Senior Environmental Engineer​/Geoscientist

Overview

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Innovate and Lead - In this senior leadership role, you’ll guide multidisciplinary environmental teams and shape some of the most complex and transformative environmental programs across Ontario and beyond. Your deep expertise, strategic vision, and leadership will drive excellence in environmental assessment, remediation, risk assessment, client strategy, and market growth.

• Provide strategic technical leadership across environmental site assessment, remediation, and risk assessment programs, ensuring high quality delivery and regulatory compliance.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams to deliver complex, high‑impact environmental projects that influence community planning, land development, infrastructure, and sustainability outcomes.
• Mentor and develop talent across the Environmental business, strengthening succession planning and technical excellence.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, strategic partners, and major clients on environmental risk, regulatory frameworks, and emerging contaminants.
• Champion innovation by advancing new methodologies, standards, and best practices within environmental engineering and geoscience.
• Increase WSP’s visibility through participation in industry associations, conferences, and technical committees.
• Drive business growth through seller‑doer leadership, pursuit strategy, proposal oversight, and opportunity pipeline forecasting.
• Strengthen cross‑sector collaboration to expand WSP’s environmental service offerings across geographies and business lines.
• Support risk management on major pursuits and programs, including contract review, fee structures, commercial strategy, and project delivery oversight.

• A Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Geo‑Environmental Science, Environmental Science, or Environmental Engineering, paired with experience earned through hands‑on leadership of significant environmental programs.
• Registration as a P.Geo. or P.Eng. in Ontario, and recognition as a Qualified Person (QP) under O.Reg. 153/04.
• 15–20+ years of progressive experience in environmental engineering or geoscience, including senior oversight of major multidisciplinary projects in Ontario and Atlantic Canada.
• Advanced expertise in environmental site assessment, contaminated sites, remediation, risk assessment, excess soils, and emerging contaminants.
• A proven reputation as a senior reviewer and technical authority on complex project files.
• A demonstrated track record as a seller‑doer, building long‑term client relationships and delivering persistent business growth.
• Highly collaborative, entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to influence strategy across teams and markets.
• Valid driver’s licence and access to a vehicle.

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