# Lead Project Manager, Defence Buildings

**Company**: WSP
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $122,900 - $162,800
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Lead Project Manager to oversee the delivery of secure, complex infrastructure projects supporting Canada's defence and federal operations. As a Lead Project Manager, you will guide projects across various facilities, including military bases, armories, and maintenance facilities, while contributing to the growth of WSP's national Defence and Federal Buildings practice.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead defence and federal infrastructure projects from planning to closeout.

- Establish project execution plans, schedules, budgets, and risk controls.

- Direct multidisciplinary teams, maintaining accountability for scope, cost, schedule, quality, and risk.

- Partner with clients, contractors, and stakeholders to resolve delivery challenges.

- Oversee security, regulatory compliance, and health and safety requirements.

- Mentor project managers and junior staff to foster an inclusive project culture.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management.

- 7+ years of progressive project delivery experience, including defence or complex infrastructure projects.

- Experience with maritime/shipyard projects is required.

- Proven experience managing complex capital projects and multidisciplinary teams.

- Experience with Defence Construction Canada (DCC) and alternative project delivery models.

- Strong commercial, client, and stakeholder management capabilities.

- Ability to obtain and maintain the required federal security clearance is mandatory; bilingualism in English and French is an asset.

**What We Offer:**

- Competitive salary: $122,900 - $162,800 (AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT)

- Flexible work arrangements and opportunities for growth.

- Recognition as a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.

## Skills

### Required
- Engineering
- Architecture
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Defence Construction
- Security Clearance
- Maritime/Shipyard Projects
- Design-Build
- P3
- Alliance Contracts

### Nice to have
- French
- Bilingualism

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