Description
WSP USA, Inc. is seeking a Carolinas Senior Water Resources Project Manager to provide senior technical, project, and client leadership for their North Carolina Water Resources team.
The successful candidate will be based in Raleigh, Charlotte, or Wilmington, with a focus on supporting complex flood resilience, stormwater, and coastal projects across North Carolina and the broader Carolinas region.
Key responsibilities include:
- Modelling and supporting a collaborative, inclusive, and technically strong team culture
- Mentoring and developing staff, supporting recruiting and retention efforts, and helping build a strong technical bench for the North Carolina water resources team
- Facilitating effective collaboration across offices to bring the right technical expertise and resources to clients and projects
- Supporting employee engagement and contributing to an inclusive team environment where staff can grow professionally
- Supporting sustainable growth by helping deliver high-quality projects, maintaining strong client relationships, and identifying follow-on opportunities with existing and prospective clients
- Achieving margin and project performance targets through proactive risk management, disciplined delivery, and consistent QA/QC across multi-disciplinary teams
- Contributing to focused client and project development strategies that align with local market needs and the strengths of the North Carolina water resources team
- Strengthening strategic accounts and driving exceptional client care within the Carolinas water resources practice area
- Helping identify and position WSP for high-quality opportunities that align with technical strengths, client relationships, and team capacity
- Providing end-to-end pursuit leadership for key opportunities: owning capture plans, positioning, and win strategies
The ideal candidate will have:
- A demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams and inspire cross-functional collaboration
- A bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related field
- 15 years of post-education experience in water resources engineering, with at least 10 years of related experience in the Carolinas
- A Professional Engineering License (PE) in North Carolina or South Carolina
- Strong technical writing and communication skills
- Advanced proficiency with engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, standard of care, and project work-related issues
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with employees at all levels of the organization
- A proven history of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies