WSP

New Mexico Water/Wastewater State Lead

WSP • $90K — $120K *
Albuquerque, NM 87121In-Person
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
3 days ago
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental, or Chemical Engineering with a focus in Water Resources or a related field.
  • 12+ years of relevant experience in the environmental consulting industry, specifically regarding water/wastewater treatment.
  • Engineer license required, preferably in New Mexico.
  • Strong knowledge of environmental laws, regulations, and compliance practices.
  • Highly effective communication skills to convey complex ideas to diverse audiences.
  • Experience conducting Environmental Site Assessments in accordance with ASTM guidelines.
  • Proficient in technical writing and creating complex project deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute market expansion strategies for water and wastewater services.
  • Secure new business opportunities across multiple states.
  • Build and maintain relationships with clients and regulatory stakeholders.
  • Oversee planning, design, and execution of water/wastewater projects, ensuring quality and budget goals are met.
  • Provide expert consulting services, including process optimization and regulatory compliance advisory.
  • Represent the company at industry events to enhance market presence.
  • Foster a culture of innovation and excellence within a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

  • Mentorship opportunities to support professional growth.
  • Access to cutting-edge resources and tools in water resources engineering.
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Opportunity to lead impactful water/wastewater projects in New Mexico.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a New Mexico Water/Wastewater State Lead to join our Water team. This position will be based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Drinking Water/Wastewater Market Lead will be a key player in expanding our market presence while managing and delivering water and wastewater utility and plant projects in New Mexico. This role involves strategic market development, client relationship management, and technical project leadership. The ideal candidate will have a solid technical background in municipal and industrial water/wastewater treatment, coupled with a proven track record in business development within the environmental consulting industry.

Your Impact
  • Support the development and execution of market expansion strategies for our water and wastewater treatment consulting services.
  • Support the pursuit, and secure new business opportunities and projects across multiple states.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, regulatory agencies, and industry stakeholders.
  • Oversee the planning, design, and implementation of water/wastewater projects, ensuring they meet quality, budget, and timeline targets.
  • Provide expert consulting services, including feasibility studies, process optimization, and regulatory compliance advice.
  • Represent the company at industry conferences, workshops, and networking events to enhance our market presence and professional reputation.
  • Build and manage a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and project managers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with other departments and teams within the firm to leverage cross-functional capabilities and resources.
  • Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
  • Remain current in latest water resources engineering techniques.
  • 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
  • Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental, or Chemical Engineering, with a focus in Water Resources or closely related discipline.
  • 12+ years of relevant post education experience in environmental consulting industry, with a focus on water/wastewater treatment.
  • Engineer license required (New Mexico Preferred).
  • Highly proficient with water resources engineering principles, practices, and methods and their application to environmental and project work-related issues.
  • Strong knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
  • Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
  • Well-defined experience in conducting Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments in accordance with ASTM guidelines and industry standards.
  • Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies.
  • Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
  • Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
  • Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
  • Proficiency with technical writing, office automation and communication software, technology, math principles, predictive models, and tools.
  • 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 testing results, data collation, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
  • Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.
  • Occasional travel out of state may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Engineering.

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About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
Learn more about WSP
Size
54,000 employees
Industry
Technical Services
Founded
1959
* Ladders Estimates

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