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From the employer's careers site First seen 30 Oct 2026

Manager, Municipal Engineering

WSP senior full-time

Salary

$147,500 - $195,400 per year

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Description

As a Manager, Municipal Engineering (Land Development & Municipal Engineering), you'll lead a high-performing team delivering municipal engineering programs across Sudbury, Ottawa, Kingston, and Cornwall,balancing technical excellence, business growth, and people leadership.

You’ll join a collaborative team that values flexibility and work-life balance, supported by structured professional development, access to modern tools and resources, monthly team-building activities, and an internal network of subject matter experts dedicated to helping you grow and succeed.

Key responsibilities:

  • Lead a multidisciplinary municipal engineering team to deliver high-quality land development and municipal infrastructure projects.
  • Drive project excellence by overseeing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client service across multiple concurrent assignments.
  • Strengthen trusted client relationships and represent the practice in key stakeholder discussions, negotiations, and project pursuits.
  • Develop new business by identifying growth opportunities, cultivating partnerships, and preparing proposals that generate new work for the team.
  • Deliver complex municipal designs,roads, active transportation facilities, water and wastewater conveyance systems, and public spaces,supporting sustainable community development.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, standards, and guidelines, coordinating with stakeholders and multidisciplinary partners through design and construction.
  • Mentor and coach emerging professionals, building capability, confidence, and a culture of accountability and collaboration.
  • Champion effective resource planning and utilization, enabling balanced workloads and delivery performance across offices.

Requirements:

  • P.Eng. registration in Ontario with a University degree in Civil Engineering.
  • 15+ years leading preliminary and detailed design and project delivery for Ontario municipalities.
  • 5+ years of proven people leadership, including mentoring, performance management, and building strong technical teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage financial performance.
  • Strong experience guiding teams to consistent use of project management tools.
  • Proven capability in business development, including proposal leadership, client engagement, and pipeline growth.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and influence effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.

Compensation:

  • AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $147,500 - $195,400
  • MB & ON: $134,600 - $184,600
  • NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $133,200 - $176,900

Skills

Nice to have

  • Consulting
  • Ontario Municipalities
  • P.Eng. registration

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/86194

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