Senior Environmental Engineer/Geoscientist, Sudbury, ON

About the Opportunity

In this senior geoscience leadership role, you will provide strategic direction and technical leadership to multidisciplinary environmental teams, delivering complex and high-profile environmental programs across Northern Ontario and beyond. You will work at the intersection of science, regulation, and community, helping shape projects that support responsible development in mining, energy, infrastructure, and resource-based sectors critical to the North.

Drawing on your deep geoscience expertise and strong understanding of Northern Ontario’s environmental, geological, and regulatory context, you will guide environmental assessments, site remediation programs, risk assessments, and long-term environmental strategies. As a trusted advisor to clients and project teams, you will influence decision-making, strengthen client relationships, and help grow our environmental and geoscience practice across the region.

This role offers the opportunity to lead complex projects in remote and northern environments, mentor and develop technical talent, contribute to market strategy and business growth, and collaborate closely with Indigenous Nations, regulators, and stakeholders. Your leadership will help ensure projects are technically sound, culturally informed, and aligned with long-term environmental stewardship in Northern Ontario.

Your Responsibilities

Provide strategic technical leadership across environmental site assessment, remediation, and risk assessment programs, ensuring high-quality delivery and regulatory compliance. Lead multidisciplinary project teams to deliver complex, high-impact environmental projects that influence community planning, land development, infrastructure, and sustainability outcomes.

Mentor and develop talent across the Environmental business, strengthening succession planning and technical excellence. Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, strategic partners, and major clients on environmental risk, regulatory frameworks, and emerging contaminants.

Champion innovation by advancing new methodologies, standards, and best practices within environmental engineering and geoscience. Increase WSP’s visibility through participation in industry associations, conferences, and technical committees.

Drive business growth through seller-doer leadership, pursuit strategy, proposal oversight, and opportunity pipeline forecasting. Strengthen cross-sector collaboration to expand WSP’s environmental service offerings across geographies and business lines. Support risk management on major pursuits and programs, including contract review, fee structures, commercial strategy, and project delivery oversight.

What You'll Bring

A Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Geo-Environmental Science, Environmental Science, or Environmental Engineering, paired with experience earned through hands-on leadership of significant environmental programs. Registration as a P.Geo. or P.Eng. in Ontario, and recognition as a Qualified Person (QP) under O.Reg. 153/04.

You will have 15–20+ years of progressive experience in environmental engineering or geoscience, including senior oversight of major multidisciplinary projects in Ontario and Atlantic Canada. This includes advanced expertise in environmental site assessment, contaminated sites, remediation, risk assessment, excess soils, and emerging contaminants.

A proven reputation as a senior reviewer and technical authority on complex project files is essential, along with a demonstrated track record as a seller-doer, building long-term client relationships and delivering persistent business growth. You will possess a highly collaborative, entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to influence strategy across teams and markets. A valid driver’s licence and access to a vehicle are also required.

Why Join WSP

WSP exists to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors, and scientists from across the globe call WSP home. WSP is proudly Canadian and a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.

You will join a global community of brilliant minds where your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach. WSP offers limitless opportunities for growth, helping you tailor your role to match your ambition because your growth drives theirs. WSP supports flexible work and real balance, recognizing the importance of balance in your life and encouraging you to prioritize it.

As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, WSP partners with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining, and metals. WSP pairs deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.

At WSP, you will join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day, applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. WSP empowers people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.

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.