Assistant Vice President, Quality and Audit (Earth and Environment)

This Opportunity

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Assistant Vice President, Quality and Audit to support our Earth and Environment team. The candidate may work out of any WSP US office. 

Be a part of growing team of leaders, pioneers, and engineers with huge global support to accelerate your career to new heights. WSP is a happy and healthy work environment with a great attitude towards flexibility, support, inclusion, balance, and promoting leading innovation.

Your Impact

Metrics and KPIs 

• Implement the US Quality Plan to monitor, track, and report on quality metrics/KPIs.
• Work collaboratively with US leadership to drive improvements in support of the US Quality Plan.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Work with the Earth and Environment Business Line Quality Director to develop and implement the US Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) Manual.
• Conduct drop-in assessments and support the internal audit program, including audit corrective action plans.
• Support the business line with project quality and proposals.
• Coach project teams on developing, guiding, and verifying the implementation of project quality plans, as well as escalating audit corrective action plans as needed.
• Assist with business line operations to monitor and report on compliance and progress through regular audits.
• Participate in select Monthly Project Reviews (MPRs) and engage in recovery efforts where needed.
• Establish and support workflows for quality engagement in pursuits and project delivery.
• Collaborate with technical leaders on standards and best practices for implementation specific to design services.
• Identify training needs in collaboration with operations leaders and deliver as required.
• Report quality concerns or deficiencies/improvements in the QA/QC system to the Quality Director.
• Promote, guide, and document award program nominations.
• Coordinate with project managers (PMs) and project directors (PDs) to ensure client surveys are conducted in a timely manner.
• Perform and document root cause analysis, lessons learned, and best practice reviews as needed to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide early notification to the Quality Director on projects with quality concerns or issues.
• Facilitate quality training for all new employees and refresher training at required intervals.
• Meet and report regularly with the Quality Director to review metrics, schedules, action items, and follow-ups.
• Support national and global quality-related continual improvement initiatives.
• Provide global audit support.
• Participate in project management and planning meetings.
• Share knowledge with peers.
• Demonstrate commitment to staying up-to-date with current and emerging practices in technical knowledge.
• Develop and manage high-quality technical and professional deliverables on projects.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Have at least 10 years of experience in the field of Quality in multi-disciplinary activities, including Construction, Engineering, and Project Management.
• 5+ years in a management role working closely with leadership teams.
• Working knowledge of T&I projects and programs.
• Working knowledge of HSEQ integrated systems.
• BSc/MSc or equivalent
• Adept at using Microsoft Office programs, especially Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• HSEQ-related qualification.
• Internal/external auditing qualification, ISO 45001, 14001, or 9001.
• Experience with ISO certification requirements and coordination thereof.
• Member of a professional body, e.g., ASQ, IOSH, etc.

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): $104,200 – $185,680

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.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $104,200 – $174,240

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and 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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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. 

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