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This position will support a diverse portfolio of energy, transportation, infrastructure, and development projects, with opportunities to work across environmental permitting, natural resources, and construction environmental compliance.\nThis leadership position will support a diverse portfolio of transportation, utility, energy, infrastructure, coastal, marine, and development projects throughout New York City, Long Island, and the broader Northeast region. The successful candidate will serve as both a senior technical leader and project manager, responsible for developing permitting strategies, leading environmental compliance programs, mentoring staff, managing client relationships, and supporting delivery of some of the region's most significant public and private infrastructure projects.\nYour Impact\nLead environmental permitting, natural resources, and environmental compliance efforts for complex transportation, transit, rail, utility, energy, infrastructure, coastal, marine, and development projects throughout the New York metropolitan area. \nDevelop permitting strategies and serve as a senior technical advisor on environmental compliance, regulatory coordination, environmental risk management, and agency negotiations. \nLead coordination with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and support major clients including transportation agencies, utilities, municipalities, and private developers. \nOversee preparation and quality review of permit applications, environmental studies, technical reports, compliance documentation, and agency coordination materials. \nManage construction-phase environmental compliance programs, including environmental inspections, contractor oversight, monitoring programs, regulatory reporting, and corrective actions.\nLead multidisciplinary teams of environmental scientists, engineers, planners, construction managers, permitting specialists, and subcontractors to successfully deliver projects. \nManage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and client expectations across multiple concurrent assignments. \nBuild and maintain strong client relationships while supporting business development, proposal preparation, strategic pursuits, and practice growth. \nProvide technical leadership, QA/QC oversight, mentoring, coaching, and career development for environmental staff and emerging leaders. \nFoster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, safety, and exceptional client service.\nExercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.\nPerform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.\nWho You Are\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's Degree in Environmental Science, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, Environmental Engineering, Planning, Geography, or a related field. \n10+ years of experience in environmental consulting, environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, natural resource management, and/or construction environmental compliance.\nDemonstrated experience leading environmental permitting and compliance efforts for transportation, transit, rail, energy, utility, infrastructure, or development projects. \nStrong knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations and permitting programs.\nExperience coordinating directly with regulatory agencies and leading environmental permitting strategies. \nProven experience managing projects, budgets, schedules, and multidisciplinary teams.\nDemonstrated experience supervising, mentoring, and developing technical staff. \nExperience preparing and reviewing permit applications, environmental studies, impact analyses, environmental compliance plans, and technical reports. \nStrong understanding of environmental commitment tracking, permit compliance, construction oversight, and environmental risk management. \nAbility to interpret permits, environmental requirements, technical specifications, and construction drawings. \nStrong client management, written communication, presentation, and leadership skills. \nDemonstrated ability to identify environmental risks and develop practical, defensible, and cost-effective solutions. \nAbility to work collaboratively with clients, contractors, regulators, and multidisciplinary project teams.\nAbility and willingness to conduct occasional field work and site visits, including active construction sites, transportation facilities, utility corridors, marine environments, and other project locations throughout the region.\nDemonstrated commitment to workplace health, safety, and environmental stewardship\nProven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.\nMust 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.\nOccasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster's Degree in Environmental Science, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, Environmental Engineering, Planning, or a related discipline. \n15+ years of experience in environmental consulting, environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, natural resource management, and/or construction environmental compliance.\nProfessional Wetland Scientist (PWS), AICP, CEP, PMP, or other applicable professional certification.\nExtensive experience working with NYSDEC, USACE, NYSDOS, USFWS, NMFS, MTA, PANYNJ, NYCDDC, NYCDEP, NYCDOT, NYSDOT, and other regional agencies. \nStrong understanding of wetland, coastal, marine, waterway, and natural resource permitting requirements applicable to New York and Long Island. \nExperience managing environmental programs for major transportation, transit, rail, utility, energy, coastal resilience, or infrastructure projects. \nExperience serving as a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Deputy Program Manager, Contract Manager, Technical Manager, or Practice Lead. \nExperience supporting large-scale utility, transmission, pipeline, renewable energy, offshore wind, transportation, transit, or resiliency initiatives. \nEstablished relationships with regulatory agencies, transportation agencies, utility clients, and municipal stakeholders throughout the New York metropolitan area. \nDemonstrated success mentoring and developing environmental professionals and building high-performing project teams. \nExperience supporting business development, strategic pursuits, proposal preparation, and client account growth.\nExperience working within a large consulting organization and leading geographically dispersed teams.\nWSP Benefits:\nWSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a 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.\nCompensation:\nExpected Salary (all locations): $130,000 - $165,000\nWSP 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. 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