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You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.\nWe are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.\nWith an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science-based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions. We are pathfinders and impact makers.\nWe are Visioneers.\nWe are WSP.\nThe Opportunity\nYour Impact Starts Here - Are you ready to play a leading role in delivering land development and municipal engineering projects across southern Alberta?\nWSP is seeking a strategic, client-focused Senior Project Manager - Team Lead to lead and grow a team of design and field professionals.This high-impact leadership role is accountable for people leadership, team development, and workload planning, while also leading complex, high-visibility projects.The successful candidate will set technical direction, mentor and develop staff, and play an active role in expanding WSP’s service offering across the region.\nIn this role, you will bring expertise in civil engineering project management, with a focus on land development and municipal infrastructure. Experience may include subdivision development, drainage systems, utility networks, transportation design, and infrastructural renewal.You will lead projects through the full life cycle - from proposal and approvals to construction, warranty and final completion.\nYou will leverage strong leadership and collaboration skills to guide multidisciplinary teams and build trusted client relationships.A solid understanding of the southern Alberta landscape will enable you to support clients in navigating complex regulator processes and stakeholder expectations.\nYour Impact\nProvide leadership, direction, and accountability for a multidisciplinary team of engineers, designers, technologists, and subconsultants, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and efficient project delivery. \nLead the delivery of land development and municipal engineering projects that strengthen communities and enhance infrastructure resilience across southern Alberta. \nManage the full project lifecycle-from proposal and concept design through construction, warranty, and final acceptance-for residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use developments, as well as roadway and municipal reserve works. \nLead and develop the team by setting clear expectations, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment, and supporting ongoing technical and professional growth. \nPlan, prioritize, and balance team workload and resources to align with project demands, optimize utilization, and support delivery commitments. \nMentor and coach team members, providing guidance in technical execution, project coordination, and client service while supporting career development and progression. \nSupervise field staff and provide guidance to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant execution of field activities.\nServe as a senior client advisor and primary point of contact for developers, municipalities, and agencies, building strong, trusted relationships through proactive communication and practical solutions. \nGuide and review approval submissions, including engineering drawings, technical reports, servicing briefs, planning applications, and environmental documentation. \nLead project financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and contract administration, while overseeing procurement and coordination of subconsultants and contractors. \nProvide leadership during construction, supporting RFIs, shop drawing reviews, progress certifications, field reviews, and resolving complex site challenges. \nSupport talent development through coaching, performance management, and succession planning.\nChampion health, safety, and environmental stewardship across all projects and team activities.\nDrive business development initiatives, including proposals, fee strategies, client presentations, and expanding service delivery capabilities in the region. \nBuild and sustain relationships with key industry stakeholders while maintaining awareness of market trends, regulatory changes, and emerging best practices.\nThe Skills That Set You Apart\n Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline; Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Alberta (or eligibility).\n10+ years of progressive land development and municipal infrastructure design and project management experience, ideally within Alberta.\nSolid project management experience with the ability to manage budgets, timelines, and client expectations. Project Management Institute PMP certification is an asset.\nDemonstrated experience serving as a team lead, practice lead, or functional lead within an environmental, engineering, or consulting organization.\nProven ability to manage complex projects and navigate local planning and approval processes.\nProven understanding of the land development process, municipal standards, permitting processes, servicing strategies, and grading design best practices.\nStrong understanding of field operations, construction practices, and municipal standards.\n\nFamiliarity with Alberta Environmental standards and guidelines.\nProficiency in civil design tools such as Civil 3D, AutoCAD, modelling software, and project coordination platforms\nCreative problem-solver with strong judgment, organizational skills, and the ability to navigate competing priorities with confidence.\nA collaborative mindset and passion for creating solutions that matter to communities.\nAbility to balance technical excellence with strategic thinking and business development focus.\n\nValid driver’s license and readiness to engage with municipalities across southern Alberta.\nWhy Choose WSP?\nWe exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.\nProudly Canadian - we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.\nA global community of brilliant minds - your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.\nLimitless opportunities start here. Whether it’s across the country or around the globe, we’ll help you tailor your role to match your ambition -because your growth drives ours.\nFlexible work, real balance - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.\nCompensation\nAB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $122,900 - $162,800\nMB & ON: $112,100 - $154,400\nNB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $111,000 - $147,400\nDisclosure:\nThe final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change or business purposes.\nReady to Lead and Make a Lasting Impact?\nBring your leadership, technical expertise, and passion for municipal engineering to a team that’s shaping the future of communities across Alberta. At WSP, your ability to inspire people and deliver meaningful infrastructure will create lasting change.\nApply today and take the lead in building stronger communities with WSP.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7236,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T09:24:23Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.581,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":25,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:8","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":114360,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wsp-senior-project-manager-team-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wsp-senior-project-manager-team-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T15:34:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":22613,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1668012},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1668012"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwsp-senior-project-manager-team-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwsp-senior-project-manager-team-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwsp-senior-project-manager-team-lead"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/wsp-senior-project-manager-team-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwsp-senior-project-manager-team-lead"}]}