Principal Project Planner

Principal Project Planner – WSP Canada

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WSP is seeking a Principal Project Planner for the office in Montreal, Toronto or Calgary for a position conditional on the award of a major project. The role supports the project control manager and involves planning, scheduling, change management, progress tracking and reporting on project controls.

Primary responsibilities include establishing a baseline for PMB performance, monitoring progress through all project phases, generating initial schedules, developing detailed schedules, creating “what if” scenarios, maintaining baseline schedules, providing data for variance analysis and supporting the business development team during the bid phase.

Why Choose WSP?

• Canadian success story – WSP proudly represents Canada on the world stage.
• Enhance the world around us – from environment to infrastructure, WSP shapes our country.
• Excellent career prospects – growing, collaborative, and always looking for new ideas.
• Exceptional collaborative culture – meet our fantastic team.

What You Can Expect With Us

• Global project planning for the life cycle of EP/EPCM/EPC projects.
• Interactive planning sessions to establish performance measurement baseline.
• Create, adjust and evaluate resource load/leveling.
• Develop various schedule levels for the project and support the business development group during bidding.
• Perform critical path analysis to identify deliverable slack and constraints.
• Mentor junior and sub‑level staff.
• Manage client expectations and negotiate effectively with other team members.
• Coordinate planning team activities for task execution.
• Identify critical path impacts and propose mitigation solutions.
• Contribute to change management process improvement.
• Provide technical support and collaborate with PMs to ensure project schedule scenarios are satisfactorily developed.
• Define the WBS and generate the baseline schedule for engineering, procurement and construction activities.
• Prepare project trend analysis and proactively highlight cost and schedule impacts.
• Create staff assignment plans and track project hours to ensure resource availability.
• Ensure all project/disciplined risks are identified and logged.

What You’ll Bring To WSP

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience as a planner in mining, oil & gas, heavy industry, electricity or similar large‑scale projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (required).
• Engineer licence in a Canadian province (asset).
• Bilingual – English and French required.
• Strong knowledge of EAM principles.
• Flexible, multitask capable, detail oriented.
• Experience with change management and resource planning tools (Oracle, Power BI, MS Project) is an asset.

About WSP

WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms. Our mission is to ensure the sustainability of our cities and environments. We serve over 65,000 professionals worldwide, and in Canada we have more than 12,000 employees across all disciplines.

We pride ourselves on safety, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. All candidates are encouraged to apply and accommodations are available upon request. WSP is an equal opportunity employer.