Surface Water Lead

WSP; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 126,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Senior Water Resources Engineering Manager in Baltimore, MD to lead a team of water resources professionals, guiding stormwater projects, MS4/TMDL support, and hydrologic/hydraulic modeling to deliver high-quality solutions. You will develop processes, manage budgets, coordinate with regulators and clients, and mentor junior staff while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and internal QA/QC standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Civil/Environmental Engineering with water resources focus.
• 15+ years of post-education water resources experience.
• Strong knowledge of MS4/TMDL, hydrology, hydraulics, and floodplain modeling.
• Experience coordinating with regulators and preparing technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage water resources projects and teams.
• Develop QA/QC processes and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with agencies, clients, and contractors on design and permits.
• Prepare comprehensive technical reports and presentations.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Technical writing

Client communication

QA/QC oversight

Mentoring juniors

Education

Civil/Environmental Engineering degree

Tools

ESRI ArcGIS

HEC-RAS

HEC-HMS

HEC-GeoRAS

TR-55

Job description

This Opportunity

Provides high level management and guidance for a water resources engineering team, helping to develop work processes, due diligence, task and project management and delivery for stormwater/drainage/MS4/TMDL projects. Responsibilities include the management, design and development of processes, infrastructure, and operating strategies related to water quality, stormwater facilities, MS4/TMDL program support, culverts, hydrology, open channel hydraulics, bridge hydraulics, floodplain modeling/mapping, and hydrologic/hydraulic modeling. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards.

Your Impact

• Demonstrates strong commitment to keeping up to date in technical knowledge of current practice and becoming proficient in applying emerging practices.
• Ability to lead and manage others in producing high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals.
• Applies substantial broad knowledge and judgment for a particular function.
• Routinely interacts with clients, officials, contractors, and others, using developed negotiation skills to resolve critical issues.
• Ensures the quality of technical work produced with projects and practices.
• Helps lead marketing and business development efforts.
• Promotes teamwork, maintaining positive morale, and instilling a creative culture.
• Leads implementation of Quality Plan.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams to execute projects including, budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, permit applications, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
• Coordinate, review and approve infrastructure design plans, ensuring quality design and work is compliant with all applicable regulations.
• Prepare and/or oversee comprehensive technical reports and presentations for a variety of water resource designs and studies.
• Understand design principles and current regulatory approaches in Maryland for a variety of stormwater facilities, such as bioretentions, green roofs, permeable pavements, stormwater ponds, manufactured treatment devices, and underground detention facilities.
• Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
• Remain current in latest water resources engineering 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 or Master's Degree in Civil, Environmental Engineering or a related Environmental Resources field, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant post education experience in water resources engineering.
• Understanding of water resource engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to environmental permitting and project work-related issues.
• Well-defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, NPDES MS4/TMDL Programs, Erosion and Sediment Control, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Floodplain Delineation, etc.
• Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.
• Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Well-developed ability to oversee the work of others for technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• 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.
• Works independently with minimal oversight and provides mentoring, guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Adept at coordinating technical matters with public and private groups.
• Proficient understanding of and experience with surface water analysis, hydrologic methodologies/models (TR-55, HEC-HMS, etc.), hydraulic models (HEC-RAS, HEC-RAS-2D, HEC-GeoRAS, SRH-2D, etc.), and with ESRI ArcGIS software.
• Working knowledge of FEMA flood studies, floodplain analysis and hazards analysis.
• Well-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.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others 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:

• Well developed relationships with local clients in Maryland to lead or support new Business Development opportunities and pursuits.
• A member of and/or actively participate in local professional practice organizations including American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) or other relevant organizations.

Compensation

Expected Salary: $125,500- $223,600

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.