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About the Role
Lead the future of bus transit and fleet mobility across Canada. This leadership role combines technical excellence, strategic growth, client engagement, and team development to influence the next generation of transit systems and fleet operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical delivery of complex bus transit, fleet electrification, zero-emission vehicle, transportation systems, and transit infrastructure programs.
- Direct major multidisciplinary transportation, transit, and fleet transformation assignments, with executive oversight of scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, commercial performance, and client satisfaction.
- Drive business growth through trusted client relationships, opportunity capture strategies, proposal leadership, and market and account plans that build revenue, backlog, and long-term partnerships.
- Lead and mentor a national team of Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Project Coordinators, fostering accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, and strong delivery performance.
- Provide strategic governance throughout project delivery, guide teams, resolve escalated issues, and support effective decision-making.
- Build trusted relationships with transit agencies, municipalities, fleet operators, utilities, government organizations, and industry partners.
- Champion transportation electrification, emerging technologies, systems innovation, and digital transformation while collaborating with regional, national, and global teams.
- Represent WSP at industry events and executive client engagements, while ensuring work is delivered safely and in accordance with quality, regulatory, contractual, and client requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering; a Master's degree is considered an asset.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in good standing with a Canadian engineering regulator. This requirement is mandatory.
- Extensive leadership experience in transit, transportation systems, fleet electrification, fleet management, transportation infrastructure, or related programs.
- Proven success as a Project Director, Program Director, or senior delivery leader on large, complex, multidisciplinary transportation or infrastructure assignments.
- Experience leading project governance, commercial management, client relationships, and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
- Demonstrated success in business development, opportunity capture, proposal leadership, strategic client account management, and revenue growth.
- Experience developing Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Project Coordinators, with a strong ability to coach and grow high-performing teams.
- Strong knowledge of transit systems, transportation infrastructure, fleet electrification, and transportation technologies, supported by executive-level communication, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and presentation capabilities.
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- Master's degree
Salary/Compensations
- AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $194,700 – $257,900
- MB & ON: $177,600 – $244,600
- NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $175,800 – $233,500
Benefits
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.