Group Manager, Prairies

**The Opportunity**:
WSP is currently seeking a **Group Manager**to lead our **Prairies & North EIA and Permitting team**, part of the Ecology and Environmental Science team. Reporting to the Director of Regulatory, Earth and Social Sciences, this is a dual role where you will provide both leadership of a 40± person team plus technical and project management expertise to support a variety of projects that range in type, size, and complexity.

**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.

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**What you can expect to do here**:

- Create a safe and positive environment for colleagues.
- Demonstrate a non-wavering commitment to health and safety.
- You will support project managers and take on team lead responsibilities including:

- Review of cost estimates and other client deliverables within your assigned delegation of authority (DOA).
- Supporting employees to prioritize and organize their work to meet utilization targets and project commitments.
- Supporting employees with career development and performance, including team mentorship.
- Responsible for the day to day scheduling of staff to align their skillsets and career goals with appropriate project requirements
- Participate in human resources activities throughout the year, including annual performance and salary reviews, hiring and recruitment processes, and employee onboarding and offboarding.
- Working with the Regulatory, Earth and Social Sciences Director and Vice President, support the financial success of the team by monitoring financial results and working to implement changes or improvements to achieve desired financial results.
- Foster collaboration across the team and other WSP Business Lines.
- Inspire team commitment to our WSP Guiding Principles and Vision.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to team project managers.
- Participate in business development activities to support growth and strengthen client relationships.Lead monthly group meetings for the EIA and Permitting team.

**What you'll bring to WSP**:

- An undergraduate degree in Environmental Science or related discipline
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant consulting experience.
- Self-motivated leadership style with excellent inter-personal and communication skills and the ability to work in a collaborative, team environment.
- A proven track record of successful business development, and of fostering client relationships
- Strong demonstration of health and safety leadership.
- Commitment to technical excellence and ability to write proposals and technical reports
- Strategic and business planning experience, financial, forecasting and budgeting experience
- Adaptability and flexibility to prioritize and manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change and the ability to build partnerships across disciplines and areas of expertise.

**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