Assistant Vice President, Electrical Engineering

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Assistant VP, Electrical Engineer for our New York City, NY team. Be involved in projects with our Properties & Buildings Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges. Provides subject matter technical support and leadership for multi-site/phase due diligence, investigation, remediation, impact assessment, improvement, design, development, and construction.   Provides leadership with ensuring that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.

We are a global leader in the practice of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering and related specialty services for the built environment. Our work is embedded in the residences we live in, the healthcare facilities we rely on for routine medical procedures to life saving feats of medicine, the skyscrapers and buildings we work in, and the operations of our buildings.

We work closely with architects and owners from around the world on large, complex projects with a focus on sustainability and energy performance of the built environment. Our Engineers work on high quality, high-profile, national and international projects. WSP offers excellent growth opportunities.

• Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawings and specification documents for issuance to architects, contractors and building owners
• Coordinate design activities with other multi-discipline project team members as the trade and project lead.
• Detailed design and understanding of electric distribution systems
• Detailed Design and understanding of fire alarm systems
• Design of lighting and lighting control systems
• Scheduling and selecting of electrical components and equipment
• Provides oversite of other as well performs electrical load, short circuit and voltage drop calculations
• Leads Construction administration Efforts
• Involved from project inception to completion in the management of design and construction of electrical infrastructure project for new and existing buildings.
• Attend client and other stakeholder meetings. Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner
• Supervise younger engineers
• Develop a client base for providing engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities.
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Remain current in latest electrical engineering techniques, practices and codes.
• 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

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 10+ years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for capital projects in power generation, transmission, and distribution at a utility, industrial, or commercial scale.
• Engineer license required
• Highly proficient with electrical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
• Highly proficient with infrastructure design.
• Experience with infrastructure planning and design, including comprehensive experience in working with adjacent disciplines such as electrical engineering and telecom.
• Strong knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, 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. 
• 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 adherence to QA/QC.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., AutoCADD  and Revit), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, 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, computations, 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.
• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• New Construction and High Rise Building Design (Mix-use, Residential and Office)
• Project Management of mid to large scale projects
• 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120) preferred.
• Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training desired.
  
  WSP Benefits: 

WSP 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. 

Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $111,200- $198,220

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.

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