Vice President, Civil TEC Leader

WSP USA is currently seeking a Vice President, Civil TEC Leader to lead their dynamic team in Valhalla and Troy, New York.

The successful candidate will provide multi-office leadership to ensure highway/civil engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, infrastructure projects, and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.

Responsibilities:

• Provide proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation, and administration of highway/civil engineering projects and programs.
• Lead the most complex and largest scale highway/civil engineering projects, ensuring contributors know their requirements and deadlines, preparing and overseeing project budgets, monitoring internal and external events, tracking hours and expenses, and supervising subcontractors and employees.
• Pursue and develop business, focusing on large infrastructure projects across eastern New York State.
• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
• Drive the long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of highway/civil engineering work for WSP.
• Ensure compliance with Federal, State, and Local engineering/design/construction laws, codes, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee internal vision and mission for the engineering discipline, ensuring alignment with business operations strategy.
• Lead highway/civil engineering discipline meetings and continuing educational opportunities.
• Serve as a liaison to external entities, including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, and industry-related groups.
• Provide senior leadership for proposals, project work scopes, pricing, budget, and performance metrics.
• Interpret and summarize data for complex projects and initiatives.
• Provide highway/civil discipline leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high-level strategic advice to clients.
• Develop high-level business contacts and a client base for providing high-level civil engineering services.
• Remain current in the latest highway/civil engineering techniques and practices.
• Collaborate with professionals from various disciplines to provide future-ready solutions for clients.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• 12+ years of relevant post-education experience in highway/civil engineering and infrastructure design.
• NYS Professional Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
• Advanced proficiency with highway/civil engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, standard of care, and application to permitting and project work-related issues.
• Extensive advanced proficiency with infrastructure design.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant highway/civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to establish, implement, and manage multiple larger-scale highway/civil discipline-related programs, documents, projects, and practices.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strategic lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from various sources, including senior management, clients, and company-wide staff.
• Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to various schedules and hours.
• Advanced knowledge and proficiency with office automation, highway/civil discipline-specific design software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools used in the corporate environment.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability.
• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life.
• Retirement savings.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation (or other personal time).
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

• Expected Salary: $153,000 - $250,000