Senior Professional, Water Resources Engineering

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Consultant, Water for our Mountain Pacific District. This position will be located out of our Portland, OR office. WSP USA operates with a Hybrid Workplace Model. Be involved in projects with our Northwest Pacific Water Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

Your primary role will be to support the planning, design, and delivery of wastewater conveyance and pump station projects for municipal and utility clients across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. You will contribute technical expertise to projects involving gravity sewer systems, force mains, pump stations, condition assessments, rehabilitation, hydraulic modeling, and capital improvement planning. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across WSP to develop practical, innovative, and future‑ready infrastructure solutions.

The position requires strong technical and project delivery skills, including the ability to coordinate with clients, lead technical tasks, and work effectively as part of a project team. This role also provides opportunities to support and mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, project coordination, and knowledge sharing while continuing to develop project management and technical leadership capabilities.

• Perform professional engineering and project delivery responsibilities related to wastewater conveyance, force mains, pump stations, collection systems, and related infrastructure projects.
• Support project managers and technical leads in the planning, design, permitting, and construction support of municipal wastewater projects.
• Prepare and review engineering calculations, technical memoranda, studies, plans, specifications, cost estimates, and contract documents.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary project teams, including structural, geotechnical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, environmental, and permitting professionals.
• Support hydraulic modeling, alternatives analyses, condition assessments, capacity evaluations, and capital improvement planning efforts.
• Coordinate project activities with clients, regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and other stakeholders in a professional manner.
• Assist with scope, schedule, budget, and quality management for assigned tasks and projects.
• Participate in client meetings, workshops, field investigations, and site visits.
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers through technical guidance, project coordination, and knowledge sharing.
• Support proposal development activities by contributing technical content, project experience, scope development, and cost estimates.
• Coordinate with clients, project stakeholders, and regulatory agencies to support successful project delivery.
• Remain current on wastewater engineering practices, conveyance system design, pump station technologies, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Work as an individual or as part of a cross‑functional team to execute project work.
• Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• 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 Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
• 5 to 7 years of relevant post‑education experience in water resources engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License, or the ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Proficient knowledge of water resource engineering principles, practices, process.
• Working knowledge of gravity sewer systems, force mains, pump stations, and wastewater collection system infrastructure.
• Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.
• Ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the…