Senior Technical Manager - Drainage and Stormwater

Job Description

Manage projects with our Mid-Atlantic Civil and Drainage Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Technical Manager
- Drainage and Stormwater for our Herndon, Virginia office. The successful candidate will manage the delivery of multiple drainage and stormwater design projects and hydrologic and have experience with hydraulic (H&H) studies for stormwater management, conveyance systems, resilient infrastructure, and flood control in Virginia and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. This is an excellent management position in an internationally recognized global firm in a field designated for rapid growth.

• Perform professional civil engineering on roadway, stormwater, and site projects for multiple federal, state, and local clients. Provide engineering services and project/task management of drainage design, stormwater management, flood control and H&H modeling. Local and state experience on drainage and stormwater management design projects is preferred.

• Coordinate complex multi-disciplinary traditional design and alternative delivery projects.

• Coordinate, review and approve design plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.

• Mentor younger staff in the development of their design skills, including in the latest drainage and stormwater design focused on Virginia and local requirements.

• Permitting, public participation, and coordinating/interacting with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.

• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing projects including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.

• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.

• Remain current in latest drainage and stormwater standards and water resources engineering techniques.

• Support business development activities in the region, including contributing to proposals, interviews and other pursuit activities.

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies.

• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Talent is the essence of meeting our client’s objectives, goals and challenges. If this sounds like a fit for you, we’d love to have that first discussion of you joining our team.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering or closely related discipline.

• Professional Engineer license required. Virginia, Maryland and/or District of Columbia P.E. licenses preferred.

• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in the A/E/C industry with a technical client-facing background in the water resources sector.

• Experience in water resources engineering including with hydraulic modeling of open-channel and closed conduit systems.

• The ability to manage several projects concurrently, provide senior-level input and evaluation on projects, and serve as technical manager.

• Proficient knowledge of related engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.

• Well-defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Floodplain Delineation, etc.

• Experience with project and client development/relationship management.

• Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.

• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.

• Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail,…