Job Description What if you could redefine whats possible? With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it. We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers. With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory, and sciencebased expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions. We are pathfinders and impact makers. We are Visioneers. We are WSP. The Opportunity Innovate and Lead Step into a pivotal role shaping the future of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), cultural and natural heritage stewardship, and regulatory excellence with WSP. As Vice President, Ecology, EIA & Heritage, you will guide a regional cohort of technical experts delivering projects that influence major infrastructure, environmental policy, energy transition, and sustainable development pathways. Your leadership will set new benchmarks for quality, collaboration, innovation, and meaningful community impact. This role can be based out of any of our WSP offices across British Columbia & Yukon, offering flexibility and a welcoming environment wherever you call home. Your Impact Develop and elevate senior leaders, empowering them to drive highperforming teams, shape strategic direction, and build a resilient leadership pipeline that strengthens WSPs longterm environmental excellence. Accelerate business growth and market leadership by expanding our national portfolio, strengthening client partnerships, and seizing emerging opportunities all while upholding WSPs reputation for bestinclass technical quality and delivery excellence. Shape regional strategy for environmental assessment, permitting, & heritage services, positioning WSP as a leader in complex regulatory and environmental work. Champion innovation by integrating modern digital tools, advanced assessment methods, Indigenous engagement frameworks, and naturebased solutions into project delivery. Develop and elevate senior environmental leaders, empowering them to guide highperforming teams, strengthen strategic direction, and build a resilient leadership pipeline that ensures enduring excellence across WSPs environmental practice. Strengthen regional performance by driving operational efficiencies and applying strong business acumen to help teams pivot effectively in response to evolving market conditions, ensuring WSP remains competitive and futureready. Ensure excellence in regulatory processes, leading teams in producing technically defensible, sciencebased assessments that support successful outcomes for communities and clients. Foster a culture of safety, inclusion, belonging, and ethical leadership that supports your people and enables them to bring their best to every project. The Skills That Set You Apart You have led seniorlevel environmental teams, guiding directors and managers to deliver complex EIA and heritage programs with clarity, confidence, and strategic alignment. You excel at shaping & elevating environmental practice areas, ensuring teams consistently deliver scientifically robust, defensible, highquality work. You bring deep experience navigating environmental regulatory frameworks and can mobilize the right expertise to solve technical, regulatory, and stakeholder challenges. You create the conditions for high performance by fostering psychological safety, accountability, and meaningful collaboration across diverse technical groups. You influence at multiple levels - supporting leaders as they engage clients, Indigenous Nations, regulators, and partners - strengthening WSPs regional market position. You empower leaders to think strategically, anticipate change, and build strong, resilient teams that uphold WSPs environmental excellence. Why Choose WSP? We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. 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 its across the country or around the globe, well 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. Compensation All Zones: Salary range for this position begins at $195,980. Disclosure: The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes. Make Your Mark with WSP Step into a role where your leadership shapes strategy, strengthens teams, and ensures your people are supported and empowered to do their best work. If youre ready to lead with purpose and care, we invite you to begin your next chapter with us. About Us WSP is one of the world''''s leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to futureproof 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. 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 safetysensitive 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Vice President, Ecology, EIA & Heritage