Manager, Management Consultancy

WSP; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 106,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

WSP seeks a Manager, Management Consultancy to guide infrastructure owners through planning, delivery and operation of major projects. Based in any major US city, you will advise on development and financing, with a focus on alternative delivery methods, within the US Advisory Services Team.

You will strategize with agencies and owners to optimize procurement, draft RFIs/RFPs, analyze risks, and collaborate across engineers, financial analysts and legal counsel to deliver successful capital

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in a relevant field.
• 7+ years’ experience in directly relevant endeavors.
• Experience with drinking water and wastewater projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Authorization to immediately work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Guiding infrastructure owners through the planning, delivery and operation of major infrastructure projects.
• Advise owners on methods of project development and financing of capital projects, with emphasis on alternative delivery methods.
• Strategizing with agencies and project owners to evaluate project delivery methods and determine the optimal method to fit the owner’s needs.
• Interfacing with project owners to determine goals and constraints for implementation of their projects.
• Assisting with development of procurement strategies and drafting procurement documents (RFI, RFQ, RFP).
• Advising public agencies and private clients through procurement to engage design-build-operate-maintain entities.
• Developing risk profiles, drafting risk matrices, leading risk workshops and evaluating risk allocation.
• Collaborating in a team environment with other project members including engineers, financial analysts and legal counsel.

Skills

Written and oral communication

Regulatory knowledge

Public sector procurement

Education

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in relevant field

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Manager, Management Consultancy in our Transaction and Delivery Strategy group. The right individual can be based at any major city in the United States.Be involved in projects with our US Advisory Services Teamand be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Your Impact

• Guiding infrastructure owners through the planning, delivery and operation of major infrastructure projects. The Managerwill advise owners (public and private) on methods of project development and the financing of capital projects, with an emphasis on alternative delivery methods.

• Strategizing with agencies and project owners to evaluate project delivery methods and determine the optimal method to fit the owner’s needs.

• With guidance from project leaders, interfacing with project owners to determine the goals and constraints for the implementation of their projects.

• Assisting with the development of procurement strategies and drafting of procurement documents for alternative delivery projects, including, for example, Requests for Information, Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals.

• Assisting in advising public agencies and private clients through the procurement process to engage an entity to design, construct, operate, and maintain a capital asset, including in the drafting of evaluation criteria and evaluation strategies.

• Developing risk profiles for projects, which includes drafting risk matrices that identify critical risks, facilitating and attending risk workshops, and evaluating the allocation of identified risks for project delivery.

• Collaborating in a teaming environment with other members of project teams for the successful procurement of alternative delivery projects, including supporting communications with, and providing appropriate technical advice to engineers, investment bankers, financial analysts, legal counsel, and internal-client procurement teams

• Advise clients and recommend strategies regarding compliance with Federal requirements, including those arising from Federal grant and project financing programs including programs such as American Iron & Steel and Build America, Buy America.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in relevant field

• 7+ years’ experience in directly relevant endeavors

• Experience with drinking water and wastewater projects

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Authorization to immediately work in the United States
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in relevant field (P.E., M.S., J.D., M.B.A., Ph. D)

• 7+ years of direct experiencewith public sector procurement review and contracting and advising local, state and federal agencies

• Knowledge and applicationof federal environmental law, regulations, programs, processes, and grant administration and compliance

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $106,100 - $189,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $106,100 - $177,300

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.