Who We Are

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Water Resources Engineer for our Baltimore, MD office. Be involved in projects with our Water Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Your Impact

• Lead business development activities in Maryland, identify pursuit opportunities, lead pursuit activities for specific projects, and manage
  client relationships.
• Provide engineering services and project/task management of stormwater, flood control and H&H modeling. FEMA experience is preferred.
• Provide technical advice in support for other projects, such as for stream restoration, by overseeing development of H&H models and coordinating any FEMA requirements.
• Coordinate complex multi-disciplinary projects.
• Coordinate, review and approve design plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• Permitting, public participation, and coordinating/interacting with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing projects including project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
• Remain current in latest H&H modeling standards and water resources engineering techniques.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering or closely related discipline.
• Professional Engineer license required. Maryland and District of Columbia P.E. licenses preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in the A/E/C industry with a technical client-facing background in the water resources sector.
• Knowledge of clients, opportunities and competition in Maryland.
• Demonstrated success in strategic selling. Ability to translate complicated technical information into sales messages.
• Experience in water resources engineering including with hydraulic modeling of open-channel and closed conduit systems.
• The ability to manage several projects concurrently, provide senior-level input and evaluation on projects, and serve as technical leader.
• Proficient knowledge of related engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
• Well-defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Floodplain Delineation, etc.
• Experience with project and client development/relationship management.
• Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and
  non-engineering audience.
• Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Proficient understanding of and well-defined experience with surface water analysis, hydrologic methodologies/models, hydraulic models, and with software tools for
  project delivery including AutoCAD, MicroStation, Bentley design products, project collaboration software, and ArcGIS software.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, statistical
  analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subconsultants and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in the above-referenced discipline
• Affiliations with professional societies and active industry and community involvement are highly desirable
  
  #LI-MC4

Additional Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Additional Details

• Travel Required: N/A - No travel required
• Job Status: Regular
• Employee Type: Full
• Primary Location: BALTIMORE - EAST PRATT ST
• All locations: US-MD-Baltimore

About WSP

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. www.wsp.com

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.