WSP

Manager, Municipal Engineering

WSP$134K — $184K *
Real Estate & Construction
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • P.Eng. registration in Ontario with a degree in Civil Engineering
  • 15+ years of leading design and project delivery for Ontario municipalities
  • 5+ years of experience in people leadership and mentoring
  • Strong financial management skills including revenue and profitability oversight
  • Familiarity with project management tools for disciplined delivery
  • Proficient in business development and client engagement
  • Excellent communication skills in a multi-project environment
  • Consulting experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering municipal engineering projects
  • Drive project excellence across scope, schedule, budget, and quality
  • Strengthen client relationships and represent the practice in stakeholder discussions
  • Develop new business opportunities and prepare project proposals
  • Deliver complex municipal designs supporting sustainable community development
  • Ensure compliance with regulations and coordinate with stakeholders
  • Mentor and coach emerging professionals to build team capability
  • Champion resource planning for balanced workloads across offices.

Benefits

  • Flexible work-life balance
  • Structured professional development opportunities
  • Access to modern tools and resources
  • Monthly team-building activities
  • Support from a network of subject matter experts.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Opportunity

Build the Future with Us

Step into a leadership role that shapes how communities grow. As Manager, Municipal Engineering, you'll lead a high-performing team delivering municipal engineering programs across the Greater Toronto Area - balancing technical excellence, business growth, and people leadership. Reporting to the Discipline Director, you'll provide technical, management, and financial leadership while strengthening client partnerships and creating opportunities through proposal development and business development.

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.

Your Impact
  • Lead a multidisciplinary municipal engineering team (professionals, technicians, and support staff) 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.

The Skills That Set You Apart
  • 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 (e.g., City of Toronto, MTO, and/or other Ontario jurisdictions).
  • 5+ years of proven people leadership, including mentoring, performance management, and building strong technical teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage financial performance (revenue, profitability, invoicing, accounts receivable, and key metrics).
  • Strong experience guiding teams to consistent use of project management tools, ensuring disciplined delivery and transparent reporting.
  • 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 in a fast-paced, multi-project environment.
  • Consulting experience is considered an asset, paired with a practical, solutions-focused leadership mindset.

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

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.

Call to Action

Ready to Shape the Future?

Bring your leadership, technical depth, and client focus to a team that's shaping the places where people live and work. Apply today and help us deliver infrastructure that supports thriving communities across Ontario.

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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