Vice President, Project Management

6 days ago

Indianapolis IN United States WSP USA Full time

This Opportunity

WSP is initiating a search for a Vice President, Project Management for our Transportation and Infrastructure Group to join our dynamic team in WSP’s Transportation Facilities Group for Indiana . In this role, you will support our client development program, lead strategic pursuits, and serve as a senior project manager for major projects.

The successful candidate will support multiple major clients through existing contract agreements, manage other transportation agency projects in the region, and lead client growth including acting as pursuit manager leading strategic pursuits. This position will be focused on positioning WSP as the preferred and trusted choice for our transportation clients, employees, and business partners. You will passionately support the Indianapolis Office Leadership teams through WSP’s strategically focused four pillars of success: People & Culture, Clients, Operational Excellence, and Expertise. You will be an external face of WSP leveraging local and national resources and relationships to deliver significant value on our client’s programs. This individual will provide input in the overall strategic plan to grow and diversify WSP’s future Indiana practice and support our technical delivery, project management practices, and business development activities.

Your Impact

  • Provide project management, scheduling, and work planning for staffing level needs and delivery of assigned projects.
  • Lead project teams with all aspects of design from conceptual and preliminary engineering to final design.
  • Accountable for overall management and successful execution of assigned engineering projects, monitoring internal and external events, expenses, performance, and profitability.
  • Ensure that production of plans, specifications, reports, and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost, and quality requirements and are commensurate with professional standards, client requirements, and corporate objectives.
  • Coordinate and work with multi-disciplined engineering staff throughout the U.S. and abroad. Determine the best internal resources and ensure sufficient project staff are available to meet key schedule milestones.
  • Ensure projects are completed within schedule and budget; and develop contingency strategy if schedule or budget are impacted.
  • Embrace and cultivate WSP and local office culture in alignment with WSP strategies enabling teams to thrive.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with public and private sector clients, agencies, partner firms, and sub-consultants, as well as other external stakeholders such as vendors and suppliers.
  • Lead staff development which includes mentoring, training, coaching, and professional development.
  • Collaborate with professionals and senior leadership from a variety of disciplines to provide innovative solutions for clients.
  • Support pursuit of alternative and traditional delivery projects providing innovations and supporting proposal preparation.
  • Support effective long-term client and contractor relationships.
  • Represent WSP's alternative delivery capabilities in assigned locations, markets, and at industry associations as appropriate.
  • 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.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Planning, or closely related transportation field. Advanced degree is a plus.
  • 15+ years of relevant post-education experience in project management, stakeholder management, oversight, and design solutions, with a strong focus on the Indiana business market.
  • Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to manage a large span of control while effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interacting with employees at all levels of the organization.
  • Demonstrated project management experience - personally accountable, persistent, and goal-oriented.
  • Extensive experience with local county and municipal construction projects.
  • Advanced proficiency with project practices, process, alternative delivery, standard of care, and the application to project work-related issues.
  • Strongly established relevant client relationships and industry contacts, including: County, municipal, private, and business partners in the local area while working with Local Business Leaders.
  • Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment.
  • Demonstrated commitment to internal and external client service.
  • Ability to think strategically and creatively, and craft approaches to challenging problems.
  • Ability to translate complicated technical information into messaging in support of proposal messaging.
  • Sound decision-making, strategic and visionary thinking, and creative business development capabilities across a multi-disciplined practice.
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
  • Travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Additional Details

  • Travel Required: Up to 25%
  • Job Status: Regular
  • Employee Type: Full
  • Primary Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • All locations: US-OH-Cincinnati

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.

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.

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