Lead Consultant, Advisory Services

Lead Consultant, Advisory Services – WSP U.S.

Take part in transforming infrastructure across transportation, buildings, energy, water, environment, and power sectors, providing strategic planning, organizational development, economic and financial analysis, and project development and delivery services supported by WSP’s engineering expertise.

• Support Advisory Services projects, ensuring project management, budget, work product, quality control, and financial performance meet firm standards.
• Develop high‑quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals.
• Direct and oversee tasks for deliverables on projects and provide guidance to junior staff.
• Perform complex qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Lead client meetings and develop trusted relationships.
• Evaluate current state across people, processes, and technology.
• Recommend data‑driven improvements to achieve future state.
• Develop and drive to completion action‑oriented improvement roadmaps.
• Translate client concerns into actionable scopes, sequences of activities, and associated deliverables.
• Familiarity with industry‑standard practices, business process mapping notation, and methodologies.
• Understand capital delivery processes, particularly in transit and rail, roadways, or power industry contexts, including planning, design, procurement, construction, and handover to operations.
• Navigate ambiguous environments and complex conversations with clients and leadership to define scope and keep the project on track.
• Manage project and project team, including time management and working to deadlines.
• Work in a matrixed environment and influence without authority.
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget for smaller projects.
• Contribute to thought leadership and subject‑matter collateral development.
• Maintain up‑to‑date technical knowledge of current and emerging practices.
• Serve as a mentor to junior staff.
• Lead or significantly contribute to proposal preparation and marketing activities.
• Proactively identify technical issues and take actions to mitigate risk.
• Adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in designing and implementing process improvement practices.
• 7 to 10 years of directly relevant experience, particularly in capital delivery for transit and rail, roadways, or power industry.
• Proven experience in consulting or a comparable role in developing organizational capability and performance improvement within an organization.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence.
• Hands‑on leader, collaborator, individual contributor, and strong team player, depending on context.

• Proven experience in consulting or a comparable role in developing organizational capability, performance improvement, or process improvement within an organization.
• Understanding of government agency operations.
• Familiarity with technological solutions and tools that support automation and decision‑making within the public works environment.
• Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Lean Six‑Sigma certification (or similar).
• Prosci certification (or similar).

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales. Industries:
Professional Services.

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for bereavement, voting, and attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Expected Salary (all locations): $102,000 - $181,720.
WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and compensation, depending on circumstances not related to a protected status.

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