Carolinas Senior Water Resources Project Manager

WSP; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA, Inc. is seeking a Carolinas Senior Water Resources Project Manager to lead senior technical, project, and client leadership for the North Carolina Water Resources team.

Based in Raleigh, Charlotte, or Wilmington, you will focus on flood resilience, stormwater, and coastal projects across NC and the Carolinas region. You will mentor staff, provide senior technical direction, support project delivery, and grow trusted client relationships with municipalities, agencies, developers, and

Qualifications

• 15 years of post-education experience in water resources engineering, with at least 10 years of related experience in the Carolinas.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.
• Travel within the Carolinas region, with potential for travel beyond region.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical direction on complex projects and client leadership for North Carolina Water Resources team.
• Mentor staff, support recruiting and retention, and strengthen technical bench.
• Deliver high-quality projects with strong client relationships and identify follow-on opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication

Technical writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field

Professional Engineering License (PE) in NC or SC

Master’s degree in engineering or business management

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP USA, Inc. is seekinga Carolinas Senior Water Resources Project Manager toprovide senior technical, project, andclient leadership forour North Carolina Water Resources team. This role may be based in Raleigh, Charlotte, or Wilmington, with a focus onsupporting complex flood resilience, stormwater, and coastal projects across North Carolina and the broader Carolinas region. Our Water Resources practice area encompasses drainage and stormwater management, green infrastructure design and stormwater management, coastal and fluvial resiliency, stormwater conveyance, and site civil design.

You willhelp guide and mentor staff across our North Carolina water resources team, provide senior technical direction on complex projects, support strong project delivery, and strengthen trusted relationships with key clients. In this role, you will be part of the delivery of transformational projects for municipalities, agencies, developers and institutions in the Carolinas. You will have the opportunity to make an impact on our team and on the clients and communities we serve.

Your Impact

People & Culture

• Model and support a collaborative, inclusive, and technically strong team culture.
• Mentor and develop staff, support recruiting and retention efforts, and help build a strong technical bench for our North Carolina water resources team.
• Facilitate effective collaboration across offices to bring the right technical expertise and resources to our clients and projects.
• Support employee engagement and contribute to an inclusive team environment where staff can grow professionally.
• Operational Excellence
• Support sustainable growth by helping deliver high-quality projects, maintain strong client relationships, and identify follow-on opportunities with existing and prospective clients.
• Achieve margin and project performance targets through proactive risk management, disciplined delivery, and consistent QA/QC across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Support resource planning across offices to align project needs with available technical expertise and staff development opportunities.
• Strategic Growth & Business Development
• Contribute to focused client and project development strategies that align with local market needs and the strengths of our North Carolina water resources team.
• Strengthen strategic accounts and drive exceptional client care within the Carolinas water resources practice area.
• Help identify and position WSP for high-quality opportunities that align with our technical strengths, client relationships, and team capacity.
• Provide end-to-end pursuit leadership for key opportunities: own capture plans, positioning, and win strategies.
• Support decision-making on strategic pursuits by providing technical, client, and delivery insight to help WSP focus on the right opportunities.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams and inspire cross-functional collaboration.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field.
• 15 years of post-education experience in water resources engineering, with at least 10 years of related experience in the Carolinas.
• Professional Engineering License (PE) in North Carolina or South Carolina.
• Candidate must have strong technical writing and communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency with engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, standard of care and project work-related issues.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Proven history of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Travel within the Carolinas region, with potential for travel beyond region.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering or business management.
• Professional Engineering License (PE) in multi-states.

At WSP USA, Inc. we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. If you are excited about this role, but your experience may not align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

At this time, WSP USA, Inc., will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.