Consultant, Management Consultancy

This Opportunity

The WSP US Advisory practice is dedicated to transforming the business of infrastructure across the transportation, buildings, energy, water, environment, and power sectors. We provide our clients with a full range of strategic planning, organizational development, economic and financial analysis and project development services supported by WSP's engineering expertise in all infrastructure markets.

Our Asset Management Business Advisory service line provides asset lifecycle planning and enterprise transformation services on every level within an organization. Our services are focused on supporting clients to achieve their organization goals and customer service objectives - efficiently, effectively and equitably. We work as trusted advisors to executive leaders through the maintenance technician - driving organization, process and activity change to realize tangible benefits and improvements to service delivery, cost savings, risk and safety.

Our vision is to be the leading provider of advisory services in the social infrastructure sectors - supporting public and private clients to develop the capabilities to manage risk, to be more resilient, to support efficiency, and to enable the delivery of utility, transportation and government services.  At WSP, we work to enable clients to be Immediate Ready by improving organization resilience and developing investment plans to support and maintain asset performance. We also work to support clients to be Future Ready through improved alignment of tomorrow’s organization goals and customer service objectives - including consideration of environmental, economy and social equity - with asset investment needs, through transformation services that address risk and organization resilience. Our work further enables clients to be Digital Ready by identifying the data needs for management action and decision-making, designing appropriate technology solutions and importantly, delivering the organization change management associated with digitalization by supporting all transition phases from design to operations and maintenance.

At WSP US Advisory, you will join a group of trusted advisors and analysts, delivering business and asset performance improvement solutions to our transit, highways, water, aviation and other sector clients. Our team works nationally with team members located across the country.

Your Impact

• You will lead the development, implementation and maintenance of various transportation agencies asset and maintenance management systems.
• The work you do will directly impact how our clients deliver their services, providing tangible improvements to performance, risk and cost and support proactive long-term infrastructure planning and state of good repair needs prioritization.

To do this, you will:

• Lead the design and implementation of asset and maintenance management solutions, including the integration of technology and new processes.
• Lead testing on new processes and system updates.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for asset and maintenance management systems.
• Develop and deliver training programs to educate staff on the effective use of asset and maintenance management tools and techniques.
• Author and revise policies, standards, procedures, and documentation related to asset management.
• Coordinate with multiple stakeholder groups to implement a State of Good Repair framework.
• Monitor system performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Follow industry trends and continuously seek opportunities to enhance asset management solutions and services.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Business Administration, Transportation Planning, Operations Research or closely related and applicable discipline.
• At least 4 years of post-education experience performing similar work.
• Proficient in the use and implementation of Geographic Information System (GIS). 
• Strong understanding of asset management principles and practices.
• Exposure to engineering, maintenance, operations, financial, and compliance processes in a capital-intensive organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service, and technical writing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to research client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies.
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate across workstreams.
• Ability to establish relationships with client personnel.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master’s degree.
• Management Consulting, Engineering Consulting or Data Science experience.
• Familiarity with ISO 55000 or other international asset management frameworks.
• GISP and/or OpenGov Cartegraph Asset Management Admin Certification
• Experience in the transportation industry including design, construction and operations.

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): $88,500 - $126,600

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.

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