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The Opportunity

Innovate and Lead - As Senior Manager, Construction Site Operations, you will drive the safe and successful execution of complex construction and remediation work across Canada. You will strengthen our Safety-First culture, support multi-site teams, and ensure disciplined, predictable project delivery. This national, site focused role includes frequent travel to project locations across Canada.

You'll succeed by bringing visible safety leadership that ensures WSP's strong H&S culture is lived on site every day; by driving operational excellence through disciplined planning, relentless follow-through, steady problem-solving, and calm leadership on our project sites; and by fostering a strong people-centered culture where you mentor and grow capable site leaders, and create a respectful, inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.

Your Impact

• Lead national site operations across remediation, demolition, ground improvement, mine closure, marine, and energy/power projects, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and quality objectives are consistently met.
• Champion Health and Safety as a core value by embedding risk identification, Life Saving Actions, JHSC engagement, and verification of controls through inspections and audits.
• Oversee field readiness and project start-up, including constructability reviews, temporary works, permits, logistics, equipment planning, and mobilization.
• Assume Constructor or Prime Contractor responsibilities when required, ensuring compliance with provincial and federal OHS legislation for construction and marine work.
• Drive cost control and productivity through detailed planning, look-ahead schedules, and proactive change management aligned with CCDC and client requirements.
• Lead subcontracting strategy and execution, including prequalification, tendering, safety expectations, quality standards, and performance oversight for self-perform crews and subcontractors.
• Ensure environmental compliance related to erosion and sediment control, spill prevention, waste and hazardous materials handling, and alignment with remediation verification criteria.
• Mentor Site Managers, Superintendents, HSE professionals, QA/QC leads, and Field Engineers, strengthening technical competency, succession planning, and team culture.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• 15+ years of progressive construction leadership experience across heavy civil or industrial environments, including remediation, demolition, ground improvement, mine closure, marine, and energy/power.
• Proven success delivering complex projects safely and predictably through rigorous planning, field controls, and commercial discipline.
• Strong Health and Safety knowledge with practical experience applying provincial construction legislation and General Contractor or Constructor obligations.
• Demonstrated strength in supervising self-perform and multi-contractor models with disciplined subcontractor management.
• Proficiency in site scheduling tools (3/6-week look-aheads, CPM), earned value, cost tracking, quality systems, and change management processes.
• Education in Construction Management, Engineering, or related fields, or equivalent experience; designations such as P.Eng., C.E.T., GSC, PMP, or NCSO/CSO are assets.
• Mobility: Valid driver's license with ability for frequent travel to remote, northern, and marine environments, including extended rotations.
• Bilingual (English/French) preferred.
  

Why Choose WSP?

We exist to shape communities to advance humanity.

• Proudly Canadian - we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
• A global community of brilliant minds, where your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities start here, supported by career mobility and meaningful growth.
• Flexible work, real balance - we encourage you to prioritize what matters most.

Compensation

• AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $75.60 - $100.20
• MB & ON: $69.00 - $94.60
• NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $68.30 - $90.70

Disclosure:
The 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 for business purposes.

Make Your Mark with WSP

If you're driven by purpose and impact, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and help shape safer, high-performing construction sites across Canada.
WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

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.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to 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. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.