Construction Materials Practice Team Lead

2 weeks ago

Miami FL USA, United States WSP Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Construction Materials Practice Team Lead to join our Miami and South Florida offices. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for managing our South Florida construction materials inspection, testing, and laboratory group, as well as interfacing with other construction materials and geotechnical practice area leads across Florida and the Southeastern U.S.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead an established project team in successfully completing projects associated with construction management, construction quality management, special inspections, materials testing, and laboratory testing in both construction materials and geotechnical applications.
  • Be responsible for laboratory accreditations (FDOT, USACE, AMRL/CCRL), preparing for lab audits, maintaining quality control, and ensuring timely execution of lab tests.
  • Be responsible for maintaining FDOT certification program for field and laboratory staff.
  • Lead and support business development and strategic planning efforts to increase market share in priority markets.
  • Develop and enhance key client relationships and serve as a primary company contact on projects.
  • Coordinate with clients to define work programs and budgets, provide leadership and strategy, including general oversight and planning, and project management.
  • Manage and coordinate project teams, including ensuring the technical quality of deliverables.
  • Support financial, project management, backlog, and utilization reporting requirements for the Central/South FL Operation.
  • Full managerial responsibility for all aspects of a project, including safety, scope development, contract negotiations, cost control, staff management, quality control, and cash management.
  • Recruit/Hire staff and direct project staffing assignments to meet client, contract, and company business objectives.
  • Support staff development through mentoring.
  • Make quick decisions requiring sound judgment and experience.
  • Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
  • 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.
  • Collaborate with national materials practitioners.
  • Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or science (Masters in Geotechnical or Materials Engineering is strongly preferred).
  • 10+ years of related experience leading teams, managing projects, and sound knowledge of laboratory tests, field testing, special inspections, construction materials, and geotechnical services.
  • Licensed Florida Professional engineer is required.
  • Experience with laboratory testing, including concrete, soils, aggregate, and asphalt.
  • Excellent organization skills and ability to multi-task.
  • Strong industry reputation and knowledge of the South and Central Florida market.
  • Positive experience dealing directly with client representatives.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships as well as experience in proposal preparation.
  • Strong work ethic, and demonstrated ability to work on project teams.
  • Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
  • Highly capable self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
  • Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
  • Developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, statistical analysis, and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
  • Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
  • Travel will be required depending on project-specific requirements and business development opportunities.
  • Must successfully complete and pass WSP's Motor Vehicle screening.
  • This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of this policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request.
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.

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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