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About the Role
WSP is seeking a Vice President, Electrical Engineer Practice Leader to join our Property & Buildings practice in Austin, TX. This leadership role will focus on the delivery of electrical engineering services for a wide range of building projects. The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader, trusted client advisor, project executive, and business development champion, playing a key role in expanding WSP's presence in Central Texas.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, design, and delivery of electrical building systems for complex new construction and renovation projects.
- Lead, build and grow the Austin electrical team.
- Serve as Engineer of Record, technical principal, or executive reviewer, as appropriate, and provide technical oversight for complex electrical building systems.
- Develop and execute a market-facing growth strategy for electrical engineering services in Central Texas, including cultivating client relationships, identifying opportunities, leading strategic pursuits, and expanding services with existing clients.
- Support business development efforts, including client presentations, pursuit strategies, proposal development, and contract negotiations.
- Provide executive-level project leadership, ensuring successful delivery related to scope, schedule, quality, and financial performance.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including mechanical, structural, civil, architecture, and specialty consultants.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing electrical engineering team by establishing clear technical expectations, supporting career development, strengthening succession plans, and fostering collaboration across offices and disciplines.
- Contribute to strategic planning, resource management, and business operations within the Property & Buildings practice.
- Support recruiting, workforce planning, and succession planning initiatives.
- Promote innovation, resilience, sustainability, and best practices in building systems design.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in electrical engineering design and project leadership for building projects.
- Demonstrated experience managing large-scale multidisciplinary building projects.
- Proven success in business development, client management, and revenue growth.
- Strong understanding of building electrical systems, including Medium-voltage distribution, Utility coordination, Standby and emergency power, Electrical resilience and redundancy, Renewable energy and electrification, Energy-code compliance, Short-circuit, coordination, and arc-flash studies, Complex renovations and occupied facilities, Construction-phase technical support, applicable codes, and industry standards.
- Experience leading high-performing engineering teams and mentoring technical staff.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Skills
- Electrical engineering design
- Project leadership
- Business development
- Client management
- Revenue growth
- Medium-voltage distribution
- Utility coordination
- Standby and emergency power
- Electrical resilience and redundancy
- Renewable energy and electrification
- Energy-code compliance
- Short-circuit, coordination, and arc-flash studies
- Complex renovations and occupied facilities
- Construction-phase technical support
- Team leadership
- Mentoring technical staff
- Communication
- Presentation
- Relationship-building
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 12+ years of progressive experience
- Vice President
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
Salary/Compensations
- $163,800 - $243,200
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Disability coverage
- Life insurance
- Retirement savings
- Paid sick leave
- Paid vacation
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off for bereavement
- Paid time off for voting
- Paid time off for naturalization proceedings
About the Company
- 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.
- WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.