**This Opportunity** WSP has an exciting career opportunity for a Surface Water Service Line Leader to join our Arizona operation. This individual will manage the Arizona Operation’s Environmental Water group and interface with other water leaders across the West Region and the U.S. We offer excellent career growth, a friendly, flexible work environment and a variety of challenging projects. We have a talented staff and work on some of the most exciting projects across the West. We offer the opportunity to mentor talented young engineers in a supportive and flexible atmosphere where the focus is teamwork, quality and excellent client service. Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, solid client relationship skills, a commitment to delivering a quality product and an interest in a leadership role. You will be engaged in exciting projects across the U.S. ranging from FEMA Risk MAP (Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning) activities, transportation drainage and other similar water resources projects. Our professionals are networked across the WSP organization and are active in technical organizations advancing our practice. WSP’s regional offices are currently supporting Risk MAP programs. The successful candidate will be working closely with team members, both locally and nationally, towards the successful completion of a variety of Risk MAP products and other water resource projects. **Your Impact** • Work with other Water Resources Service Line Leaders supporting our hydraulics and hydrology groups across the West region. • Lead an established project team completing projects that include tasks such as the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models of open and closed systems, flood hazard mitigation analysis, risk data analysis, GIS analysis, and preparation of planning reports. • Leads, coordinates, and performs drainage design activities on projects to include technical planning, design and construction support. • May perform detailed drainage design for; highways, roadway, culverts, storm drain systems, retention/detention basins, erosion control measures, hydraulic structures including weirs, drop structures, and energy dissipaters. • Lead and support business development and strategic planning efforts to increase market share in priority markets, including federal, state and local clients. • Supervise and direct staff to ensure optimal productivity, positive motivation, training, and employee recognition. • Recruit/hire staff and direct project staffing assignments to meet client, contract, and company business objectives. • Act as program/project manager and/or provide senior level technical roles for select projects and programs in planning, analysis, engineering and/or design associated with flood risk management, drainage engineering, and other related surface water resources management projects. • Manage and coordinate project teams, including ensuring the technical quality of deliverables. • Convey results and findings by means of oral discussions, graphic-based presentations, and project documentation. • Travel to project sites and attend public meetings. • Support financial, project management, backlog, and utilization reporting requirements for the Arizona Operation. **Who You Are** **Required Qualifications** • BS in Civil Engineering or related engineering degree required, MS preferred. • Professional Engineer (PE) required. Arizona license preferred or be in position to obtain registration through reciprocity. • Proficient in stormwater management, hydrology, and hydraulic practices. • 10 years + of hydrology / hydraulics and water resources experience, drainage infrastructure design, and business experience with increasing levels of supervisory and managerial responsibility. • Experienced with software such as: FLO-2D, HEC-1/HEC-HMS, HEC-2/HEC-RAS/HEC-RAS 2D, HEC-6/HEC-6T, Microstation, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and HY-8 as this individual will mentor train and check models of junior engineers. • Expertise in the use of GIS for data import, manipulation, review, querying, filtering/screening of results. • Proven effective leadership, business development, client management, and project management experience. • Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills. • Familiarity with the National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA flood insurance study regulations. • Must pass background check and must have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the Company's driving (MVR) policy. \#LI-TB3 **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.