Director, Major Power Projects – Canada

WSP in Canada; Airdrie; On-site; CAD 162,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top 100 Employer in Canada

Flexible work options

Global career opportunities

Commitment to safety and wellbeing

Job summary

WSP in Canada is seeking a Director, Major Projects, Power Canada to lead delivery of complex energy infrastructure. You will govern large projects across Hydropower, Transmission & Distribution, Renewable Energy, and Telecommunications, guiding teams from development through commissioning and closeout.

You will partner with clients, regulators, Indigenous communities, and contractors to ensure safe, sustainable, and profitable outcomes while advancing Canada’s energy transition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience leading large-scale major projects within the power, energy, or heavy industrial sectors.
• Proven experience delivering complex projects involving Transmission & Distribution, Hydropower & Dams, Renewable Energy, or Power Infrastructure.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams through feasibility, execution, commissioning, start-up, and project closeout phases.
• Strong knowledge of project delivery models including EP, EPCM, PMC, and similar contracting arrangements.
• Expertise in project governance, project controls, commercial management, contract administration, legal reviews, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Exceptional leadership, negotiation, strategic planning, and decision-making capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to foster a high-performance, collaborative culture across integrated project teams.
• Strong business acumen with a focus on profitability, client satisfaction, and long-term partnership development.
• P.Eng. designation preferred
• PMP certification considered an asset.
• Bilingualism (English/French) is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide director-level leadership and oversight for major power and energy infrastructure projects across Canada.
• Establish project execution strategies, governance frameworks, organizational structures, and decision-making processes.
• Ensure safe, efficient, and successful project delivery while achieving approved scope, schedule, quality, financial, and operational objectives.
• Build, mentor, and lead high-performing project leadership teams that foster accountability, collaboration, and excellence.
• Serve as the director-level interface with clients, contractors, regulators, Indigenous communities, and other key stakeholders.
• Drive commercial and financial performance for the major projects team through effective forecasting, contract management, risk mitigation, change management, and claims resolution.
• Align engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, project controls, commercial, safety, and quality teams toward shared project goals.
• Champion strong project governance through performance reporting, risk reviews, health assessments, and corrective action planning.
• Promote a robust safety culture while ensuring regulatory compliance, quality standards, and sustainable project practices.
• Lead project closeout activities for the major projects team, including client acceptance, commercial completion, lessons learned, and successful transition to operations.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Project Governance

Stakeholder Engagement

Commercial Management

Contract Administration

Risk Management

Negotiation

Team Leadership

Bilingual EN/FR

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

P.Eng. designation preferred

Job description

WSP in Canada is seeking a Director, Major Projects, Power Canada to lead delivery of complex energy infrastructure. You will govern large projects across Hydropower, Transmission & Distribution, Renewable Energy, and Telecommunications, guiding teams from development through commissioning and closeout.

You will partner with clients, regulators, Indigenous communities, and contractors to ensure safe, sustainable, and profitable outcomes while advancing Canada’s energy transition.