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WSP hires Compliance professionals across environmental, health and safety, and regulatory disciplines within its consulting practice. The company has an established visa sponsorship process for this function, supporting candidates across multiple work authorization pathways so qualified applicants aren't ruled out by immigration status.
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WSP is seeking an Assistant Vice President to support and grow our Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance services across the Northeast. This position is located in our Buffalo, NY office, however other northeast offices would be considered. This role is intended for a seasoned compliance specialist who can independently manage complex compliance projects, serve as a trusted advisor to clients, and mentor junior staff while contributing to continued business growth.
The successful candidate will work closely with regional and national compliance leaders, supporting a wide range of industrial, commercial, energy, and infrastructure clients.
Your Impact
The Senior Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance Specialist will:
- Serve as a technical lead and project manager for multi-media environmental compliance programs.
- Manage and execute compliance projects involving air, water, waste, stormwater, SPCC, EPCRA, TRI, RCRA, TSCA, and state-specific programs.
- Interpret and apply federal, state, and local environmental regulations, with an emphasis on Northeast regulatory frameworks.
- Prepare and review regulatory reports, permits, compliance plans, and corrective action documentation.
- Interface directly with clients and regulatory agencies, including preparing clients for inspections and supporting agency interactions.
- Lead and contribute to proposal development, scope definition, cost estimating, and work planning.
- Support business development by identifying opportunities with existing and new clients.
- Provide technical mentoring and quality review for junior staff.
- Meet utilization targets while maintaining high technical and client service standards.
Responsibilities
- Plan, manage, and deliver environmental compliance projects on schedule and within budget.
- Perform regulatory applicability analyses and compliance gap assessments.
- Prepare compliance documentation, including:
- Air permits and compliance reports
- SPCC and SWPPP plans and related permit applications
- Hazardous waste compliance reviews
- Environmental audits and due diligence support
- Provide construction-phase and operational compliance support as needed.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams across WSP business lines.
- Ensure deliverables meet WSP quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Geology, Environmental Engineering, or a related field.
- 7 to 15+ years of progressive experience in environmental compliance consulting or industry.
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. EPA regulations and Northeast state programs (CT, MA, NY, RI, NH, ME, VT).
- Proven experience managing projects and client relationships.
- Excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced consulting environment.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in a related discipline.
- Experience supporting large industrial, manufacturing, energy, or infrastructure clients.
- ISO14001 Lead Auditor Certification or prior ISO14001 and/or ISO45001 experience.
- Demonstrated success with business development or client account support.
- Experience leading teams or mentoring staff.
Why WSP
- Opportunity to grow and shape environmental compliance services across the Northeast.
- Access to national technical experts and specialty practices.
- Strong pipeline of regulatory and compliance-driven work.
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and career advancement pathways.
Travel
Occasional travel for client meetings and site work.
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 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): $104,400 - 177,300
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.
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.
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking an Assistant Vice President to support and grow our Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance services across the Northeast. This position is located in our Buffalo, NY office, however other northeast offices would be considered. This role is intended for a seasoned compliance specialist who can independently manage complex compliance projects, serve as a trusted advisor to clients, and mentor junior staff while contributing to continued business growth.
The successful candidate will work closely with regional and national compliance leaders, supporting a wide range of industrial, commercial, energy, and infrastructure clients.
Your Impact
The Senior Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance Specialist will:
- Serve as a technical lead and project manager for multi-media environmental compliance programs.
- Manage and execute compliance projects involving air, water, waste, stormwater, SPCC, EPCRA, TRI, RCRA, TSCA, and state-specific programs.
- Interpret and apply federal, state, and local environmental regulations, with an emphasis on Northeast regulatory frameworks.
- Prepare and review regulatory reports, permits, compliance plans, and corrective action documentation.
- Interface directly with clients and regulatory agencies, including preparing clients for inspections and supporting agency interactions.
- Lead and contribute to proposal development, scope definition, cost estimating, and work planning.
- Support business development by identifying opportunities with existing and new clients.
- Provide technical mentoring and quality review for junior staff.
- Meet utilization targets while maintaining high technical and client service standards.
Responsibilities
- Plan, manage, and deliver environmental compliance projects on schedule and within budget.
- Perform regulatory applicability analyses and compliance gap assessments.
