Senior Environmental Project Manager

WSP in Canada; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 94,100 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Mentorship opportunities

Contributions to health and safety training

Job summary

WSP in Canada is seeking a Senior Environmental Project Manager to join its Remediation Program Management team. The successful candidate will manage risk and closure of contaminated sites, overseeing field work for monitoring and remediation affected by hydrocarbons and metals.

This role offers the chance to engage in complex Canadian environmental projects while mentoring new team members, promoting a self-driven atmosphere in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years experience in project management, preferably in environmental services.
• Relevant health and safety training related to the oil and gas industry is an asset.
• Strong time management and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage risk and closure of contaminated sites.
• Design and oversee field work related to remediation.
• Prepare technical reports on environmental projects.

Skills

Project management

Environmental consulting

Communication skills

Spreadsheet proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Professional designation

Job description

Overview

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

Your Impact Starts Here – Are you ready to tackle some of the most complex and rewarding challenges in the industry? In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with brilliant minds and contribute to high-profile projects that are changing the landscape of our world. WSP’s RPM team is one of the most established and exciting teams in Canada. The team consists of environmental technicians, project coordinators, project managers, technical experts, and qualified professionals. We have been providing contaminated site program management services to the worlds most technically focused companies for over 15 years. We consistently have backlog of 9 to 12 months and provide growth opportunities for our high performing team members. We specialize in health and safety, Phase I/II ESAs, risk assessment and remediation. Our team takes on the biggest Canadian projects from coast to coast to coast. The projects range in type, size and complexity, and the successful candidate will be able to utilize the team strengths to manage a large amount of field work efficiently and effectively.

WSP has a new opportunity for a Senior Environmental Project Manager to join our Remediation Program Management team. This new opportunity will require you to manage risk and closure of contaminated sites. You will design and oversee field work related to monitoring, investigating, and remediating contaminated sites impacted by hydrocarbons (diesel, gasoline crude oil etc.) fertilizers and metals, as well as prepare technical reports. It is expected that you are self-motivated and will demonstrate strong time management and communication skills.

Your Impact

• Be part of a Canadian-based firm, applying and expanding your client delivery, project delivery and financial acumen skills.
• As a part of our team, we each bring our lived experiences in hand, where we have the power to design a place where people, friends, families and neighbours can thrive.
• Maintain a work-life balance, logging in remotely or attending the office in a hybrid work solution of 3 days a week in the office.
• Clearly identify and help the project team understand project schedule and objectives, monitoring project performance and health and assemble your team including technical experts to support client solutions.
• Develop your career by having several different mentors to plan, adjust and grow your career at WSP.
• Be a mentor to new, talented and enthusiastic people to the environmental industry within WSP, sharing your project management experiences and knowledge, developing the next generation of consultants and their project monitoring and delivery skills.
• Guided by our Zero Harm policy and rigorous Health, Safety and Environment standards, with your knowledge and experience, reviewing and enhancing project health and safety plans.
• Participate and be a member of a 10-20 person client-specific delivery team, while at the same time leveraging the experience and expertise of the entire RPM group.
• Have a really complex technical issue? Engage with a Practice Area Network (PAN) who may have experienced the same issue in Australia, Malaysia, or even exotic locations like Saskatoon.
• Lead some of the most interesting and technically challenging environmental projects in Western and Northern Canada.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• Stops and takes time out of your busy day to help coworkers, especially new team members, understand assignments and help mentor them in their career path.
• Are a master of spreadsheets, attention to detail and coordination, not yet having met a challenge that cannot be solved with a well designed spreadsheet.
• Following schedules are a must, and you take great pride in delivering on time.
• All deliverables that pass through your desk are the best quality you have produced, only surpassed in quality by your next deliverable.
• Have excellent communication skills and somehow find yourself the default person coordinating activities with your friends and family.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Have a professional designation.
• 5 to 10 years experience in project management, environmental industry experience an asset.
• Asset to have health and safety training related to the oil and gas industry.

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.

Make Your Mark with WSP

Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YK: $104,100 – $138,000

MB & ON: $95,000 – $130,800

NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $94,100 – $124,900

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.

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. Join us. Please Note: Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. 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. 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.