WSP

Senior Conveyance Engineer - Civil Engineering

WSP$95K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
  • Professional Engineer designation in Ontario, or eligibility for registration with Professional Engineers Ontario.
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in municipal water, wastewater, or stormwater infrastructure projects.
  • Proven experience in planning, designing, and delivering various conveyance infrastructure.
  • Strong ability to prepare and review engineering documents and client deliverables.
  • Experience leading technical assignments and multidisciplinary project teams.
  • Working knowledge of hydraulic modelling concepts and related software.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning, design, and delivery of municipal conveyance projects.
  • Develop and review engineering calculations, reports, and specifications.
  • Solve complex engineering challenges with practical design solutions.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams for effective project execution.
  • Provide technical support during construction-phase activities.
  • Mentor junior engineers, designers, and technologists.
  • Support project managers in scope, budget, and schedule management.
  • Contribute to business development initiatives and client engagement.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on impactful community infrastructure projects.
  • Mentorship from experienced professionals in the field.
  • Access to comprehensive professional development resources.
  • Potential to shape the future of conveyance engineering in Ontario.
  • Involvement in strategic business development and industry events.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Opportunity

Design What Comes Next

Join our Water & Wastewater Conveyance team in the Greater Toronto Area and help shape the infrastructure that communities rely on every day. As a Senior Conveyance Engineer, you will lead the planning, design, and delivery of municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects across Ontario and Canada.

In this role, you will guide multidisciplinary teams, build trusted client relationships, mentor emerging professionals, and contribute to the growth of WSP's Conveyance practice through technical leadership, project delivery, and strategic business development.

Your Impact
  • Lead the planning, design, and delivery of municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater conveyance infrastructure projects, including watermains, sewers, forcemains, pump stations, trunk sewers, and large-diameter pipelines.
  • Develop and review engineering calculations, technical reports, drawings, specifications, cost estimates, feasibility studies, preliminary designs, and detailed design submissions.
  • Solve complex engineering challenges by developing practical, cost-effective design solutions that support resilient communities and sustainable infrastructure.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams across structural, geotechnical, environmental, mechanical, electrical, drafting, inspection, and support disciplines.
  • Provide construction-phase technical support, including shop drawing reviews, RFI responses, site visits, contractor coordination, and issue resolution.
  • Provide technical leadership, QA/QC review, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers, designers, and technologists.
  • Support project managers with scope, budget, schedule, resourcing, risk, and overall project delivery.
  • Contribute to proposals, strategic pursuits, client meetings, industry events, and business development initiatives that help grow WSP's Conveyance practice.

The Skills That Set You Apart
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
  • Professional Engineer designation in Ontario, or eligibility for registration with Professional Engineers Ontario.
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in municipal water, wastewater, or stormwater infrastructure projects.
  • Proven experience planning, designing, and delivering pipelines, watermains, sewers, forcemains, pump stations, and related conveyance infrastructure.
  • Strong ability to prepare and review design reports, contract drawings, specifications, cost estimates, technical submissions, proposals, and client deliverables.
  • Experience leading technical assignments, coordinating multidisciplinary project teams, and supporting competitive municipal infrastructure pursuits.
  • Working knowledge of hydraulic modelling concepts and industry-standard software; experience with Municipal Class Environmental Assessments, environmental approvals, or trenchless technologies is considered an asset.
  • Demonstrated ability to build strong client, agency, contractor, colleague, and stakeholder relationships while delivering high-quality work in a collaborative environment.

Compensation
AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $104,100 - $138,000
MB & ON: 95,000 - $130,800
NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $94,100 - $124,900

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.

Ready to Build Essential Infrastructure?

Bring your technical expertise, client focus, and passion for community-shaping infrastructure to a team where your work helps deliver the water, wastewater, and stormwater systems that keep communities moving. At WSP, you'll have the opportunity to lead meaningful projects, mentor future talent, and help define what's next for conveyance engineering in Ontario and beyond.

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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