Senior Permafrost Geotechnical Engineer

Lead permafrost engineering assignments with WSP across Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, applying cold-region expertise to complex infrastructure projects.

As a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, you will support WSP’s Prairies & North Ground Engineering team. You will address foundations, transportation, mining, geohazards, and earth structures. The work combines technical leadership, project management, client management, and mentorship across multidisciplinary teams.

• Lead permafrost investigations, studies, design, and construction assignments
• Deliver analyses, specifications, drawings, reports, and technical evaluations
• Apply thermal, slope stability, seepage, and deformation expertise
• Manage multidisciplinary deliverables, schedules, budgets, and client requirements
• Mentor professionals and support proposals and business development

• Engineering degree in civil, geotechnical, or geological engineering
• 12+ years of relevant geotechnical engineering and design experience
• Demonstrated permafrost or cold-region engineering experience
• Knowledge of geotechnical investigations, geohazards, instrumentation, and monitoring
• Professional Engineer eligibility and unrestricted Canadian Class 5 licence

Bring permafrost expertise, technical leadership, and project management skills to WSP’s complex northern engineering assignments.