At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our water treatment team and work on impactful projects in various environments.
- Company: WSP, a leading global professional services firm with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Flexible work options, competitive salary, mentorship, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Encouraging environment for recent graduates with opportunities for hands-on learning.
- Why this job: Shape communities and advance humanity while kickstarting your engineering career.
- Qualifications: Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering; co-op experience is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 66700 - 92200 $ per year.
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.
Why Choose WSP?
- 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Junior Process Engineer in Vancouver employer: WSP in Canada
WSP est un employeur de choix pour les professionnels passionnés par l'innovation et le développement durable. En tant que Directeur(trice) de projet en Mécanique et Électricité, vous bénéficierez d'une culture de travail collaborative qui valorise la diversité des idées et favorise la croissance personnelle et professionnelle. Situé au cœur du Québec, WSP offre des opportunités uniques de travailler sur des projets d'envergure tout en contribuant à façonner l'avenir de nos communautés.
