Senior Project Engineer, Rail and Transit

Socket.dev; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Hybrid work model

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to deliver multidisciplinary capital transit projects from concept through construction and closeout. You will provide technical leadership, coordinate design and construction activities, and ensure safe, efficient delivery in active transit environments.

This hybrid role requires a minimum of three days per week at a client office. The ideal candidate has a university engineering degree, a P.Eng.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• P.Eng. designation with PEO in good standing.
• Minimum 7 years of direct experience delivering engineering and construction projects within a transit operating environment.
• Experience leading major multidisciplinary capital programs and heavy construction projects.
• Strong understanding of the Construction Act, contract delivery methodologies, inspection practices, and engineering principles.
• Direct experience preparing, reviewing, and administering technical scopes of work, specifications, construction documents, and engineering reports.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders in a client-facing environment.
• Confidence in balancing competing priorities, resolving issues proactively, and supporting delivery in active transit or construction environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop project concepts, budgets, schedules, and scope aligned with stakeholders.
• Prepare scope and construction sign-off documents and secure approvals.
• Manage design progress from preliminary to detailed phases and lead reviews.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design reviews for compliance and constructability.
• Lead analyses and lifecycle cost assessments for design challenges.
• Oversee preparation of construction contract documents.
• Supervise technical specification development and construction support.
• Manage contract changes and close-out documentation.
• Prepare project summaries and coordinate budgeting with Capital teams.
• Prepare project administration documents: work plans, change orders, procurement requests.
• Provide engineering support during construction and handover to operations.
• Support Construction Management on contract changes and field issues.

Skills

Engineering degree

P.Eng designation

7+ years transit projects

Multidisciplinary capital programs

Contract delivery methodologies

Technical scopes of work

Stakeholder communication

Active transit environments

Education

University degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer (PEO) designation

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

Help shape some of the region’s most complex and transformative transit infrastructure programs. As a Senior Project Engineer, you will play a critical role in delivering multidisciplinary capital projects from concept through construction and closeout. Working closely with clients, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders, you will provide technical leadership, coordinate design and construction activities, and help ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and successfully within active transit environments.

This is a hybrid position requiring a minimum of three days per week at a client office.

Your Impact

• Develop and define project concepts, quality standards, budget parameters, schedule expectations and scope of work, aligning with stakeholder requirements.

• Prepare scope and construction review sign‑off documents and secure stakeholder approvals of scope and construction review design and contract specifications.

• Manage design progress from preliminary through detailed phases and conduct design review meetings, including constructability and maintainability.

• Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary design reviews to confirm technical compliance, constructability, maintainability, budget alignment, and schedule performance.

• Lead alternative analyses, engineering studies, and lifecycle cost assessments to resolve complex design and construction challenges.

• Oversee preparation of construction contract documents.

• Supervise technical specification development and provide ongoing engineering support during construction.

• Manage contract changes, technical compliance reviews, close‑out documentation, and as‑built coordination to support successful project completion.

• Prepare Project Summary Sheets and Justification Reports and coordinate budgeting with Capital Programming and Estimating teams.

• Prepare project administration documents: work plans, change orders, procurement requests, status reports.

• Provide engineering support throughout construction, including design handover, Notice to Proceed coordination, kick‑off/progress/technical meetings, and construction‑phase work plan reviews.

• Support the Construction Management team by providing technical guidance on contract changes, construction issues, claims, as‑built documentation, close‑out, and handover to Operations.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• University degree in Engineering or a related discipline.

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).

• Minimum 7 years of direct experience delivering engineering and construction projects within a transit operating environment.

• Demonstrated experience leading major multidisciplinary capital programs and heavy construction projects.

• Strong understanding of the Construction Act, contract delivery methodologies, inspection practices, and engineering principles.

• Direct experience preparing, reviewing, and administering technical scopes of work, specifications, construction documents, and engineering reports.

• Ability to build trusted relationships and communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders in a client‑facing environment.

• Confidence in balancing competing priorities, resolving issues proactively, and supporting delivery in active transit or construction environments.

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.

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Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $104,100 - $138,000
MB & ON: $95,000 - $130,800
NB, NL, NS, PE & 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.

Ready to Shape the Future?

Join a team of experts delivering infrastructure that keeps communities connected and moving. Bring your engineering expertise, leadership, and passion for project delivery to complex transit programs where your work will have a lasting impact. At WSP, you'll collaborate with talented professionals, tackle meaningful challenges, and unlock opportunities to grow your career while helping build the future of transportation.

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.