Business Development Assistant Jobs in Louisiana

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Environmental Water to join our Baton Rogue, LA office.

Be involved in projects with our Texas / Louisiana Environmental Water Team and will be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

Your primary role will be to lead project planning and execution, making key decisions that will drive future ready water resource solutions for our clients on our water resources projects. You will collaborate with our dedicated local teams, while being supported by our international expertise.

You’ll work with water resource and environmental engineers and professionals and environmental and permitting experts. You excel at building relationships with our clients, becoming their trusted partner.

Our water team is growing, and in this role, you will also help shape the future of our team through team leadership and business development activities. You will identify potential clients, project opportunities and support pursuits, including development of proposals. Your voice will help lead our team to grow to the next level. You will also have the opportunity to manage team members, supporting their career development and providing professional mentorship.

WSP USA Operates with a Hybrid-Workplace Model.

Your Impact

• Perform project management and professional design and analysis relating to hydraulic and hydrologic analysis, modeling, and design projects for our water clients in the Texas and Louisiana area.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams, including a variety of specialty subconsultants, to execute projects including managing scope, schedule, and budgets, while building client and team relationships.
• Coordinate, review and approval of hydraulic and hydrologic analysis, modeling, and design, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• 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.
• Be a people leader for water resource professionals in the Baton Rogue office, providing leadership, career development support and professional mentorship.
• Support business development activities by identifying clients and projects, and support pursuit activities, including client meetings, proposal development and interviewing.
• Be active in local professional organizations and remain current in latest water resources 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 Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, Hydrogeology, or Geology, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant post education experience in water resources engineering.
• Engineer or geoscientist license required (LA required, TX preferred).
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage resources, and foster collaboration among stakeholders, subcontractors and team members.
• Proficient knowledge of water engineering principles, practices and methods and their application to project work.
• Well-defined knowledge of water systems planning, design, engineering, cost estimating, and project management.
• 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.
• Work independently with minimal oversight and provide guidance and leadership to junior to mid-level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from data, arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and 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.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

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.

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.