Senior Engineer

WSP in Canada; Lethbridge; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Alberta is seeking a Senior Engineer with extensive experience in municipal and land development projects. The role involves managing technical engineering work, client engagement, and mentoring junior staff. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and at least 15 years of relevant experience. This position offers a chance to work on impactful projects throughout Alberta and potentially across Canada, fostering professional growth and collaboration within a dynamic team.

Benefits

Attractive pay

Flexible work options

Comprehensive benefits including virtual healthcare

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of technical engineering experience in an engineering consulting environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to conduct effective presentations and prepare written reports.
• Registration as a P.Eng. in Alberta.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver technical engineering work on municipal infrastructure systems.
• Client and stakeholder liaison, assistance to project manager with approvals.
• Providing technical leadership to technicians and junior professionals.

Skills

Technical engineering experience

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Mentoring abilities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering

Job description

Job Description

WSP is currently seeking an experienced Senior Engineer, with a strong background in municipal and land development engineering. The position is available in our Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, or Red Deer offices. Project work contributing to projects from small to large scale throughout Alberta, and potentially across Canada, and the Americas. This opportunity presents the successful candidate with a chance to work primarily on engineering assignments with minimal administrative or management functions.

This role is ideal for a senior engineering professional who thrives working on complex municipal infrastructure projects for public clients, land developers and at industrial facilities while directly engaging with clients and approval agencies. The successful candidate will provide senior technical review and leadership, mentoring junior professionals and technical staff through the project life cycle from planning and pre‑feasibility study to preliminary and detailed engineering design and construction support.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story – we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you – from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities – we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday – we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee‑focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

WeAre WSP

What you can expect to do here:

• Manage and deliver technical engineering work on municipal infrastructure systems ranging from water supply, pumping, storage, transmission and distribution, sewage collection, pumping, transmission and primary/secondary treatment, stormwater planning and analysis for minor/major systems including stormwater management facilities, streets and pedestrian networks,
• Technical writing for reports, manuals and technical memos.
• Client and stakeholder liaison, assistance to project manager with approvals.
• Coordination with other disciplines including mechanical, electrical, structural, architectural, instrumentation and controls.
• Providing technical leadership to technicians and junior professionals.
• Quality assurance reviews of professional drawings and documents.
• Understanding of multi‑jurisdictional engineering standards and guidelines.
• Develop and implement innovative solutions.
• Take technical and management responsibility of tasks and delegate effectively to project engineers, technologists and design teams.
• Interacting directly with various personnel in our Client's organizations, including face‑to‑face meetings.
• Other related duties as assigned.

What you’ll bring to WSP:

• Minimum 15 years of technical engineering experience in an engineering consulting environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering or related engineering field required.
• Registration as a P.Eng. in Alberta. Registration in Ontario, NWT/Nunavut, British Columbia and Saskatchewan are considered assets.
• Previous experience collaborating with multi‑discipline project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to conduct effective presentations and prepare written reports and documents.
• Experience delivering technical and business presentations.
• Ability to work independently and in diverse teams.
• Experience writing technical memos and reports.
• Ability to mentor staff.

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future‑proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation.
• We are locally dedicated with international scale.
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo.
• We foster collaboration in everything we do.
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

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.

Offers of employment for safety‑sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to 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.

For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.