Design Manager, Food & Hospitality - WSP, Thornhill

Position summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join WSP as a Design Manager, Food & Hospitality Facilities, based in Thornhill, ON. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in developing and expanding WSP’s specialised consulting practice for food and hospitality facilities across the Greater Toronto Area. You will lead and deliver complex design projects, creating safe, efficient, and innovative food service environments for a diverse range of clients, including those in healthcare, education, culture, recreation, hospitality, sports, commercial, and industrial sectors. This position allows you to truly shape the future of food service design.

Responsibilities

As a Design Manager, your impact will include:

• Promote and grow the Food Service Centre of Expertise by building trusted client relationships and expanding WSP’s presence in the GTA market.
• Lead business development efforts, including client meetings, networking activities, and identification of emerging opportunities.
• Prepare and oversee compliant, high-quality service proposals, including RFP analysis, risk assessment, and fee evaluation.
• Manage assigned projects, ensuring design delivery excellence across scope, budget, schedule, quality, and client satisfaction.
• Lead layout development, specifications, cost estimates, and technical reports.
• Identify and anticipate client needs related to food service and food production operations and recommend practical, innovative solutions to design.
• Coordinate project execution with internal teams, clients, consultants, and contractors through design and construction.

What you'll bring

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Food Service Design/Management, Hospitality Design/Management, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in food facility design, consulting, and/or food production and distribution.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD; working knowledge of Revit considered an asset.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word).
• Demonstrated experience preparing kitchen layouts, equipment arrangements, specifications, and project budgets.
• FCSI certification is an asset (Foodservice Consultant).
• Knowledge of public tendering processes and institutional sector operations considered an asset.
• Ability to travel within Ontario for short-duration assignments as required.

Why you'll love it here

At WSP, you’ll join a global community of brilliant minds dedicated to shaping communities and advancing humanity. As a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026, WSP is proudly Canadian and offers a supportive environment where your ideas are valued, and your growth is encouraged. You'll find limitless opportunities to tailor your role to match your ambition, whether it’s across the country or around the globe, because your growth drives ours. WSP fosters a culture of flexible work and real balance, recognizing the importance of personal well-being. Here, you’ll collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status status quo, and help pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact. Join WSP and help define the future of Food Services and Hospitality Design consulting across the GTA.