Senior Consultant - Infrastructure Resilience

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Consultant to support our company’s growing Resilience Services Practice. This is a full-time position located in our Miami, Sunrise, Tampa, Jacksonville, or Tallahassee offices in the United States. The position requires you to be physically located in Florida.

This technical leadership position will lead climate adaptation projects and guide decisions on resilience investments. A significant part of the role involves connecting information between the risk analysis team and the engineering/design team and communicating with clients on risk reduction within infrastructure capital investments. A strong candidate would be well-versed in project management, including client interaction, team management, and project financials.

This position will also support business development in Florida under local and national leadership. Activities may include presentations at conferences, engagement with professional groups, and other activities. Therefore, openness to learning to be comfortable with public speaking, if not already, is essential.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter and independent worker, comfortable collaborating virtually with team members, and willing to travel within Florida. The position will be part of the national climate resilience team with team members located across the United States.

Your Impact

• You are expected to lead projects/tasks and project teams on topics including project-level risk assessment, adaptation alternatives, preliminary engineering design, and communication. Initially, most projects focus on roadway infrastructure.
• You will also work closely with our risk analysis and engineering team. Our Resilience Services Practice risk analysis team includes climate scientists, engineers, planners, economists, policy specialists, and risk modelers. Engineering teams include stormwater drainage, coastal, civil, structural, transportation, alternative-delivery (design-build), and others.
• You will contribute to a diverse team of experts working to advance the Resilience Services Practice through effective data-driven analysis and decision-making.
• Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, accurate reports, and illustrations for the interpretation or presentation of data, findings, or analyses.
• Maintain quality control standards and procedures for accurate and precise measurements, statistical analysis, and reporting.
• Assist with development and scoping of medium-sized projects.
• Prepare technical reports and presentations that explain research, findings, and recommendations 
• Work with cross-functional teams in executing project work.
• Comply with regulatory requirements pertaining to the data integrity, documentation, procedures, training, monitoring systems, and record compliance and retention.
• 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.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Stormwater, Civil, or Environmental Engineering or a related engineering field
• 5-8 years of work experience.
• Experience working on climate change vulnerability, risk assessments, risk reduction strategies/ alternatives.
• Proven capabilities for technical project delivery and working with interdisciplinary technical teams.
• Experience working both independently and on efforts requiring collaboration, remotely.
• Experience communicating technical analysis and results to non-technical audiences.
• Attention to detail; commitment and skills to identify and detect errors; commitment to thorough quality reviews and checks; and commitment to accuracy, correctness, and excellence.
• Ability to innovate on challenging topics to produce client-tailored products.
• 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.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation and communication software, technology, math principles, predictive models, and tools.
• 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.
• Ability to assertively direct others in the field, such as subcontractors, to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
• 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.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (P.E.), or Engineering Intern (E.I).
• Experience working with hazard data, analyzing the impacts to assets, infrastructure, and communities caused by climate-related hazards.
• Understanding of the US Army Corps Depth-Damage functions to estimate losses.
• Familiarity with the Florida DOT alternatives analysis and preliminary design processes.
• Familiarity with outputs of modeling (like StormWise), risk assessment (FEMA’s HAZUS) software.

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