At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative building restoration projects and mentor the next generation of professionals.
- Company: Join WSP, a top Canadian employer with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible work options, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team focused on technical excellence and environmental stewardship.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on communities by restoring and enhancing existing buildings.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in building sciences and strong project management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 114600 - 151800 $ per year.
Join WSP's Building Sciences team as a Project Manager and Technical Lead, where you'll play a key role in restoring, renewing, and enhancing existing buildings across Ontario. We are seeking an experienced building science professional with a strong background in building envelope restoration and rehabilitation to lead multidisciplinary project teams and provide technical leadership on complex restoration projects.
As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for the technical quality of projects, ensuring deliverables meet WSP standards and align with client objectives, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements. You will provide technical oversight throughout the project lifecycle while mentoring and developing the next generation of building science professionals.
Your Impact:
- Lead building condition assessments, forensic investigations, and rehabilitation projects across commercial, institutional, residential, and mixed-use building portfolios.
- Provide technical leadership on complex building envelope restoration projects involving masonry, concrete, stone, glazing systems, roofing, waterproofing, and sealant renewal.
- Establish project-specific methodologies, design criteria, and quality standards that drive successful project outcomes and long-term asset performance.
- Guide multidisciplinary teams through assessment, design, tendering, contract administration, construction review, and project closeout activities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to clients by providing risk assessments, restoration strategies, and practical recommendations that support informed decision-making.
- Mentor and develop junior and intermediate professionals through technical reviews, field investigations, site visits, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Strengthen client relationships and support business growth through proposal development, fee preparation, presentations, and industry engagement.
- Champion WSP's commitment to quality, safety, environmental stewardship, collaboration, and technical excellence.
The Skills That Set You Apart:
- 8+ years of progressive experience delivering building sciences, restoration engineering, or building envelope projects within Ontario.
- Demonstrated expertise in the assessment, design, and restoration of existing building envelope systems.
- Strong technical knowledge of masonry, concrete, stone, curtain wall, glazing, roofing, waterproofing, and sealant restoration practices.
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario; other relevant professional designations will be considered.
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary project teams through investigation, design, tendering, construction review, and contract administration phases.
- Strong project management capabilities, including scope, schedule, budget, resource planning, and client relationship management.
- Excellent technical writing, communication, presentation, and mentoring skills, with the ability to influence technical decision-making.
- Valid Ontario driver's licence with a willingness to travel for site reviews, field investigations, and client meetings.
WSP is home to one of Canada's largest Building Sciences practices. Our GTA Building Sciences team includes more than 80 professionals across Toronto and Thornhill, bringing together expertise in building envelope engineering, material science, restoration engineering, constructability, project management, cost estimating, reserve fund planning, and asset management.
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.
Make Your Mark with WSP. Ready to help shape the future of Canada's built environment? Join one of the country's largest and most respected Building Sciences teams and play a leading role in restoring, renewing, and strengthening the buildings that support our communities. If you're driven by technical excellence, mentorship, client impact, and meaningful project work, we'd love to hear from you.
Technical Lead & Project Manager in Vaughan 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.
