flow, and client relations.
• Demonstrated experience/familiarity with client-focused resiliency program development, federal/state water quality (TMDLs, Chesapeake Bay, NPDES, MS4) and flood control programs.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience with group facilitation.
• Strategic planning experience.
• Marketing experience and willingness to develop a long-term client base.
• CFM certification.

• Master’s degree in planning, engineering, political science, public administration, environmental science, or natural resource management.
• Professional association/organization engagement to expand WSP market and reputation.

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.

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.

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  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.