Manager, Land Development & Municipal Engineering, Red Deer

Description

• Manage and deliver projects in transportation, land development, and municipal infrastructure. This includes report and proposal writing, business development, client liaison, and project management.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Accountable for the overall financial and operational performance of the department under your direction, including the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
• Lead, develop and empower a diverse group of professionals and technical support staff.
• Develop and implement business development strategies, including coordination with other internal business lines.
• Monitor and manage overall workload and staffing levels within the department to maintain overall utilization at target levels. Work with the Leadership and other managers to support inter-office collaboration and resource/work sharing to balance workloads and meet project delivery objectives across the discipline.
• Responsible for overall resource management, including recruitment, team building, staff development, performance management and salary review process. Implement and track career development plans for staff within the department to support skills development, effective succession management, career pathing and staff retention.
• Provide effective leadership and collaboration with other disciplines.

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering or Certificate in Engineering Technology with 15+ years of consulting and/or municipal experience;
• Strong knowledge of the City of Red Deer and surrounding regional municipal clients and market;
• 8+ years of managing and mentoring technical staff;
• Ability to mentor staff;
• Transportation, Land Development and Municipal engineering design and construction experience is essential with specific experience related to water, sanitary, and stormwater projects involving both renewal and replacement projects.
• Experience in project management;
• Strong communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Experience in business development;
• Previous success in customer service, client management and proposal/report writing;
• Ability to work independently;

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance