Senior Vice President, Mechanical Engineer - Buildings

This Opportunity

WSP has an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Senior Vice President, Mechanical Engineer with deep experience and expertise in the Property & Buildings
Healthcare sector, based in Irvine, CA
. This person can also sit in our Los Angeles, CA office.

WSP Property and Buildings business line has seen rapid growth across multiple sectors in the last two years. This includes work at a wide range of healthcare institutions. This sector has seen many changes in patient care and space needs adapt post pandemic. Additionally, healthcare clients continue to seek innovative and creative ways to decarbonize their buildings and infrastructure. WSP brings a wide range of services and talented indications to answer these challenges.

Come join our team and grow your career using your skills and experience to prepare our healthcare institutions for the next 100 years of innovation.

To respond to this growth, WSP’s Property and Building Business has an opportunity for a Healthcare Sector Leader to join our teams in California Region and beyond. This is a growth position for motivated candidates looking to expand their influence in the building industry. As a Senior
Vice President – Healthcare Sector Leader
, you will have the opportunity to develop and grow relationships in the healthcare market, develop strategy, lead pursuits and multidiscipline engineering teams. This position is an exciting opportunity for a candidate to join our Midwest teams of experienced professionals in a leadership role and grow a team focused on Healthcare Clients.

• Externally focused on business development, client outreach, and pursuit management.
• Drive the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of Mechanical Engineering work for WSP in assigned area of responsibility, with a focus on infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, and strategic consulting and program/construction management).
• Funnel information and communicate with the Marketing Team and Operations Team.
• Develop high-level business contacts and a client base for providing high-level mechanical engineering services, including identifying additional business development opportunities and cross-selling other WSP capabilities.

• Develop, coach, train, and value our people.
• Oversee the implementation of process changes.
• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
• Resource projects and coordinate with other offices and business lines for intercompany work.
• Lead engineering discipline meetings and continuing educational opportunities, providing updates and recommendations to staff to foster innovation, development, and quality project delivery.
• Provide discipline leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high-level strategic advice to clients.
• Provide performance guidance and proactive leadership to assigned managers and staff.
• Collaborate with professionals from various disciplines to provide future-ready solutions for clients.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, adhering to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

• Provide technical assistance on various engineering, design, and construction issues relating to automatic temperature control systems and specifications, air distribution (supply, return, exhaust), hydronic systems (chilled water, heating water, etc.), and plumbing systems (domestic water, waste, vent, storm, etc.).
• Remain current in the latest mechanical engineering techniques and practices.
• Serve as the engineering discipline’s representative/liaison to various external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and government and community entities.
• Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents for complex projects and initiatives that result in sound engineering and regulatory conclusions.

• Lead and deliver projects with accountability for the profitable performance of individual projects and their successful…