Job Description

What if you could redefine what's possible?

With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.
We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.
With 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.
We are Visioneers.
We are WSP

The Opportunity

Lead the future of underground infrastructure in Canada.Based in the Greater Toronto Area, this senior role sits within WSP’s Underground Structures and Geotechnical Excellence team, supporting complex mining, tunneling, energy, and civil infrastructure projects across Ontario, Québec, and Canada.Here, your experience shapes how underground systems—tunnels, shafts, galleries, and deep excavations—are designed, reviewed, and delivered. You will influence technical direction, mentor emerging talent, and help advance resilient, sustainable infrastructure that serves communities today and into the future.

Your Impact

• Lead and oversee advanced geotechnical design for underground structures including tunnels, shafts, galleries, and deep excavation systems.
• Provide senior technical authority across projects, ensuring sound engineering judgment, constructability, and risk‑informed decision‑making.
• Define, interpret, and validate geological, geotechnical, and hydrogeological parameters that guide complex underground designs.
• Prepare, review, and approve technical deliverables such as design reports, Geotechnical Baseline Reports (GBRs), calculation notes, drawings, and specifications.
• Support geotechnical risk management, procurement strategies, contractor interfaces, and regulatory compliance.
• Mentor and develop junior and intermediate engineers, fostering consistency, technical excellence, and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including structural, environmental, transportation, hydrogeology, and electromechanical specialists.
• Contribute to innovation, optimization, and continuous improvement of underground and geotechnical engineering practices across WSP Canada.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• Degree in Civil Engineering or Geological Engineering with Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation required; eligible for registration in Ontario.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in geotechnical and underground design, including tunneling, rock mechanics, and deep excavation projects.
• Demonstrated expertise applying Canadian and international standards and guidelines (AFTES, ITA, CSA, Eurocodes, ASTM, FHWA).
• Advanced proficiency with numerical modeling and geotechnical software such as PLAXIS, FLAC, and the Rocscience suite
• Proven ability to provide senior technical review, mentor engineers, and coordinate across disciplines.
• Experience with mining, hydroelectric, or large‑scale infrastructure projects is considered a strong asset.

Why Choose WSP?

We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.

• 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.
  #WeAreWSP

Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $110,600 – $146,500
MB & ON: $100,900 – $139,000
NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $99,900 – $132,700Disclosure:
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

Bring your depth of experience and technical leadership to projects that shape communities and advance humanity. At WSP, your expertise doesn’t just contribute — it leads.
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