This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Gulf Region Market Leader based out of our Houston, Texas office. Be a key leader within WSP USA’s Energy team ranked #9 on ENR’s 2024 engineering list for the Power sector (and #5 overall), strategically focused on meeting our client’s objectives and solving their challenges within the Energy Transition.

WSP USA has an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role in and expand WSP's Energy engineering team in the US market with Texas/Louisiana as a focal point. This is an operational role responsible for team engagement, growth, and performance with market sector focus on decarbonization opportunities primarily related to hydrogen and carbon capture but also extending to other more traditional power and energy needs associated with the Energy Transition such as electrification, renewables, and power delivery.

Your Impact

• Clients

• Drive performance of the WSP’s Energy business within the noted geographic area and strategically grows our market share in key, emerging market sectors.

• Partner with WSP Market Segment Leaders (e.g., Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, Electrification & DER (Distributed Energy Resources), Power Delivery, Environmental), participating in strategy formation and business development.

• Represent WSP as the “face of the company” locally and across the US (when necessary) with clients, industry, and within WSP.

• Bring an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging our full suite of offerings across all end markets.

• Utilize our extended reach of technical and subject matter experts (SMEs) across the US and globally to foster new and innovative client delivery.

• People & Culture

• Serve as a local business leader within the Energy Sector located in the Texas/Louisiana geography, and work with designated Team Leads, other local/regional WSP leaders, and the National Energy Team to attract the best industry talent by fostering a work environment that is collaborative, values inclusion and diversity and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow and thrive.

• Within the national team, emphasize employee training and development to create a unique work experience.

• Inspire, motivate and promote the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale.

• Support programs such as Safety, Sustainability and Ethics & Compliance

• Operational Excellence

• Collaborate with leadership to strategically drive the business, assess and suggest improvements for project performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and focus on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Sales, Funding, EBITDA, Staff Hiring and Retention, DSO, Utilization, Backlog, Inclusion & Diversity and Guiding Principles.

• Develop local growth, forecast and business development strategy in collaboration with Team Leads and Leadership.

• Resolve conflict and other internal/external issues that may arise in the office, amongst WSP’s client base, or on projects.

• Expertise

• Because the focus of this role is on decarbonization opportunities in hydrogen and carbon capture with secondary attention to other more traditional power and energy needs associated with the Energy Transition, the ideal candidate for this role brings a strong background in energy infrastructure ideally with expertise in process engineering/projects.

• Leverage WSP’s broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings.

• Foster the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry.

• Advance the strategic direction of the region for sustained and continued growth consistent with the strategic plan.

• Encourage, support and promote the technical and professional development of local WSP staff.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of experience with a college degree or equivalent experience in the engineering consulting industry with a strong focus/background in the energy, refining or petrochemical value chain or equivalent (e.g., Oil and Gas).

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related discipline.

• Experience in infrastructure planning, design, and delivery, including active involvement in rehabilitation, new design, and construction projects.

• 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.

• Strongly established relevant client relationships and industry contacts in the Houston and broader Texas/Louisiana region.

• Sound decision-making, strategic and visionary thinking, and creative business development capabilities across a multi-disciplined practice.

• Occasional travel may be required depending on clients and/or sector activities.

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.

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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.