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The Opportunity
Unlock Potential
This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the most diverse and impactful technical businesses within WSP's Earth & Environment practice.
As Vice President, Ground Engineering, Laboratory & Materials Services, you will provide strategic leadership across geotechnical engineering, tailings engineering, geohazard services, materials engineering, laboratory operations, field services, construction quality assurance, and instrumentation and monitoring. Leading a team of more than 300 professionals across the Prairies and North, you will shape the future of critical infrastructure, mining, energy, transportation, industrial, and environmental projects while driving sustainable business growth and technical excellence across the region.
As a key member of the Earth & Environment Leadership Team, you will influence strategic direction, develop high-performing teams, strengthen client relationships, and position WSP as the partner of choice for complex ground engineering and materials solutions.
Your Impact
- Lead the strategic growth and operational performance of WSP's Ground Engineering, Laboratory & Materials Services business across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
- Drive profitable growth through strong client relationships, market expansion, innovative service offerings, and major pursuit leadership.
- Champion technical excellence across geotechnical engineering, tailings, geohazards, laboratory services, materials engineering, field services, and construction quality programs.
- Build and mentor high-performing leadership teams, fostering succession planning, employee engagement, and professional development.
- Strengthen collaboration across Earth & Environment and broader WSP businesses to deliver integrated solutions for clients.
- Lead operational excellence initiatives that improve safety, quality, utilization, efficiency, and profitability.
- Influence major investments, business planning, and strategic decisions that support long-term regional growth.
- Inspire a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across a geographically distributed workforce.
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Geological, Geotechnical, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Canada.
- 15+ years of progressively senior leadership experience within consulting, engineering, laboratory services, mining, infrastructure, construction, or related industries.
- Demonstrated success leading large multidisciplinary technical and operational teams across multiple locations.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience managing revenue, profitability, forecasting, budgeting, and investment planning.
- Established executive-level relationships within mining, infrastructure, transportation, energy, industrial, or environmental sectors.
- Proven ability to lead organizational growth, major pursuits, client development initiatives, and high-value project delivery.
- Experience overseeing geotechnical, materials, laboratory, field services, or tailings operations is highly valued.
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline is considered an asset.
- Strong commitment to health, safety, technical governance, quality, and operational excellence.
- Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
- A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
- Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it's across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition — because your growth drives ours.
- Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.
Shape the Future of Ground Engineering
The challenges facing our communities, industries, and infrastructure have never been more complex. Neither have the opportunities to make a lasting impact.
If you're a strategic business leader, technical innovator, and people-focused executive ready to influence the future of Ground Engineering, Laboratory & Materials Services across the Prairies and North, we want to hear from you.
Join WSP and help shape the projects, people, and communities that define tomorrow.
About Us
At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.
It’s why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what’s possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.
As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.
At WSP, you’ll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.
Join us.
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. Full details here .
Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include 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. Full details here .
