WSP

Junior Process Engineer

WSP$73K — $97K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering; graduate degrees are a plus.
  • Registered or eligible for EIT or P.Eng. with Canadian Engineering Association, including EGBC.
  • 0 to 2 years of relevant experience; co-op experience is beneficial.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills; French is a plus.
  • Excellent organizational skills for managing information and time.
  • Technical problem-solving experience with commercial software.
  • A valid driver's license is required; field experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to diverse water and wastewater treatment projects.
  • Prepare essential technical documentation to aid project delivery.
  • Support various analysis and design activities like equipment sizing and process modeling.
  • Participate in all project phases, from concept to operation.
  • Coordinate communication among team members, vendors, and eventually clients.
  • Assist intermediate and senior staff while enhancing your technical capabilities.
  • Manage multiple projects effectively to adhere to project schedules.
  • Engage primarily in office work with opportunities for field assignments.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work flexibility with potential for fieldwork.
  • Comprehensive mentorship and ongoing learning opportunities.
  • Exposure to a variety of project phases enhancing engineering skills.
  • Engagement in meaningful projects with a focus on water treatment solutions.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Opportunity

Build the Future with Us

Join our water treatment team in Vancouver as a Junior Process Engineer, where you will contribute to a variety of water and wastewater treatment projects across industrial, mine water, and municipal environments. This opportunity offers exposure to office-based consulting engineering work, hybrid flexibility, and fieldwork opportunities, with new graduates encouraged to apply.

Your Impact
  • Contribute to water and wastewater treatment projects spanning industrial, mine water, and municipal applications.
  • Prepare technical reports, proposals, specifications, process schematics, and layout drawings that support project delivery.
  • Support analysis and design activities including process and technology selection, equipment sizing and specification, process modeling, mass balance, hydraulic analysis, and 3D layout.
  • Participate in water-treatment projects from concept and feasibility through preliminary design, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, permitting, and operation phases.
  • Coordinate with team members and equipment vendors, growing toward communication with clients and sub-contractors as experience develops.
  • Provide project support to intermediate and senior staff while building technical capability through ongoing learning and mentorship.
  • Balance multiple simultaneous projects while managing time to meet evolving project schedules.
  • Engage in primarily office-based consulting engineering work, with occasional short-duration fieldwork, travel requirements, and potential opportunities for longer-duration field assignments.

The Skills That Set You Apart
  • Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, with graduate degrees considered an asset.
  • Currently registered or eligible for registration as an EIT or P.Eng. with a Canadian Engineering Association, including EGBC.
  • 0 to 2 years of relevant working experience since graduation, with relevant co-op experience considered an asset.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills in English, with French skills considered an asset.
  • Strong organizational skills in both information management and time management.
  • Experience in technical problem-solving using industry-standard commercial computer software.
  • Experience with, or aptitude for, business development and proposal writing.
  • Valid driver's license, with field experience considered an asset.
  • If you are a recent graduate or early-career professional, we encourage you to submit your academic transcript as part of your application. This helps us better understand your academic background and areas of study. Candidates who do not provide a transcript with their application may be asked to submit one during the screening process.

Compensation:

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $73,400 - 97,200
MB & ON: $67,000 - 92,200
NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $66,300 - 88,000

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.

Ready to Shape What Comes Next?

Bring your curiosity, technical foundation, and drive to learn to a team delivering meaningful water and wastewater treatment solutions. If you are ready to grow your engineering career through hands-on project work, mentorship, and opportunities to contribute across every stage of project delivery, this is your place to start.

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).

About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
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