Director, Major Projects - Power 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

Job Description

What if you could redefine what's possible? With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.

We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers. With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science-based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions. We are pathfinders and impact makers. We are Visioneers. We are WSP.

The Opportunity

Build the future with us. WSP is seeking a strategic and accomplished Director, Major Projects, Power Canada to lead the successful delivery of some of Canada's most complex and transformative power infrastructure projects. In this leadership role, you will oversee large-scale capital projects across Hydropower & Dams, Transmission & Distribution, Renewable Energy, and Telecommunications Infrastructure, providing governance, direction, and leadership from project development through commissioning and closeout.

As the Project Director, you will serve as the trusted advisor to clients and key stakeholders while guiding multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects safely, sustainably, and profitably. This is an opportunity to shape the future of Canada's energy infrastructure while contributing to projects that support communities, economic growth, and the transition to a cleaner energy future.

Your Impact

• 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.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• 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.

Why Choose WSP?

• Proudly Canadian - we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
• A global community of brilliant minds - your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it's across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition - because your growth drives ours.
• Flexible work, real balance - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

#WeAreWSP

Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $177,000 to $234,400

MB & ON: $161,500 to $222,300

NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $159,900 to $212,300

Disclosure

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Make Your Mark with WSP

If you're ready to bring your expertise to impactful major projects in power, we’d love to hear from you. Together, let’s build the systems that power Canada’s future.

About Us

At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity. It's why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what's possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers. As one of the world's leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.

At WSP, you'll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose. Join us.

Please Note

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here. Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits). WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted. WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here.