Assistant Vice President, Transportation Planning

WSP USA; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement savings

Job summary

WSP USA seeks a highly motivated transportation planning professional with strong PD&E/NEPA and FDOT process experience in Florida, focusing on South Florida clients. You will manage projects, support growth, and build client relationships while leading tasks and business development activities.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in transportation planning, senior leadership capability, and proficiency with ArcGIS and CAD. Travel within-state may be required as project needs arise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in the transportation planning field.
• Strong relationships with South Florida state/regional/local agencies.
• Advanced consulting experience coordinating with clients, agencies, and staff.
• Ability to lead and guide mid-level to senior team members with QA/QC.
• Experience delivering technical deliverables and plans with complexity.
• Willingness to travel in-state as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning support and project management on multimodal and environmental projects.
• Lead tasks and mentor staff to support growth.
• Grow the planning business through client relationships and BD.
• Lead capture planning and proposal development for upcoming projects.
• Ensure planning elements are high quality and compliant.
• Coordinate with clients, agencies, and staff for strategic advisory.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Technical writing

QA/QC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Transportation Planning/Urban/Environmental Planning

Master’s degree in transportation planning related field

Tools

ArcGIS

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketch-Up

CAD

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP seeks a highly-motivated, self-driven professional with strong background in multimodal transportation planning, environmental (PD&E/NEPA) planning, FDOT processes and projects, and experience with MPO and municipal clients in Florida, with a specific focus on South Florida clients. The person will take on project management duties, help growth the WSP Florida business, and cultivate relationships with clients. This candidate will provide technical support, lead tasks, take on project management duties, and participate in business development activities.

Your Impact

• Provides subject matter technical planning support and project management on a range of multimodal transportation, community planning, and environmental planning projects;
• Supports other WSP disciplines with advisory and planning type tasks;
• Helps grow the planning business through business development activities and cultivating client relationships;
• Lead the capture planning and proposal develop for upcoming projects;
• Ensures planning-related project elements and processes are conveyed and acted upon with a high level of quality and compliance;
• Coordinate with clients, resource agencies, and planning and technical staff, providing a high level of strategic advice, consultancy, and subject matter expertise;
• Develop a client base for providing high level transportation planning services including identifying additional business development opportunities and engaging in proposal writing and submission;
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development;
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients;
• Remain current in latest transportation planning subject matter, practices, regulations, and techniques;
• 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 in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, or a related field (or equivalent experience.);
• 10+ years of experience working in the transportation planning field;
• Strong working relationships with state, regional and local agencies in South Florida;
• Advanced expertise with consulting practices, and established experience coordinating with clients, regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and technical staff required;
• Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC;
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity;
• Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization;
• Experience with discipline-specific software (i.e., ArcGIS, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch-Up, CAD);
• Proficiency with technical business writing, office automation and communication software, technology, and tools;
• Extensive critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, and identify the most effective solutions to accomplish objectives of assigned projects;
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies;
• Occasional in-state travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in transportation planning related field.

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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.

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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.

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.