Pacific Northwest Service Line Leader: Earth & Environment, EIA&P

Envision. Inspire. Transform.

The WSP Pacific Northwest Earth and Environment (E&E) Service Line Leader for our Environmental Impact Assessment and Permitting (EIA&P) team is a key member of the Pacific Northwest leadership group. This role is responsible for meeting the annual business plan goals for the EIA&P team and supporting development and implementation of the business plan in the Pacific Northwest. The Service Line Leader drives business development and service delivery through successful execution of WSP USA's strategy, focused on our four pillars of success: People & Culture, Clients, Expertise, and Operational Excellence. The Service Line Leader role is a hybrid role, providing people and operational leadership while remaining engaged with projects and client delivery. Direct reports will include Team Leads within the EIA&P team.

People & Culture

• People leader for PNW EIA&P team
• Works with the PNW and regional leadership to attract the best industry talent and grow the business 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
• Inspires, motivates, and promotes the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale
• Emphasizes employee development and mentoring culture to create a differentiated employee work experience and accelerates employee growth
• Conducts mid-year and annual reviews; approves time sheets and expenses
• Assess staff KPIs and recommends compensation or promotions
• Oversees Project Managers as Project Director

Clients

• Deploys our unique expertise and perspective to create new value for clients and provides civic and industry leadership within the local market geography and collaborating across our region and nationally
• Leverages WSP’S full suite of offerings across all end markets, championing a "one WSP" client culture
• Manages client coordination and cross-selling efforts within the PNW team
• Ensures engagement in building the opportunity pipeline to meet PNW sales targets to drive growth in the team

Expertise

• Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings
• Fosters the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry
• Supports the advancement of the strategic direction of the business line and region and positions the PNW for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context of the strategic plan
• Encourages, supports, and promotes the technical and professional development of all staff within WSP

Operational Excellence

• Responsible for delivering operational metrics for EIA&P team in the PNW
• Collaborating and building business across the region with our other EIA&P teams and across business lines
• Focuses on innovation and enhancing health & safety, quality, and sustainable standards
• Collaborates with PNW leadership to strategically drive the business, manage project performance, and meet operational financial metrics in the PNW
• Coordinate with local internal and external client account managers to drive sales and resource allocation in geographic area of responsibility
• Provides commercial risk management and governance in the execution of defined delegation of authority

Key performance indicators include net revenue, Organic Growth, DSO, Direct Labor Multiplier, Utilization, Backlog, Health and Safety Metrics and Employee Engagement. This role requires the ability to balance strategic oversight with hands-on operational leadership, ensuring that both short-term initiatives and long-term growth objectives are achieved. The ideal candidate will work out of one of our Washington, Oregon or Idaho offices and will integrate cross-functional expertise, coordinating resources effectively and fostering a culture of high performance and accountability. Through proactive stakeholder engagement and a commitment to best practices, this position is instrumental in shaping a dynamic, responsive team environment that adapts to evolving market demands.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 12 years of relevant professional experience, including people leadership
• Motivational people leader with a staff development mindset
• Demonstrated experience of leadership, personal accountability, persistent and goal oriented
• Experience with change management
• Collaborative with effective communication skills
• Ability to innovate and re-think the conventional approach to client and employee engagement
• Understanding of the role and end market sectors within the industry
• Commitment to internal and external client service

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 (WA Only): $147,800 - $215,600

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.