Manager, Transportation Engineering Jobs

CALGARY The Opportunity:
WSP is currently seeking a Transportation Manager for our Urban Highways and Roads team located in Calgary, Alberta. Reporting to the Regional Manager, this role is an opportunity to provide project, technical, financial and people leadership to a growing team of professionals and technicians. You will be an integral part of developing and delivering our services for the City of Calgary.
Why WSP?

• 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 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.
• 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 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.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.

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
About you:

• You are a Transportation Engineering leader with a keen interest in developing a growth strategy in an urban setting,
• You have demonstrable expertise in optimizing the financial, quality, and project delivery performance of an existing urban transportation business.
• You have a genuine commitment to the firm’s values and our team’s success.
• You have proven success in client relationship management and have strong leadership and motivational skills.
• You have a demonstrated ability to lead a team of professionals with excellent communication skills both internally with staff and externally with clients.

A day in the life:

• Uphold the company’s core values and maintain Health and Safety at the highest level.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and guidance to staff,
• Recruit new team members as needed,
• Lead and participate in the preparation of proposals and cost estimates,
• Monitor and maintain overall resource management, including staffing, to meet project and budget targets/demands.
• Develop and support technical expertise for the execution of projects, by providing leadership and mentoring opportunities.
• Manage operational responsibilities of the team’s Project Managers / Team Leads,
• Develop and implement business development strategies, including co ordination with local Major Projects i.e., DB’s, P3’s,
• Provide project management, engineering and technical expertise,
• Accountability for the overall financial and operational performance of the department under your direction, including the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s),
• Provide effective leadership and collaboration with other disciplines .

We'd love to hear from you if you are/have ...

• Class 5 Operators licence.
• Excellent oral and written and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and enthusiastic team player.
• Experience with various urban roadway infrastructure including arterial roadways, highways, transit (LRT and subway) and airports as they relate to roadway improvements.
• Experience with business development, proposal writing, and client management,
• Demonstrable supervisory experience leading multi-disciplinary teams of professionals and technical staff,
• Be flexible and agile and have the ability to work on multiple projects of varied complexity and variable deadlines,
• Ability to travel occasionally to other urban centres with the province.
• Graduate from a University or Technical school in the field of Engineering or a related discipline, or a combination of related experience and education,
• Strategic, conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Minimum of 7 - 10 years of related Canadian experience with a minimum 5 year’s experience in an urban transportation setting,

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

Please Note:
Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe and the growing list of our clients including vaccination status as part of their mandated health and safety requirements to work with them, you will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to WSP as a condition of employment. You may also be required to undergo additional immunization to maintain a fully vaccinated status against COVID-19 whenever local Public Health Authorities recommend additional immunization.
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.
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