Senior Technical Manager, Water Resources Engineer

Our Business

We are a global leader in environmental consulting - made stronger with the recent acquisition of Wood’s Environment & Infrastructure business and Golder - with world-class expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG), climate resiliency & sustainability (CRS), and earth sciences. Combined we have over 20,000 multidisciplinary professionals worldwide collaborating daily to protect and conserve natural landscapes, create firm foundations for communities to stand on, and champion sustainable development to combat climate change.

As part of the team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.

WSP is looking for a Senior Technical Manager, Water Resources Engineer to join our dynamic team in Tampa, Florida.

Are you a water resources engineer who enjoys leading engineering design? Are you looking for an opportunity to work with an international company, with an established team of professionals? We have an excellent opportunity for a project management engineer focused on technical problems. In this position, you will design and analyze engineering projects, manage tasks, and develop new business opportunities. Much of the work will be within Florida and focused on natural systems restoration, stormwater treatment, stream restoration, and resiliency focused projects.

Work on cutting-edge resilience and natural systems design projects such as Vulnerability assessments and Stream Restoration Projects with major clients within the Tampa Bay Region

• Support business development activities such as client engagement, opportunity identification, team formation, proposal preparation, presentation, and project execution.
• Provide proactive and strategic leadership for the civil engineering discipline and function, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project and work site deliverables are successfully achieved within the business sector.
• Perform engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, integrated management plans, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
• Lead civil engineering projects ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and when it needs to be completed, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
• Identify and assess actual and potential problem areas in design quality implementation/adherence and support efforts to encourage continuous improvement in the quality process.
• Mentor Project Managers and Staff Engineers.
• Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics – and accountable for planning, development, and management of projects in compliance with all applicable City/State/Federal codes and regulations, and in accordance with all acceptable engineering practices.
• Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide “trusted advisor” service and future ready solutions for clients.
• 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.
• Mentor a team of early and mid-career engineers and scientists
• Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors and drafts complex professional service agreements and addenda for review by senior management.
• Deliver quality products to clients on schedule
• Conduct both field and office tasks associated with water-resources projects
• Guide CAD Modeling, GIS and other relevant software technology
• Prepare calculations, design and make recommendations for water-resources…