This Opportunity **Job Description** Manage projects with our Mid-Atlantic Civil and Drainage Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future! WSP is currently initiating a search for a **Drainage and Stormwater Senior Technical Manager** for our Herndon, Virginia office. The successful candidate will manage the delivery of multiple drainage and stormwater design projects and hydrologic and have experience with hydraulic (H&H) studies for stormwater management, conveyance systems, resilient infrastructure, and flood control in Virginia and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. This is an excellent management position in an internationally recognized global firm in a field designated for rapid growth. **Duties and Responsibilities** + Perform professional civil engineering on roadway, stormwater, and site projects for multiple federal, state, and local clients. Provide engineering services and project/task management of drainage design, stormwater management, flood control and H&H modeling. Local and state experience on drainage and stormwater management design projects is preferred. + Coordinate complex multi-disciplinary traditional design and alternative delivery projects. + Coordinate, review and approve design plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations. + Mentor younger staff in the development of their design skills, including in the latest drainage and stormwater design focused on Virginia and local requirements. + Permitting, public participation, and coordinating/interacting with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner. + Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing projects including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion. + Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients. + Remain current in latest drainage and stormwater standards and water resources engineering techniques. + Support business development activities in the region, including contributing to proposals, interviews and other pursuit activities. + Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies. + Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs. Talent is the essence of meeting our client’s objectives, goals and challenges. If this sounds like a fit for you, we’d love to have that first discussion of you joining our team. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering or closely related discipline. + Professional Engineer license required. Virginia, Maryland and/or District of Columbia P.E. licenses preferred. + 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in the A/E/C industry with a technical client-facing background in the water resources sector. + Experience in water resources engineering including with hydraulic modeling of open-channel and closed conduit systems. + The ability to manage several projects concurrently, provide senior-level input and evaluation on projects, and serve as technical manager. + Proficient knowledge of related engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues. + Well-defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Floodplain Delineation, etc. + Experience with project and client development/relationship management. + Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements. + Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience. + Demonstrated high-level of 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. + Proficient understanding of and well-defined experience with surface water analysis, hydrologic methodologies/models, hydraulic models, and with software tools for project delivery including AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation, OpenRoads, PondPack, HEC-RAS, project collaboration software, Bluebeam and ArcGIS software. + Demonstrates strong competence in 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. + Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subconsultants and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently. **Preferred Qualifications** + Master's Degree or additional certifications in the above-referenced discipline + Experience working with state/county/local/municipal clients in the Northern Virginia region. + Virginia DEQ plan reviewer certification for stormwater management and/or erosion control. + Working knowledge of roadway and utility design principles, practices, and processes. Affiliations with professional societies and active industry and community involvement are highly desirable \#LI-JL1 **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. www.wsp.com 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.