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Who We Are

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Enclosures for our Los Angeles, California office.  The following locations will also be considered: Irvine, California. 

Be involved in projects with our Building Enclosures Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. 

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

Work will include building enclosure design consulting and commissioning, new building, restoration, and repair design of roofing and vertical building enclosures. Typical services may include building exterior design detailing, specification review, construction phase consulting services, forensic investigation, condition assessment, and building science analysis.  Candidate will be expected to manage teams of multiple staff on multiple projects at the same time, offer technical guidance, coordinate with the appropriate technical leads for the project and be the primary point of contact for the client.

Your Impact Provide building enclosure commissioning and consulting services Assist project teams with completing building enclosure design reviews Review fenestration, vertical facade, roofing systems, and waterproofing Assist with performing technical reviews Provide support in completing on-site forensic investigations Assist with conducting functional performance testing of enclosure systems Perform on-site construction observations (access to personal transportation is required)

Talent is the essence of meeting our client’s objectives, goals and challenges. If this sounds like a fit for you, we’d love to have that first discussion of you joining our team.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Building Science, Construction Management, or closely related discipline. 10+ years of experience in building enclosures related work Experience in quality control and management is required.  Extensive knowledge of building construction is required. Includes extensive experience with building planning, design, vertical exterior façade, roofing, waterproofing and construction management involving commercial and residential buildings; including active involvement in a variety of renovation and new design projects.  Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, load calculations, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution. Maintains strong relationships with clients and external professional and industry groups. Extensive and successful business development experience. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC. Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and installation of equipment, materials, and systems. Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to a technical and non-technical audience. Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization. Proficiency with discipline-specific design software such as AutoCAD and Bluebeam (Revit, WUFI, THERM, energy modeling a plus). Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity. Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently. 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. Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements. Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies. 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's Degree in one of the above-listed disciplines Registered Architect or Professional Engineer in the state of California. Highly proficient with third-party green building rating systems (LEED, Passive House, LBC, WELL, or related). Strong knowledge of green building construction codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.

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): $100,500 - $150,000

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.

Additional Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Additional Details Travel Required: 10% Job Status: Regular Employee Type: Full Primary Location: LOS ANGELES - 515 S FIGUEROA All locations: US-CA-Irvine, US-CA-Los Angeles 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. www.wsp.com

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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