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WSP USA Senior Vice President, Environmental Geologist in Irvine, California
This Opportunity
WSP is looking for a Senior Vice President, Environmental Geologist for our Irvine, California Site Investigation & Remediation (SIR) team with experience in consulting, selling, managing, designing and implementing environmental multi-media remediation programs for a variety of clients in the Industrial, Government, Energy, Oil & Gas, and Transportation sectors. We are looking for a candidate who is excited and motivated about the opportunity to help expand our environmental consulting business in California and the West. WSP’s Irvine office provides a broad range of services in engineering and environmental sciences including environmental assessment and remediation, water/wastewater engineering, water resources, environmental compliance, geotechnical design, stormwater infrastructure design, materials testing, and decision analysis.
Your Impact
Perform business development within various sectors for environmental remediation, engineering and related services
Perform Customer Care Lead responsibilities for at least one client
Perform design, oversight, mentorship and direct the efforts of staff- and project-level engineers
Provide leadership for technical reports, proposals and project work scopes, pricing, budget, and performance metrics for the scientific discipline.
Successfully interact with Local Business Leader, Sector Lead, other Principal and Senior-level employees in the office and firm-wide
Manage multiple projects, being responsible for ensuring that deliverables, schedules and budgets are achieved
Meet sales, revenue and delivery goals
Provide proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation, and administration of scientific discipline’s project and program involvement within the organization.
Drive compliance and accountability-at-all-levels with applicable Federal, State, and Local environment laws, policies and regulatory requirements.
Oversee internal vision and mission for the scientific discipline, ensuring alignment with business operations strategy, and maintaining that certifications, accreditations, and client value ratings are continuously improved.
Lead scientific discipline meetings and continuing educational opportunities for area of responsibility, providing updates and recommendations to staff that ensure all appropriate measures are taken to foster innovation, development, and quality project delivery within the discipline.
Serve as the scientific discipline’s representative/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents for complex projects and initiatives that result in sound scientific and regulatory conclusions.
Provide discipline leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
Provides performance guidance and leadership to assigned managers and staff.
Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
BS in Geology, Earth Sciences or related science field
20+ years related environmental investigation/remediation and sales experience in California, with direct client account management experience
Consulting experience with investigation and remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater, including sites impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, chlorinated solvents, PCBs, and/or PFAS.
Demonstrated ability with establishing, implementing, and managing multiple larger-scale discipline-related programs, documents, projects, and practices for a line(s) of business.
California Professional Geologist’s License
Strong work ethic
Strong Project and Program Management experience
Must be a self-starter, team oriented, with excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to manage staff, and effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
Previous experience working with multi-disciplinary remediation/assessment projects involving the Regional Quality Water Quality Control Board, DTSC,and/or one of the local CUPAs
Ability to work with, mentor, and direct geologists, scientists, and technicians
Experience with CERCLA, RCRA, DTSC, Water Board and other CalEPA Programs
Must have consulting experience in soil gas and vapor intrusion issues
Developing and managing complex engineering design and design-build projects
Oversee remedy construction and operation and maintenance of environmental project work
Strategic lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.
Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exits.
Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to quickly adapt to change.
Advanced knowledge and proficiency with office automation/communication software, technology, 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.
Travel to project(s) as needed, for the execution of project goals and business development
Must successfully complete and pass WSP’s Motor Vehicle screening.
Must pass drug test, physical, background check in accordance with the Company’s policy
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Geology or related science field
PMP Certification
40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120)
Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training
WSP 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 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 (California): $168,800-$269,280
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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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.