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About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

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.

Requirements

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.

Skills

Engineering
Construction project delivery
Transit operations
Multidisciplinary capital programs
Heavy construction
Construction Act
Contract delivery methodologies
Inspection practices
Engineering principles
Technical scope preparation
Specification writing
Construction document preparation
Engineering report writing
Relationship building
Effective communication
Client-facing interaction
Priority balancing
Proactive issue resolution

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
Minimum 7 years

Education Level

University degree in Engineering or a related discipline
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation

Salary/Compensations

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

Benefits

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Flexible work, real balance

About the Company

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

Equal Opportunity

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.