Senior Technical Director, Environmental Engineering

This Opportunity

WSP is looking for a Senior Vice President, Environmental Remediation Engineer for our California offices (Oakland, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Petaluma, San Jose, Fresno, Costa Mesa, and San Diego) with experience in consulting, selling, managing, designing and implementing Environmental Multi-media Remediation programs for a variety of clients in the Industrial, Government, Energy, Oil & Gas and Transportation sectors. We are looking for a candidate who is excited and motivated about the opportunity to help expand our environmental consulting business in California and the West.

WSP’s Oakland office provides a broad range of services in engineering and environmental sciences including environmental assessment and remediation, water/wastewater engineering, water resources, environmental compliance, geotechnical design, stormwater infrastructure design, materials testing, and decision analysis.

• Perform Business Development within the Oil & Gas and Industrial/Commercial Sectors for environmental remediation, engineering and related services

• Perform Customer Care Lead responsibilities for at least one Oil & Gas or Industrial/Commercial client

• Perform design, oversight, mentorship and direct the efforts of staff- and project-level engineers

• Assist preparation of technical reports and proposals

• Successfully interact with Service Line Leader, Sector Lead, other Principal and Senior-level employees in the office and firm-wide

• Manage multiple projects, being responsible for ensuring that deliverables, schedules and budgets are achieved

• Travel to project(s) as needed, for the execution of project goals and business development

• Meet sales, revenue and delivery goals

• BS in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, Geological or related Engineering field

• Consulting experience with petroleum contamination cleanups in soil and groundwater including free floating products (LNAPL) AND/OR must have chlorinated solvent contamination consulting experience for remediation of soil and groundwater

• 15+ years related environmental remediation and sales experience in California, with direct client account management experience

• California (Civil) Professional Engineer’s License

• Strong work ethic, must be a self-starter, team oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong Project and Program Management experience

• Previous experience working with remediation/assessment projects involving the Regional Quality Water Quality Control Board, DTSC and/or one of the local CUPAs

• Ability to work with, mentor, and direct engineers and technicians

• Candidate should have experience with CERCLA, RCRA, DTSC, Water Board and other CalEPA Programs

• Must have consulting experience in soil gas and vapor intrusion issues

• Developing and managing complex engineering design and design-build projects

• Oversee remedy construction and operation and maintenance of environmental project work

• 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR ) preferred.

• Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training desired.

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (California): $220,000-$303,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the…