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Senior Consultant, Quality and Audit

WSP
Little Rock, AR
$72.8K-$119.6K a year
Full-time

Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Consultant, Quality and Audit to support our Earth and Environment (E&E) business line.

The candidate may work out of any WSP US office.

Be a part of growing team of leaders, pioneers, and engineers with huge global support to accelerate your career to new heights.

WSP is a happy and healthy work environment with a great attitude towards flexibility, support, inclusion, balance, and promoting leading innovation.

Your Impact

Metrics and KPIs

  • Implement US Quality Plan to monitor, track, and report on quality metrics / KPIs
  • Work collaboratively with US leadership to drive improvement in support of the US Quality Plan

Key Roles and Responsibilities

  • Development and implementation of the Quality Assurance Program in the Earth and Environment Business Line
  • Conduct Drop-in Assessments; support audit program
  • Support Business Line with project quality and proposals
  • Coach project teams on developing and implementing project quality plans, as well as corrective action plans
  • Partner with business line operations to monitor and report on compliance and progress through regular audits of above quality metrics
  • Participate in select Monthly Project Reviews (MPRs) and engage in recovery efforts where needed
  • Establish workflows for quality engagement in pursuits and project delivery
  • Collaborate with the technical leaders on standards and best practices for implementation specific to design services
  • Identify training needs in collaboration with operations leaders and deliver as required
  • Supervise, mentor, guide and oversee DQM performance (as needed)
  • Report quality concerns or deficiencies / improvements in QA / QC system to the Quality Director
  • Promote, guide and document award program nominations
  • Approve exceptions and modifications to mandatory business line QC requirements
  • Coordinate with project managers (PMs) and project delivery managers (PDMs) to ensure client surveys are conducted in a timely manner
  • Perform and document, as needed, root cause analysis, lessons learned / best practice reviews to support continuous improvement initiatives
  • Provide early notification to senior management and Quality Director on projects with Quality concerns or issues
  • Facilitate Quality training for all new employees and refresher training at required intervals
  • Meet and report regularly with the Quality Director to review metrics, schedules, action items and follow ups
  • Support National and Global Quality related continual improvement initiatives
  • Global audit support
  • Participates in project management and planning meetings
  • Participates with peers in sharing knowledge
  • Demonstrates commitment to keeping up-to date in technical knowledge of current and emerging practices
  • Ability to develop and manage high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects

Required Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in the field of Quality in multi-disciplinary activities including Construction, Engineering and Project Management.
  • 5+ years in a management role working closely with leadership teams.
  • Working knowledge of Federal projects and programs.
  • Working knowledge of HSEQ integrated systems.
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent
  • Adept at using Microsoft Office programs, especially Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

  • BSc / MSc or equivalent HSEQ related qualification, preferred.
  • Internal / external auditing qualification, ISO 45001, 14001 or 9001, preferred.
  • Experienced with ISO certification requirements and coordination thereof, preferred.
  • Member of a professional body i.e. ASQ, IOSH etc. preferred.

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) : $72,800 - $127,380

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.

Expected Salary (Colorado only) : $72,800 - $119,570

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and / or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and 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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About Us

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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