Our Business

WSP is a global leader in environmental consulting 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.

This Opportunity

WSP has an exciting career opportunity for an Earth and Environment (E&E) Local Business Leader (LBL) for our Environmental Water and Civil Ground Engineering and Materials group in the Texas/Louisiana Region . Within the local geographic markets, the LBL will lead business development and service delivery through successful execution of WSP USA’s strategy and the Texas/Louisiana E&E Strategy, focused on our four pillars of success: Clients, Expertise, People & Culture and Operational Excellence. The LBL is a hybrid role, providing operational leadership while remaining engaged with projects and client delivery.

We offer excellent career growth, a friendly, flexible work environment and a variety of challenging projects. We have a talented staff and work on some of the most exciting projects across the West. We offer the opportunity to mentor talented young engineers in a supportive and flexible atmosphere where the focus is teamwork, quality and excellent client service. Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, solid client relationship skills, a commitment to delivering a quality product and an interest in a leadership role.

You will be engaged in exciting projects across the U.S. ranging from FEMA Risk MAP (Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning) activities, transportation drainage and other similar water resources projects. Our professionals are networked across the WSP organization and are active in technical organizations advancing our practice.

Operational Excellence

• Responsible for delivering all operational metrics across a team of over 60-80 consultants that provide environmental water, site civil, ground engineering and materials testing services

• Optimizes the client and employee experience

• Focuses on innovation and enhancing health & safety, quality and sustainable standards

• Responsible for the development and execution of strategic business plans for markets and sectors in Texas/Louisiana

• Collaborates with regional leadership to strategically drive the business, manage project performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and meet operational financial metrics

• Coordinate with local internal and external client account managers to drive sales and resource allocation in geographic area of responsibility

• Provides commercial risk management and governance in the execution of defined delegation of authority.

People & Culture

• Works with the Regional Leader to attract the best industry talent and grow the business by fostering a work environment that is collaborative, values inclusion and diversity and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow and thrive

• Emphasizes employee development and mentoring culture to create a differentiated employee work experience and accelerates employee growth

• Inspires, motivates and promotes the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale

Clients

• Sets clients at the center for all we do, helping them be “Future Ready” through sustainable planning and design, and prepared for emerging market disrupters

• Brings an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging WSP’S full suite of offerings across all end markets, championing a “one WSP” client culture

• Utilizes our extended reach across offices, regions and the globe to pursue opportunities that foster and expand new and innovative client delivery

• Deploys our unique expertise and perspective to create new value for clients and provides civic and industry leadership within the local market geography

• Manages client coordination and cross-selling efforts across all WSP business lines in coordination with Region, National Business Lines, Sector and strategic growth team

• Has a deep understanding of addressable markets in the local geography, drives performance of the business and strategically grows our market share to ensure WSP is a preferred provider to our clients

Expertise

• Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings

• Fosters the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry

• Supports the advancement of the strategic direction of the business line and positions the region for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context of the strategic plan

• Encourages, supports and promotes the technical and professional development of all staff within WSP

Key performance indicators include EBITDA, Organic Growth, DSO, Utilization, Backlog, Health and Safety Metrics and Employee Engagement.

Direct reports include geotechnical, environmental water, civil ground engineering, planning, and project delivery service leads.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, geology or other related field

• Minimum of 12+ years of relevant post education professional experience, including operational leadership

• Related professional licensing

• Demonstrated experience of leadership, personal accountability, persistent and goal oriented

• Understanding of the role and end market sectors within the industry

• Commitment to internal and external client service

• Strong business acumen with an aptitude for improving processes

• Ability to innovate and re-think the conventional approach to client and employee engagement

• Motivational with a staff development mindset

• Experience with change management

• Collaborative with effective communication skills

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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.