Senior Vice President of Structural Engineering

5 days ago

Detroit, Michigan, United States WSP Full time
About the Opportunity

This is an exceptional opportunity to lead our structural engineering team and drive business growth in the Detroit, MI area. As a Senior Vice President, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and technical expertise to ensure the delivery of high-quality structural engineering projects and programs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation, and administration of engineering discipline's project and program involvement within the organization.
  • Lead the most complex and largest scale structural engineering projects within the engineering discipline, ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring internal and external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance and profitability, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
  • Responsible for the pursuit and development of business and the successful execution of work for current and potential building and infrastructure work within a geography specifically for the large projects within the area.
  • Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
  • Drive the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of Structural Engineering work for WSP in assigned area of responsibility, with a focus on building and infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, strategic consulting, and program/construction management).
  • Accountable for the profitable performance of the individual projects and the successful completion of the projects within the specified area.
  • Drive compliance and accountability-at-all-levels with applicable Federal, State, and Local engineering/design/construction laws, codes, policies, and regulatory requirements.
  • Oversee internal vision and mission for the engineering discipline, ensuring alignment with business operations strategy, and maintaining that certifications, accreditations, and client value ratings are continuously improved.
  • Lead engineering 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 engineering 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.
  • Provide senior leadership for proposals and project work scopes, pricing, budget, and performance metrics for the engineering discipline.
  • Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents for complex projects and initiatives that result in sound engineering 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 proactive leadership to assigned managers and staff.
  • Develop high-level business contacts and a client base for providing high level structural engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities, and cross-selling of other WSP capabilities.
  • Remain current in latest structural engineering techniques and practices.
  • 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.
About You

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Senior Vice President of Structural Engineering to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in structural engineering, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects and driving business growth.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Structural or Civil Engineering, or a closely related discipline, and at least 15 years of relevant post-education experience in engineering, structural/civil and infrastructure design. They will also have a strong understanding of relevant structural and civil construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to manage staff and effectively interact with employees at all levels of the organization. They will also have a strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.

We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings, to provide 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.

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