Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a full-time Vice President, Regional Quality Lead to support the New York State Transportation and Infrastructure Region in the New York City office.  The selected candidate will be involved with Transportation & Infrastructure projects and be an integral part of a growing ISO 9001 compliant organization assuring consistent production of quality deliverables meeting our client’s objectives. 

Your Impact

This position involves oversight of NYS T&I Quality Assurance and may include the following functions:

• Oversee all NYS T&I Quality Managers and assign Quality Managers to each NYS T&I Projects.
• Develop Quality Managers within NYS T&I Region.
• Monitor and enforce quality standards across contractor activities to ensure compliance with project specifications, regulatory requirements, and company policies  
• Monitor and enforce quality standards to ensure compliance with client procedures, regulatory requirements, and company policies 
• Identify opportunities for improvement of process & procedure deficiencies, determine overlapping or redundant processes impacting the delivery of consistent quality product.
• Review and approve project quality management plans.
• Perform quality assurance reviews as required.
• Assist with writing project proposals and preparing budgets.
• Serve as Quality Manager on specific active projects.
• Conduct Quality audits.
• Provide Quality support during design and construction activities.
• Attend meetings.
• 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.
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Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 12+ years of relevant post education experience in Quality Management, 5 years of managerial experience
• ISO 9001 Certified Quality Manager

Experience to include:

• Preferred areas of experience should include one or more of the following categories: transportation, infrastructure, or governmental
• Must be able to effectively communicate information and ideas both orally and in writing
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
• Must 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
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Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree

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): $175,000 - $245,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and 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, 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.

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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.