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Surface Water Lead-Baltimore

WSP

Baltimore, MD

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$139,800–$249,150 Per Year
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, ArcGIS, Automation Systems, Budget Management, Business Development, Civil Engineering, Communication Skills, Construction Management, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Detail Oriented, Documentation, Due Diligence, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Law, Establish Priorities, Expense Tracking, Federal Emergency Management Agency, HEC-RAS, Hazard Analysis, Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrology, Industry Standards, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Marketing, Mathematics, Mentoring, Multitasking, Negotiation Skills, Organizational Skills, Pharmacovigilance, Predictive Modeling, Problem Solving Skills, Process Development, Professional Engineer, Professional Services, Project Schedule, Project/Program Management, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Record Keeping, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Safety/Work Safety, Schedule Development, Software Engineering, Spreadsheets, Statistics, Stormwater Management, Surface Water, Team Player, Technical Analysis, Technical Delivery, Technical Leadership, Technical Presentation, Technical Strategy, Technical Writing, Training/Teaching, Water Quality Testing, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Baltimore, MD
POSTED
Today
Job Description

This Opportunity

Provides high level management and guidance for a water resources engineering team, helping to develop work processes, due diligence, task and project management and delivery for stormwater/drainage/MS4/TMDL projects.Responsibilities include the management, design and development of processes, infrastructure, and operating strategies related to water quality, stormwater facilities, MS4/TMDL program support, culverts, hydrology, open channel hydraulics, bridge hydraulics, floodplain modeling/mapping, and hydrologic/hydraulic modeling. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards.

Your Impact
  • Demonstrates strong commitment to keeping up to date in technical knowledge of current practice and becoming proficient in applying emerging practices.
  • Ability to lead and manage others in producing high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals.
  • Applies substantial broad knowledge and judgment for a particular function.
  • Serves as an expert in the field, developing and conducting training sessions/courses on new concepts, approaches, and/or materials to enhance the capabilities of staff.
  • Routinely interacts with clients, officials, contractors, and others, using developed negotiation skills to resolve critical issues.
  • Ensures the quality of technical work produced with projects and practices.
  • Helps lead marketing and business development efforts.
  • Promotes teamwork, maintaining positive morale, and instilling a creative culture.
  • Leads implementation of Quality Plan.
  • May be required to sign and seal contract documents.
  • Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams to execute projects including, budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, permit applications, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
  • Coordinate, review and approve infrastructure design plans, ensuring quality design and work is compliant with all applicable regulations.
  • Prepare and/or oversee comprehensive technical reports and presentations for a variety of water resource designs and studies.
  • Understand design principles and current regulatory approaches in Maryland for a variety of stormwater facilities, such as bioretentions, green roofs, permeable pavements, stormwater ponds, manufactured treatment devices, and underground detention facilities.
  • Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
  • Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
  • Remain current in latest 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 and procedures.
  • Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
  • 15+ years of relevant post education experience in water resources engineering.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) in Maryland.
  • Proficient knowledge of water resource engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to environmental permitting and project work-related issues.
  • Well-defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, NPDES MS4/TMDL Programs, Erosion and Sediment Control, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Floodplain Delineation, etc.
  • Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.
  • Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
  • Well-developed ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
  • 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.
  • Works independently with minimal oversight and provides mentoring, guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
  • Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
  • Adept at coordinating technical matters with public and private groups.
  • Proficient understanding of and experience with surface water analysis, hydrologic methodologies/models (TR-55, HEC-HMS, etc.), hydraulic models (HEC-RAS, HEC-RAS-2D, HEC-GeoRAS, SRH-2D, etc.), and with ESRI ArcGIS software.
  • Working knowledge of FEMA flood studies, floodplain analysis and hazards analysis.
  • 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 subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
  • Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
  • Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree in Engineering.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) in Virginia, Washington D.C or adjacent states with capability of achieving licensure in other states.
  • A member of and/or actively participate in local professional practice organizations including American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) or other relevant organizations.


Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $139,800- $249,150

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.

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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.

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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.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation - no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.

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