- Prepare compliance documentation, including:
- Air permits and compliance reports
- SPCC and SWPPP plans and related permit applications
- Hazardous waste compliance reviews
- Environmental audits and due diligence support
- Provide construction-phase and operational compliance support as needed.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams across WSP business lines.
- Ensure deliverables meet WSP quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Geology, Environmental Engineering, or a related field.
- 7 to 15+ years of progressive experience in environmental compliance consulting or industry.
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. EPA regulations and Northeast state programs (CT, MA, NY, RI, NH, ME, VT).
- Proven experience managing projects and client relationships.
- Excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced consulting environment.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in a related discipline.
- Experience supporting large industrial, manufacturing, energy, or infrastructure clients.
- ISO14001 Lead Auditor Certification or prior ISO14001 and/or ISO45001 experience.
- Demonstrated success with business development or client account support.
- Experience leading teams or mentoring staff.
Why WSP
- Opportunity to grow and shape environmental compliance services across the Northeast.
- Access to national technical experts and specialty practices.
- Strong pipeline of regulatory and compliance-driven work.
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and career advancement pathways.
Travel
Occasional travel for client meetings and site work.
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 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): $104,400 - 177,300
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.
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.
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Align your credentials to WSP's regulatory focus
WSP's Compliance hiring leans toward candidates with documented experience in environmental permitting, EHS frameworks, or federal regulatory programs. Certifications like CCP or CHMM signal field-specific competency that resonates with their consulting practice hiring managers.
Target roles tied to federal project work
WSP's federal and infrastructure contracts often require Compliance staff with clearance-eligible backgrounds or sector-specific regulatory knowledge. Applying to positions tied to government clients gives you stronger leverage because those roles have structured headcount plans and defined sponsorship budgets.
Use Migrate Mate to filter Compliance openings by visa type
WSP posts Compliance roles across multiple locations with varying sponsorship eligibility. Search Migrate Mate to filter specifically for WSP positions that match your visa category so you're applying where sponsorship is already part of the role's hiring plan.
Ask about LCA filing timelines before accepting
Before you sign an offer, confirm when WSP's legal team will file the Labor Condition Application with DOL. LCA certification typically takes seven business days, but delays push back your start date. Know the sequence before committing.
Position PERM eligibility as a retention asset
WSP's consulting model favors long-term project continuity, so framing your PERM-eligible profile as a stability signal can strengthen your candidacy. Hiring managers in Compliance are often involved in staffing multi-year contracts where turnover has real cost implications.
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Find Compliance at WSP JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does WSP sponsor H-1B visas for Compliance roles?
Yes, WSP sponsors H-1B visas for Compliance positions. Their legal and HR teams manage the filing process, which includes the annual USCIS lottery in April for cap-subject cases. Candidates already holding H-1B status through a previous employer can transfer to WSP outside the lottery, which is a common path for experienced Compliance hires.
How do I apply for Compliance jobs at WSP?
Applications go through WSP's careers portal, where Compliance roles are listed by region and practice area. You can also browse WSP's open Compliance positions on Migrate Mate, which lets you filter by visa sponsorship type so you can focus on roles where your specific work authorization is supported before you apply.
Which visa types does WSP typically support for Compliance hires?
WSP supports a range of visa categories for Compliance professionals, including H-1B, E-3 for Australian citizens, TN for Canadian and Mexican nationals, and F-1 OPT and CPT for recent graduates. Green Card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3 PERM is also available for eligible candidates in longer-term roles, typically after an initial period of employment.
What qualifications does WSP look for in Compliance candidates seeking sponsorship?
WSP's Compliance roles generally require a bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, law, or a related technical field. Practical experience with federal or state regulatory frameworks, EHS program management, or permitting strengthens your application. For sponsorship eligibility specifically, the role must qualify as a specialty occupation under USCIS standards, which degree-tied Compliance positions typically satisfy.
How do I manage the timing between a WSP offer and my visa filing?
Once WSP extends an offer, their legal team initiates the Labor Condition Application with DOL before USCIS can process the H-1B petition. If you're on OPT, confirm your authorization end date aligns with the filing window. Cap-exempt scenarios, like a transfer from another H-1B employer, move faster and don't depend on the April lottery cycle.
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