Tunnel Design Lead: Senior Engineer & Growth Catalyst

WSP; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP seeks a Tunnel Design Lead for mining sector-based underground infrastructure in Canada. Based in Toronto or Mississauga, hybrid work, leading complex tunnelling design from feasibility to construction support while guiding client relationships and expanding WSP’s market presence.

The role requires 15+ years in tunnelling, 5+ years in team leadership, PE/O licensing, and advanced expertise in tunnel alignment, ground support, geostructural design, and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil, geotechnical, or geological engineering with a focus on tunnelling; a master's degree is preferred.
• 15+ years of experience delivering tunnelling and underground infrastructure design, including at least 5+ years leading or managing underground design projects.
• Proven experience serving as a technical design lead on complex, multidisciplinary tunnelling assignments across mining, hydropower, transportation, or comparable underground infrastructure sectors.
• Active membership with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
• Advanced expertise in tunnel alignment, excavation methods, ground support systems, geostructural design, constructability, and underground project risk management.
• Demonstrated capability leading work from feasibility through detailed design and construction support while maintaining technical quality, safety, schedule, and commercial performance.
• Strong client advisory, business development, proposal, and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to translate complex engineering issues into clear decisions.
• Experience mentoring and developing multidisciplinary professionals, along with willingness to travel to project sites as required and legal authorization to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of tunnelling and underground design assignments from concept and feasibility through detailed design and construction support.
• Deliver integrated solutions for tunnel alignment, excavation methods, ground support, and geostructural design that balance safety, performance, constructability, and value.
• Strengthen trusted client relationships as a senior technical advisor and primary interface for complex underground infrastructure decisions.
• Drive sustainable business growth through strategic pursuits, proposal leadership, project scoping, and meaningful engagement with clients and partners.
• Champion quality, safety, risk management, and technical governance across every project phase.
• Develop multidisciplinary teams through mentorship, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, building technical depth and succession across WSP's underground practice.

Skills

Tunnel design leadership

Geotechnical engineering

Geostructural design

Client advisory

Mentorship

Travel to project sites

Education

Civil/geotechnical/geological engineering (tunnelling focus)

Master's degree preferred

Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) license

Job description

WSP seeks a Tunnel Design Lead for mining sector-based underground infrastructure in Canada. Based in Toronto or Mississauga, hybrid work, leading complex tunnelling design from feasibility to construction support while guiding client relationships and expanding WSP’s market presence.

The role requires 15+ years in tunnelling, 5+ years in team leadership, PE/O licensing, and advanced expertise in tunnel alignment, ground support, geostructural design, and risk management.