Lead Water Resources Engineer

Description

• Lead civil engineering projects ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and when it needs to be completed, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
• Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
• Identify and assess actual and potential problem areas in design quality implementation/adherence and support efforts to encourage continuous improvement in the quality process.
• Relationships with Florida’s water management districts
• Provide proactive and strategic leadership for the civil engineering discipline and function, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project and work site deliverables are successfully achieved within the business sector.
• Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors and drafts complex professional service agreements and addenda for review by senior management.
• Prepare calculations, design and make recommendations for water-resources projects
• Guide CAD Modeling, GIS and other relevant software technology
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide “trusted advisor” service and future ready solutions for clients.
• Deliver quality products to clients on schedule
• Mentor a team of early and mid-career engineers and scientists
• Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics – and accountable for planning, development, and management of projects in compliance with all applicable City/State/Federal codes and regulations, and in accordance with all acceptable engineering practices.
• Conduct both field and office tasks associated with water-resources projects
• Support business development activities such as client engagement, opportunity identification, team formation, proposal preparation, presentation, and project execution.
• Author construction bid documents, technical documents, permit applications, and proposals
• 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.
• Mentor Project Managers and Staff Engineers.
• Perform engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, integrated management plans, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.

Requirements

• Must be able to manage and lead projects in a team environment
• Experience in a consulting practice
• Drug Screen required for this position
• Must be able to market clients and prepare proposals
• Registered Professional Engineer in Florida; or registered Professional Engineer in a different state, with the ability to obtain Florida registration within three months of employment
• 7-10 years of post-baccalaureate experience in engineering
• Strong oral and written communication skills; proven ability to communicate with clients, prepare reports and proposals.
• Bachelor of Science degree in environmental, agricultural, or civil engineering
• Travel, as necessary; primarily within Florida
• Project manager experience
• Skilled communicator (oral and written) of technical information
• Knowledge of Florida hydrology and Florida water-resources issues
• Proficiency in using the Suite of MS Office products
• Experience with the following water models a plus: ICPR/ StreamWise, HEC RAS, SWMM
• Client relationships and project experience in Florida
• Graduate degree or degrees in engineering
• Safe driving record in accordance with the Company's driving (MVR) policy

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance