Vice President, Major Projects – Transportation & Infrastructure

The Opportunity:

You will oversee and provide project management leadership for all major projects ($5M+) within the Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Sector comprising of six subsectors (Transportation Systems, Bridges / HI-ways & Roads, Water & Waste Water, Land Development & Municipal Engineering, Planning and Advisory). You will work collaboratively with the Sector Leadership, Major Project Delivery teams and Key Stakeholders to navigate complex situations and drive consistency across the project delivery life cycle

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story – we’re proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you – from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities – we’re growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday – we’re open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it’s like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

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What you can expect to do here:

• You will oversee and provide project management leadership for all major projects ($5M+) within the Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) sector working closely with the T&I and Project leadership.
• You will partner with the (T&I) Strategic Pursuits and Alternative Delivery Leader and be Responsible on Major Projects from Opportunity to Bid and through Delivery
• You will proactively partner with our national leaders in project management, commercial management and legal on issues that arise within the Major Projects
• You will implement and drive consistency through our communities of practices for our Major Projects
• You will interface with Clients as a Project Sponsor
• You will have a Sector focused role on Major Projects in Transportation and Infrastructure, and act as a centralized point of contact in Major Projects, providing Executive insights to Sector Leadership and the Canadian Leadership Teams
• You will apply your skills and abilities to navigate complex situations in projects with minimal information and take a diagnostic solution focused approach to project performance and delivery.
• You will provide the high-level insights from a strategic level executive review to CLT, while having the unique ability to deep dive into the execution in support of the Project team as required
• You will Lead the Executive Project Review meetings for Transportation & Infrastructure
• You will generate efficiencies in the sector project performance and provide the ROI in this unique opportunity to strengthen the major projects with best practices that align with our national practice.

What you’ll bring to WSP:

• University or equivalent education or experience Major Project Delivery
• The ability to work dynamically and collaboratively across numerous Clients and Functional groups
• Experience leading large complex infrastructure Projects in various traditional and progressive procurement models

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): Starting at $174 750

WSP Canada is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it will pay for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to the specific geographic location.
WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

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.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to 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.

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