Senior Manager, Highway and Municipal Roads

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The Opportunity

WSP is currently seeking a Senior Manager for our Highway and Municipal Roads design business, located in our Ottawa office. This position will lead a team of professionals, technicians, and support staff in the delivery of our MTO and municipal roads design program. Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Highways & Roads, the candidate will provide technical, management, financial and people leadership, as well as client management to our business practice.

Your Impact

• Provide strong leadership in driving the department’s overall performance, proactively achieving revenue and profitability goals while ensuring efficient management of invoicing, accounts receivable, and other key financial metrics.
• Develop technical expertise for the execution of projects.
• Provide leadership and mentoring in the development of technical and quality skills of the staff.
• Manage team resources, including recruitment, team building, staff development and performance management.
• Implement and track career development plans for staff within the team to support skills development, effective succession management, career pathing and staff retention.
• Responsible for the salary review process for the unit in collaboration with business line management and the HR department.
• Working with Team Leads/Project Managers to monitor the overall performance of projects being undertaken, ensuring effective and proactive management of project finances, scope, schedule, quality and effective client service.
• Provide leadership and support to ensure consistent and effective use of corporate project management tools.
• Support inter-office collaboration and resource/work sharing to balance workloads and meet project delivery objectives across the Discipline.
• Ensure compliance with established quality and production procedures.
• Uphold the company’s core values and maintain Health and Safety at the highest level.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• University degree in Civil Engineering.
• Eligible for a Professional Engineer license in Ontario.
• Minimum 15 years of experience working in an engineering and project management capacity on design assignments for Municipalities and private clients in Ontario.
• 5+ years of managing and mentoring technical staff.
• Experience within an engineering consulting environment.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, communication and customer relationship skills are essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and written) with internal and external clients and stakeholders.

Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $151,200 – $200,300; MB & ON: $137,900 – $187,900; NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $136,500 – $181,300.

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.