Junior Process Engineer - WSP, Vancouver

About this opportunity

Build the future with us by joining our water treatment team in Vancouver as a Junior Process Engineer. You will contribute to a variety of water and wastewater treatment projects across industrial, mine water, and municipal environments. This WSP career 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.

Skills and experience

To qualify for these engineering jobs in Vancouver, applicants should meet the following technical and educational requirements:

• 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.

Benefits

Choosing WSP means joining a global community of brilliant minds across the country and around the globe. Key advantages include:

• Proudly Canadian – recognized as a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
• A global community of brilliant minds where your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities to tailor your role to match your ambition across Canada or around the globe.
• Flexible work and real balance to help you prioritize your personal well-being.