Manager, Land Development & Municipal Engineering

WSP USA; Northeastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is recruiting a Manager, Land Development & Municipal Engineering to lead a high-performing team in Sudbury and surrounding areas. You will oversee complex municipal projects from design to construction, maintain client relationships, and drive new business opportunities.

The role combines technical leadership with financial oversight, mentorship, and cross-office collaboration, delivering sustainable community infrastructure with a focus on growth and excellence.

Qualifications

• 15+ years leading preliminary and detailed design and project delivery for Ontario municipalities.
• 5+ years of proven people leadership, including mentoring, performance management, and building strong technical teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage financial performance (revenue, profitability, invoicing, accounts receivable, and key metrics).
• Strong experience guiding teams to consistent use of project management tools, ensuring disciplined delivery and transparent reporting.
• Proven capability in business development, including proposal leadership, client engagement, and pipeline growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary municipal engineering team to deliver high-quality land development and municipal infrastructure projects.
• Drive project excellence by overseeing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client service across multiple concurrent assignments.
• Strengthen trusted client relationships and represent the practice in key stakeholder discussions, negotiations, and project pursuits.
• Develop new business by identifying growth opportunities, cultivating partnerships, and preparing proposals that generate new work for the team.
• Deliver complex municipal designs - roads, active transportation facilities, water and wastewater conveyance systems, and public spaces - supporting sustainable community development.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, standards, and guidelines, coordinating with stakeholders and multidisciplinary partners through design and construction.
• Mentor and coach emerging professionals, building capability, confidence, and a culture of accountability and collaboration.
• Champion effective resource planning and utilization, enabling balanced workloads and delivery performance across offices.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Client engagement

Proposal leadership

Project management

Financial management

Business development

Stakeholder communication

Education

P.Eng. registration in Ontario

University degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

What if you could redefine what's possible? With us, you can.

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

Step into a leadership role that shapes how communities grow. As Manager, Land Development & Municipal Engineering, you'll lead a high-performing team delivering municipal engineering programs across Sudbury and surrounding areas - balancing technical excellence, business growth, and people leadership. Reporting to the Discipline Director, you'll provide technical, management, and financial leadership while strengthening client partnerships and creating opportunities through proposal development and business development.

You'll join a collaborative team that values flexibility and work-life balance, supported by structured professional development, access to modern tools and resources, monthly team-building activities, and an internal network of subject matter experts dedicated to helping you grow and succeed.

Your Impact

• Lead a multidisciplinary municipal engineering team (professionals, technicians, and support staff) to deliver high-quality land development and municipal infrastructure projects.

• Drive project excellence by overseeing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client service across multiple concurrent assignments.

• Strengthen trusted client relationships and represent the practice in key stakeholder discussions, negotiations, and project pursuits.

• Develop new business by identifying growth opportunities, cultivating partnerships, and preparing proposals that generate new work for the team.

• Deliver complex municipal designs - roads, active transportation facilities, water and wastewater conveyance systems, and public spaces - supporting sustainable community development.

• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, standards, and guidelines, coordinating with stakeholders and multidisciplinary partners through design and construction.

• Mentor and coach emerging professionals, building capability, confidence, and a culture of accountability and collaboration.

• Champion effective resource planning and utilization, enabling balanced workloads and delivery performance across offices.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• P.Eng. registration in Ontario with a University degree in Civil Engineering .

• 15+ years leading preliminary and detailed design and project delivery for Ontario municipalities (e.g., City of Sudbury, MTO, and/or other Ontario jurisdictions).

• 5+ years of proven people leadership, including mentoring, performance management, and building strong technical teams.

• Demonstrated ability to manage financial performance (revenue, profitability, invoicing, accounts receivable, and key metrics).

• Strong experience guiding teams to consistent use of project management tools, ensuring disciplined delivery and transparent reporting.

• Proven capability in business development, including proposal leadership, client engagement, and pipeline growth.

• Ability to communicate clearly and influence effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, multi-project environment.

• Consulting experience is considered an asset, paired with a practical, solutions-focused leadership mindset.

Why Choose WSP?

Why Choose WSP? We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.

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: $147,500 - $195,400

MB & ON: $134,600 - $184,600

NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $133,200 - $176,900

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.

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 (https://www.wsp.com/en-ca/corporate/ca/health-safety) .

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 (https://www.wsp.com/en-ca/corporate/ca/health-safety) .