Vice President, Environmental Advisory

The Opportunity:

WSP is currently seeking a Vice President, Environmental Advisory within our Earth & Environment business sector. WSP has Canada's largest Earth & Environment consulting business with over 5500 engineers, scientists and technicians. Our market leading position in the region draws upon decades of experience and strong client relationships in the government, industrial, energy and transportation sectors.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Earth & Environment, in this position you will be responsible for leading national business of ~200 specialized staff generating $30M in annual revenue. Environmental Advisory is composed of three distinct, but complimentary businesses:

• Digital Environmental Advisory
• Climate Change, Resiliency and Sustainability
• Stakeholder and Indigenous Engagement

As the Vice President, Environmental Advisory, you'll operate as the key strategic leader for all three businesses and play a critical role in delivering on our strategic and operational plans. The three markets have strong tailwinds lending from industry investment in the energy transition, new technologies and Artificial Intelligence. Through your technical expertise and understanding of the Earth & Environment industry, you'll rely on your prior leadership experience to develop WSP's potential in this strong and growing market.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

#WeAre WSP

What you can expect to do here:

• You will visibly champion the WSP imperatives of safety (HSE), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and ethics & compliance to ensure they are an overriding part of the organizational culture
• You will lead the evolution of the environmental advisory business by developing and leading a strategy and vision to support long term sustainable growth
• You will be client facing, supporting the development of and growth of new and existing clients across the three business lines
• You will be active in setting a culture of innovation to bring technology and artificial intelligence solutions into our advisory service offering, including the development of alternative commercial models for revenue generation
• You will develop the business line operating plans and financial forecasts in collaboration with the Senior Vice President
• You will provide leadership by communicating the operating plan and targets, engaging all business line operational and project management employees in achieving the objectives for the business
• You are responsible for optimizing the performance of the business line's operations, including, project margin, staff utilization, DSO, and administration costs
• With key support by the business line finance leader who forecasts the business line's financial performance, you will ensure accurate revenue recognition and preparation of monthly/ quarterly/annual forecasts.
• You will define contracting strategies, commercial terms and measures to manage and mitigate risk during key pursuit processes including interacting directly with customers during negotiations
• You will provide guidance and direction to ensure operational and project delivery excellence
• You will conduct regular project reviews to ensure budget, schedule, risk, and cost to complete estimates are in order
• Work collaboratively with other WSP sectors, including energy, industrial and transportation teams to ensure integrated planning and execution of multi- disciplinary projects

What you'll bring to WSP:

• A Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or other technical discipline
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience managing and leading an advisory or earth and environment business
• Demonstrated ability to capitalize on a thriving market to expand and grow a business and client base
• A strong and sustained history of delivering quality financial performance and results
• Demonstrated leadership with a high and positive credibility factor
• Strong demonstration of health and safety leadership
• A passion for working in and leading a diverse and inclusive team
• A strong reputation for uncompromising integrity
• Exceptional judgment balanced with informed risk taking
• Highly professional skills with strong written and oral communication
• The ability to successfully lead with little direction to meet organizational goals
• Possess confidence to influence a high caliber team to drive a business to higher performance levels and seize the opportunities presented internally and in the market
• Advanced people and leadership skills to effectively manage relationships which may be indirect in order to achieve consensus, direction and achievement of results
• A proven track record of creating a climate where people want to do their best through working collaboratively, empowering teams to identify and solve problems, creating a clear sense of identity with the company, and holding teams accountable for meeting their collective goals

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

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.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.