Louisiana Water Lead

Description

• Lead and mentor junior staff in developing their skills in planning, design and construction management of coastal protection and related projects.
• Manage projects as assigned, including assisting with project pursuits, development of scope and level of effort, project execution, and project closeout, ensuring compliance with scope, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Perform and/or provide oversight over technical work including site visits, studies, data collection, analysis and evaluations, hydraulic calculations and modeling; prepare engineering reports and supporting calculations and documents, prepare construction drawings, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Work closely with our Texas-Louisiana Water Business Line Leader to identify and position for Water projects in the Gulf states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas. The focus of this position is to develop an overall coastal practice along the Gulf Coast excluding Florida, with a secondary focus of establishing a traditional water/wastewater practice in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
• Develop and capture water and coastal business in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas.

Requirements

• Master’s, Ph.D. or Post-Doctoral Degree in Civil or Coastal Engineering.
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills when interacting with others, with the ability to express intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Effective external leadership skills including effectively interacting with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
• 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120) preferred.
• Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training desired.
• 15+ years of relevant post education experience in coastal engineering projects with an emphasis on coastal protection.
• Professional Engineer in Louisiana required.
• Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.
• Demonstrated team leadership skills leading teams of other engineers and subconsultants in multi-disciplinary projects,
• Highly proficient with coastal engineering principles, practices, and methods and their application to environmental and project work-related issues, including strong knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Ability to work independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation and communication software, technology, math principles, predictive models, and tools.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Demonstrated track record of successful project execution for Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and/or Louisiana’s Coastal Parishes. Experience in working with TX Coastal Clients is Desirable.
• Master’s Degree in Coastal Engineering.
• Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance