This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full Time Grants Strategy & Development Senior Consultant . Be involved in projects with our Advisory Services and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

WSP USA’s Advisory Services professionals are dedicated to developing business and operational solutions in all areas of management, investment, and development throughout the entire business life cycle. We offer our clients a unique combination of infrastructure expertise and management consulting leadership to help them determine how best to develop assets and cost-effectively deliver services.

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. Come join us and help shape the future!

WSP’s Grants Strategy & Development group supports our clients in planning, preparing, winning, and managing competitive grant funding from federal, state, and local sources. This position would focus on serving a wide range of clients that range from public to private entities and ensure their grant funded projects are implemented and comply with all applicable terms and conditions under the grant award. In terms of project types, it is anticipated this position would work with clients on projects that address energy, climate change, decarbonization, sustainability, research, pollution reduction and other initiatives to protect the environment.

Your Impact

• Provide post-award grants management and compliance support to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded projects

• Support clients in the grant obligation of their awards and implementation of their DOE and EPA- funded projects

• Demonstrate general knowledge of federal policy, federal legislation and grant guidelines

• Contribute to business development activities in pursuit of grant support consultant contracts

• Contribute to client engagement and foster client relationships; current with trends, opportunities, etc.

• Serve as task lead / key staff for grant manage support contracts; manage scope, schedule, and budget

• Actively contribute to client relationships (both internally and externally)

• Support the professional growth of our junior consultants within the Grants Strategy & Development group

• Overseeing the development of reports, memorandums, and client ready documentation

• Lead client meetings and workshops

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills

• Proven experience managing staff

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Demonstrated research skills and experience

• Grant writing experience for federal discretionary government programs

• Experience with the grant post-award management activities for DOE and EPA funding. This can include executing grant agreements, ongoing reporting and compliance, tracking performance measures and closing out the grant funded projects.

• Experience with DOE and EPA grant online portals and systems for post-award activities.

• Support clients in the obligation of their grant funds;

• Experience with developing best practices and processes for grants management activities.

• Past project management experience, including projects, schedule, staffing, and budget

• Manage time efficiently and ability to work well with multiple deadlines and flexibility to adapt to unanticipated client requests for grant development and/or management support

• Ability to think creatively, work independently, and deliver high quality work with minimal oversight

• Ability to lead teams, synthesize problems, and communicate point of view and analytical results

• Significant experience using Microsoft Office’s suite of applications and their higher-level capabilities

• 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

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree is preferred

• Experience with the DOE and EPA funding opportunities, including discretionary grants and funding incentives. This can include developing grant applications, letters of intent, reviewing Funding Opportunity Announcements, and Notices of Funding Opportunities.

• Experience with the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding and financing programs such as the Capital Investment Grants Program (CIG); Section 5307, 5337, and 5339 formula programs; other discretionary grant programs; and federal financing programs such as FFGA, TIFIA and RRIF

• FTA grants management experience (post-award) with FTA's TrAMS system.

• Grant writing and funding strategy experience for infrastructure projects

• Post Graduate Education (Graduate Level Courses Short Courses, Masters, PhD in Planning or other related disciplines)

• Active member of local professional organizations

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: $83,200-$145,530

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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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.

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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.