Senior Technical Director, Water & Wastewater Technical Leader

This Opportunity

Consider joining our team as a Senior Vice President, Water & Wastewater Technical Leader in Albuquerque, New Mexico. WSP USA operates with a flexible Hybrid Workplace Model. Come be involved in projects with our New Mexico and Mountain Region Water Team and be part of a growing organization that solves complex regional water and wastewater infrastructure challenges.

This role is structured as a part-time position, providing senior-level technical expertise and advisory support on an as-needed basis to projects and teams across the region.

In this role, you will serve as a senior technical authority and subject matter expert in water and wastewater engineering, providing high-level technical guidance on complex treatment, conveyance, pumping, and infrastructure projects. You will guide critical engineering and design decisions, perform technical and quality reviews, advise project teams and clients on complex challenges, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop practical, resilient, and future-ready solutions.

As a recognized technical leader, you will also help advance WSP's water and wastewater capabilities in New Mexico and the Southwest through technical mentorship, client advisory support, strategic pursuits, and development of engineering best practices.

Your Impact

• Provide senior technical guidance and engineering judgment for complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including treatment, collection and conveyance systems, lift stations, force mains, pumping systems, rehabilitation, optimization, and related infrastructure.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to clients and project teams, developing practical recommendations that consider performance, reliability, lifecycle cost, operability, constructability, regulatory requirements, and implementation.
• Lead high-level technical reviews and QA/QC engineering studies, process evaluations, calculations, plans, specifications, cost estimates, and other major project deliverables.
• Provide senior technical consultation at key stages of the project lifecycle, including planning, feasibility studies, preliminary and final design, construction, commissioning, and operational optimization.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams and advise project managers on technical approaches, project risks, and resolution of complex engineering challenges.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with municipal, tribal, state, federal, and other public-sector clients and represent WSP in technical discussions with clients, regulatory agencies, partners, contractors, and industry organizations.
• Support strategic business development, including client engagement, major pursuits, proposal strategy, technical approaches, and interviews.
• Mentor and develop engineering staff, advance technical standards and best practices, and promote innovation, lessons learned, and consistent QA/QC across project teams.
• Remain actively engaged with professional organizations and advances in water and wastewater treatment, conveyance, pumping, resource recovery, water reuse, and emerging technologies.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making and comply with WSP's Code of Conduct and applicable company policies.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business and project needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible water and wastewater engineering experience, including significant technical leadership on complex infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in water and wastewater engineering, including treatment, conveyance, pumping, rehabilitation, optimization, and/or water reuse.
• Proven experience providing senior-level technical guidance, independent technical review, QA/QC, and resolution of complex engineering challenges.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted technical advisor to clients and multidisciplinary project teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or advanced degree in a related engineering discipline.
• Current or previous Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in one or more U.S. jurisdictions.
• Recognized technical expertise and industry leadership in water and wastewater engineering, demonstrated through major project experience, technical publications, conference presentations, professional organizations, technical committees, and/or development of industry practices and standards