Technical Lead, GCC Engagement - Civil Design & Drafting

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The Opportunity

Lead Global Collaboration. Deliver Excellence. Build What's Next.

The GCC (Global Capability Centre) is WSP's global workforce of technical and professional specialists. Operating across multiple international hubs, GCC teams work as a seamless extension of our local business, providing engineering, design, digital, project delivery, and operational support to projects across the globe.

As Technical Lead, GCC Engagement - Civil Design & Drafting (CDD), you'll play a key role in connecting WSP's Canadian and GCC India teams to deliver high-quality civil design solutions across the Earth & Environment sector. Working closely with technical leaders, project managers, and operations teams, you'll drive collaboration, strengthen delivery frameworks, implement QA/QC best practices, and ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.

This is a unique opportunity to combine technical leadership, operational excellence, and business growth. You'll help optimize resource planning, improve project delivery performance, foster strong client relationships, and champion continuous improvement through innovative tools and workflows. If you're passionate about leading globally distributed teams, driving technical excellence, and shaping the future of project delivery, you'll have a direct impact on how WSP delivers complex projects across Canada and beyond.

Your Impact

• Lead the integration of Canadian and GCC India CDD teams to build a high-performing, globally aligned delivery model
  
• Drive technical excellence by implementing and evolving design standards, QA/QC processes, and best practices
  
• Build and strengthen client relationships while proactively identifying and securing new project opportunities
  
• Oversee project delivery performance, ensuring alignment on scope, schedules, budgets, and quality expectations
  
• Enable efficient pipeline and backlog management through strategic resource planning and workload balancing
  
• Foster collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to support sustainable growth within the Earth & Environment sector
  
• Champion continuous improvement and the integration of digital tools and workflows into project execution
  
• Partner closely with leadership to align operational strategies with long-term business goals
  

The Skills That Set You Apart

• Proven leadership experience in civil design and drafting within consulting or engineering environments
  
• Strong understanding of QA/QC frameworks, design standards, and project delivery best practices
  
• Experience working in global delivery environments or collaborating across distributed teams (e.g., GCC models)
  
• Demonstrated ability to build client relationships and contribute to business development initiatives
  
• Strong technical expertise within the Earth & Environment sector
  
• Ability to manage multiple projects, balancing competing priorities, resources, and timelines
  
• Experience tracking project financials, including budgets, forecasting, and performance monitoring
  
• Flexibility to collaborate across time zones to maintain effective daily coordination with global teams
  

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.

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Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $122,900 - $162,800
MB & ON: $112,100 - $154,400
NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $111,000 - $147,400

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

Ready to lead across borders, elevate technical excellence, and shape the future of global delivery?

Join us and bring your leadership, vision, and expertise to a role where your impact is both local and global. At WSP, your ideas don't just stay ideas-they become reality.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.

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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.

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