Senior Vice President Environmental Geologist

This Opportunity

WSP is looking for a Senior Vice President, Environmental Geologist for our Irvine, California Site Investigation & Remediation (SIR) team with experience in consulting, selling, managing, designing and implementing environmental multi-media remediation programs for a variety of clients in the Industrial, Government, Energy, Oil & Gas, and Transportation sectors. We are looking for a candidate who is excited and motivated about the opportunity to help expand our environmental consulting business in California and the West. WSP’s Irvine office provides a broad range of services in engineering and environmental sciences including environmental assessment and remediation, water/wastewater engineering, water resources, environmental compliance, geotechnical design, stormwater infrastructure design, materials testing, and decision analysis.

Your Impact

• Perform business development within various sectors for environmental remediation, engineering and related services
• Perform Customer Care Lead responsibilities for at least one client
• Perform design, oversight, mentorship and direct the efforts of staff- and project-level engineers
• Provide leadership for technical reports, proposals and project work scopes, pricing, budget, and performance metrics for the scientific discipline.
• Successfully interact with Local Business Leader, Sector Lead, other Principal and Senior-level employees in the office and firm-wide
• Manage multiple projects, being responsible for ensuring that deliverables, schedules and budgets are achieved
• Meet sales, revenue and delivery goals
• Provide proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation, and administration of scientific discipline’s project and program involvement within the organization.
• Drive compliance and accountability-at-all-levels with applicable Federal, State, and Local environment laws, policies and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee internal vision and mission for the scientific discipline, ensuring alignment with business operations strategy, and maintaining that certifications, accreditations, and client value ratings are continuously improved.
• Lead scientific discipline meetings and continuing educational opportunities for area of responsibility, providing updates and recommendations to staff that ensure all appropriate measures are taken to foster innovation, development, and quality project delivery within the discipline.
• Serve as the scientific discipline’s representative/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
• Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents for complex projects and initiatives that result in sound scientific and regulatory conclusions.
• Provide discipline leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
• Provides performance guidance and leadership to assigned managers and staff.
• Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
• 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

• BS in Geology, Earth Sciences or related science field
• 20+ years related environmental investigation/remediation and sales experience in California, with direct client account management experience
• Consulting experience with investigation and remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater, including sites impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, chlorinated solvents, PCBs, and/or PFAS.
• Demonstrated ability with establishing, implementing, and managing multiple larger-scale discipline-related programs, documents, projects, and practices for a line(s) of business.
• California Professional Geologist’s License
• Strong work ethic
• Strong Project and Program Management experience
• Must be a self-starter, team oriented, with excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to manage staff, and effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Previous experience working with multi-disciplinary remediation/assessment projects involving the Regional Quality Water Quality Control Board, DTSC,and/or one of the local CUPAs
• Ability to work with, mentor, and direct geologists, scientists, and technicians
• Experience with CERCLA, RCRA, DTSC, Water Board and other CalEPA Programs
• Must have consulting experience in soil gas and vapor intrusion issues
• Developing and managing complex engineering design and design-build projects
• Oversee remedy construction and operation and maintenance of environmental project work
• Strategic lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exits.
• Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to quickly adapt to change.
• Advanced knowledge and proficiency with office automation/communication software, technology, and tools used in the corporate environment.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Travel to project(s) as needed, for the execution of project goals and business development
• Must successfully complete and pass WSP’s Motor Vehicle screening.
• Must pass drug test, physical, background check in accordance with the Company’s policy

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Geology or related science field
• PMP Certification
• 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120)
• Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on 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 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 (California): $168,800-$269,280

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.