Description
WSP is currently seeking a Regional Program Building Director for our Nashville, TN office location to work with our Southeast Property & Buildings Region.
This role will actively participate in the full project cycle with a focus on infrastructure evaluation and replacement work in fields such as healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, labs, and industrial manufacturing projects. Our Engineers work on high-quality, high-profile, national and international projects with our practice providing design services for over 30 million square feet of medical facilities.
Your Impact
- Provides technical guidance and oversight to WSP teams in support of delivering high-performing building and sustainable designs across a wide range of projects
- Leads pursuits and supports program/portfolio level management for infrastructure-related projects
- Develops and maintains relationships with Owners, cultivating new service delivery for clients: building optimization, retro-commissioning, decarbonization strategies, and overall portfolio energy optimization
- Engages with staff at various levels for technical and professional mentorship
- Participates in conceptual design phases to ensure Owner's goals and objectives are met
- Performs QA/QC on projects at various phases of development, offering technical guidance and system performance improvement options
- Provides proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation, and administration of engineering discipline's project and program involvement within the organization
- Drives the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of Infrastructure focus Engineering work for WSP in assigned area of responsibility, with a focus on infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines
- Oversees internal vision and mission for the engineering discipline, ensuring alignment with business operations strategy, and maintaining certifications, accreditations, and client value ratings
- Leads engineering discipline meetings and continuing educational opportunities for area of responsibility
- Provides senior leadership for proposals and project work scopes, pricing, budget, and performance metrics for the engineering discipline
- Interprets and summarizes data, including reports and documents for complex projects and initiatives
- Provides discipline leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contributes to providing high-level strategic advice to clients
- Develops high-level business contacts and a client base for providing high-level mechanical engineering services
- Helps develop project pipeline and participates in reviewing and maintaining backlog for infrastructure projects
- Remains current in the latest mechanical engineering techniques and practices
- Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future-ready solutions for clients
- Exercises responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or closely related discipline
- 15+ years of relevant post-education experience in engineering, mechanical, and infrastructure design
- Extensive advanced proficiency with building and infrastructure design
- Advanced knowledge of relevant mechanical engineering and construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements
- Demonstrated ability with establishing, implementing, and managing multiple larger-scale 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 a wide variety of sources
- Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies