# Senior Vice President, Electrical Engineer - Buildings

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: San Diego, CA
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $190,200- $303,400
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Vice President, Electrical Engineering to lead the growth and delivery of WSP's Property & Buildings practice in San Diego, with a strong focus on Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, and Civic market sectors.

As a Senior Vice President, you will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, a market leader within the Southern California region, and a key contributor to the continued expansion of WSP's Property & Buildings business.

**Responsibilities**

**Leadership & Business Development**

- Lead strategic growth initiatives for the Property & Buildings practice throughout Southern California.

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key clients, government agencies, healthcare systems, universities, developers, architects, and contractors.

- Identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities and major project pursuits.

- Collaborate with regional and national leadership to establish growth strategies and market priorities.

- Lead proposal development, presentations, contract negotiations, and client engagement activities.

- Represent WSP at industry organizations, conferences, and networking events.

**Technical Leadership**

- Provide executive oversight and technical direction for complex electrical engineering projects.

- Guide project teams in the planning, design, and delivery of power distribution, lighting, life safety, low-voltage systems, renewable energy, and critical facility infrastructure projects.

- Champion innovation, resiliency, sustainability, electrification, and decarbonization initiatives across all project types.

- Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, quality management procedures, and client requirements.

- Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on critical projects.

**Team Development**

- Build, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams.

- Foster a collaborative and inclusive culture focused on professional growth and technical excellence.

- Support recruitment, retention, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.

- Provide coaching and mentorship to project managers, senior engineers, and emerging leaders.

**Project & Operational Management**

- Provide executive oversight of project performance, profitability, quality, and client satisfaction.

- Partner with project managers and operational leaders to ensure successful project execution.

- Monitor financial performance, resource planning, utilization, and business metrics.

- Support risk management and quality assurance initiatives.

**Requirements**

- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Architectural Engineering from an accredited institution.

- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.

- 15+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience, including leadership responsibilities.

- Demonstrated success leading large-scale Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, and/or Civic projects.

- Strong business development experience with a proven record of developing client relationships and winning work.

- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and complex project portfolios.

- Strong understanding of electrical power systems, lighting design, emergency power, low-voltage systems, renewable energy integration, and building performance.

- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and leadership skills.

- Ability to travel as needed to support clients and project teams.

**Benefits** WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

**Compensation** Expected Salary (all locations): $190,200- $303,400

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Leadership
- Business Development
- Project Management
- Technical Leadership
- Team Development
- Client Relationships
- Proposal Development
- Contract Negotiations
- Client Engagement
- Industry Organizations
- Conferences
- Networking Events
- Power Distribution
- Lighting Design
- Life Safety
- Low-Voltage Systems
- Renewable Energy
- Critical Facility Infrastructure
- Innovation
- Resiliency
- Sustainability
- Electrification
- Decarbonization
- Codes
- Standards
- Quality Management
- Client Requirements
- Subject Matter Expert
- Trusted Advisor
- High-Performing Teams
- Mentorship
- Recruitment
- Retention
- Succession Planning
- Leadership Development
- Coaching
- Project Performance
- Profitability
- Quality
- Client Satisfaction
- Financial Performance
- Resource Planning
- Utilization
- Business Metrics
- Risk Management
- Quality Assurance

### Nice to have
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field
- LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
- Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
- Established relationships within the Southern California AEC market
- Experience working with major healthcare systems, higher education institutions, civic agencies, and commercial developers
- Strong understanding of California building codes, healthcare regulations, energy codes, and sustainability initiatives

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