The Opportunity:

Senior Vice President, Earth & Environment - Prairies & North

WSP is currently seeking a Senior Vice President, Earth & Environment - Prairies & North . WSP has Canada’s largest Earth & Environment consulting business, with over 5,500 engineers, scientists, and technicians. Our market-leading position in the region draws upon decades of experience and strong client relationships in the oil and gas, mining, government, industrial, energy, and transportation sectors.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Earth & Environment, you will be responsible for leading one of the largest E&E sub-sectors, consisting of approximately 800 specialized staff generating over $150 million in annual revenue. The Prairies & North includes the following provinces and territories:

• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut

As the Senior Vice President, you will operate as the key strategic leader and play a critical role in delivering on our strategic and operational plans. In many of these regions, WSP holds a market leading position in E&E services and is well positioned to benefit from strong industry tailwinds in defense, energy transition, resource extraction and transportation. Drawing on your technical expertise and deep understanding of the Earth & Environment industry, you will leverage your leadership experience to further advance WSP’s leading position in these dynamic and growing markets.

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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A day in the life:

• You will visibly champion the WSP imperatives of Health, Safety & Environment Quality (HSEQ), Inclusion, Belonging, and Ethics & Compliance, ensuring they are an overriding part of the organizational culture.
• You will lead the strategic evolution of the business by developing and executing a vision that supports long-term, sustainable growth.
• You will be client-facing, supporting the development and growth of new and existing clients across the five regional markets.
• You will actively foster a culture of innovation, integrating technology and artificial intelligence solutions into our service offerings, including the development of alternative commercial models for revenue generation.
• You will develop the business line’s operating plans and financial forecasts.
• You will provide leadership by communicating the operating plan and targets, engaging all business line operational and project management employees in achieving business objectives.
• You will be responsible for optimizing the performance of the business line’s operations, including project margin, staff utilization, Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), and administration costs.
• With key support from the business line finance leader, you will forecast the business line’s financial performance, ensure accurate revenue recognition, and prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts.
• You will define contracting strategies, commercial terms, and risk mitigation measures during key pursuit processes, including direct interaction with customers during negotiations.
• You will provide guidance and direction to ensure operational and project delivery excellence.
• You will conduct regular project reviews to ensure that budget, schedule, risk, and cost-to-complete estimates are accurate and up to date.
• You will work collaboratively with other WSP sectors—including Energy, Industrial, and Transportation—to ensure integrated planning and execution of multidisciplinary projects.
• You will monitor business development investments to ensure acceptable returns on investment, aligned with the business line strategy and its backlog and sales targets.
• You will be responsible for managing and developing employees in accordance with WSP’s core values, the performance management program, and the job architecture and job family structure—including supporting the identification, retention, and development of top talent.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• A bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or another technical discipline.

• A minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience managing and leading an Earth and Environment business.

• A demonstrated ability to capitalize on a thriving market to expand and grow a business and client base.

• A strong and sustained history of delivering quality financial performance and results.

• A reputation as a leader with high and positive credibility.

• A strong demonstration of health and safety leadership.

• A passion for working in and leading a diverse and inclusive team.

• A strong reputation for uncompromising integrity.

• Demonstrated good judgment balanced with informed risk-taking.

• High professionalism with strong written and oral communication skills.

• The ability to successfully lead with minimal direction to meet organizational goals.

• The confidence to influence a high-caliber team to drive a business to higher performance levels and seize opportunities presented internally and in the market.

• Advanced people and leadership skills to effectively manage relationships—direct or indirect—to achieve consensus, direction, and results.

• A proven track record of creating a climate where people want to do their best by working collaboratively, empowering teams to solve problems, fostering a strong sense of identity with the company, and holding teams accountable for achieving collective goals.

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.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.