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National Toll Practice Consultant

Req ID 4421

National Toll Practice Consultant

Who We Are

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all backgrounds. That’s why here at WSP, inclusion, diversity, equity and belonging are core principles. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a National Toll Practice Consultant to provide strategic direction and overall leadership in achieving budgeted business development outcomes, building and fostering strong client and stakeholder relationships with an overall focus on growth and expanding our market leadership.

The National Toll Practice Consultant will possess a balanced commercial, strategic and business development mindset and the ability to drive an integrated strategy that combines advisory, planning, design engineering, program management and construction management professional services. We seek to be an industry leader and trusted advisor, -- driving business growth with a commitment to client and commercial success. These will be important objectives for this position.

The position will report to the WSP National Director of Tolling Services and can sit out of any mutually agreed WSP USA office.

Your Impact

A key part of this role is for the National Toll Practice Consultant will collaborate with the firms’ Western regional and local leadership to implement client engagement and business development strategies that are focused on growing our presence and ability to deliver strategic and technical solutions for our tolling and related clients.

The National Toll Practice Consultant will also engage with our technical experts to develop the full suite of relevant client services. A limited number of tolling specialists may directly report to the National Toll Practice Leader. Most services will be provided by technical resources that reside throughout WSP’s Transportation and Advisory businesses and are readily available in a collaborative matrix model.

Business Development

• Represent the firm in the market through involvement in client and industry events and associations to promote intelligence gathering and pipeline development

• Manage promotional and proposal material development

• Develop new business leads

• Develop strategic alliances and project partners to secure new work

• Lead strategic project pursuits

• Participate in negotiations to secure contract awards

Strategic Leadership

• Anticipate medium and long-term client needs and industry dynamics

• Comfort with changing market conditions

• Crafts program delivery strategies with owners and policy makers, and implementation plans to achieve desired outcomes

• Confident and creative problem solver willing to propose innovative ideas

• Partner who solicits, assesses and adopts creative ideas from other participants

Business Performance

• Act as a key contributor and business advisor to the Western Regional Team

• Lead the delivery on tolling aspect of projects across the Western Region and the US

Leadership

• Enthusiastic and inspiring style

• Show significant commitment to the company and the requirements of the role

• Manage and lead through others

• Includes the view of others in decisions, comfortable with group decision-making

• Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions

• Able to cope effectively with complexity and change

• Expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.

• Communicate ideas clearly across multi-regional teams

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• The position requires BA/BS degree in Engineering, Planning, Architecture, Business, or equivalent technical discipline, proven track record of successfully growing a program, team or initiative in tolling

• Minimum 12 years of transportation consulting/engineering experience, including at least five years of successful experience in delivery of tolling technical work

• Specific regional expertise in Transportation and established relationships with local teaming partners and key client decision makers Demonstrated experience in leading and winning large strategic pursuits.

• Excellent communication skills (presenting and writing)

• Organized, self-starter with a strong entrepreneurial spirit

• 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

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies

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Additional Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Additional Details

• Travel Required: 60%

• Job Status: Regular

• Employee Type: Full

• Primary Location: CHICAGO - N LASALLE ST

• All locations: US-CA-San Francisco, US-CO-Denver, US-DC-Washington, US-FL-Fort Lauderdale, US-FL-Miami, US-FL-Orlando, US-FL-Tampa, US-IL-Chicago, US-LA-New Orleans, US-MA-Boston, US-MD-Baltimore, US-MI-Detroit, US-MN-Minneapolis, US-MO-Kansas City, US-NC-Charlotte, US-NC-Mooresville, US-NC-Raleigh, US-NJ-Jersey City, US-NJ-Lawrenceville, US-NJ-Morris Township, US-NJ-Mount Laurel, US-NJ-Newark, US-NJ-Upper Saddle River, US-NY-Albany, US-NY-Buffalo, US-NY-Hawthorne, US-NY-Long Island City, US-NY-New York, US-NY-Troy, US-NY-Valhalla, US-OH-Cleveland, US-OH-Columbus, US-PA-Philadelphia, US-PA-Pittsburgh, US-Remote, US-VA-Arlington

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 12,000 employees in over 200 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a 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.