Envision Technical Lead

at  WSP

THE OPPORTUNITY

WSP is currently seeking an experienced Envision Technical Lead to join our Climate Change, Resilience and Sustainability (CCRS) team as a Bilingual (French and English) Project Director and Sustainability Advisor. Ideally, the successful candidate will have a background in sustainable infrastructure and buildings with 6-10 years of related experience.
Reporting to the Manager of Sustainability, and ideally located in Montreal, Quebec, this role is responsible for providing technical leadership on a range of sustainable infrastructure projects with focus on Envision withing the Province of Quebec. The role will collaborate and support on national projects, as well as, helping to grow this service across Canada. The focus will be providing technical guidance to the project team on evaluating the sustainability of infrastructure projects using Envision framework, demonstrating how infrastructure can address the challenges inherent to sustainable development, and implementing sustainable strategies in the planning, design, construction, operate and maintenance. This is a client facing technical role that requires collaboration with both internal and external resources to deliver project expectations, in addition to developing and maintaining client relationships. This position involves working with companies, municipalities and governmental organizations, engineers, contractors, and technical support staff. The projects will range in type, size and complexity, and the successful candidate will be responsible for technically guiding and training project teams to achieve project objectives, timelines and support meeting financial expectations.

• Provide technical leadership on projects to ensure project technical content meets client needs and company standards;
• Establish the technical approach for the project, including the appropriate templates, processes, and tools;
• Provide technical support to the internal team throughout the project, and review deliverables prior to issuance for technical quality and adherence to company standards;
• Provide technical guidance and support on sustainability related concepts in design, construction, and operation, such as site related issues, stormwater management, rainwater/greywater harvesting, light pollution, energy consumption/reduction, renewable energy systems, envelope thermal performance, high efficiency building system, embodied carbon, GHG and air pollutant emissions, water use reduction, waste management, material selection, thermal comfort, ventilation and indoor air quality, daylighting, health and wellness, climate risk and resilience, etc.
• Attend and lead project meetings with junior staff; collaborate with and lead design, construction and operations teams to integrate and achieve high-performance and sustainability objectives;
• Develop and lead proposals or collaborate with proposal leads / teams;
• Support and contribute to various client management activities;
• Develop clear and concise written reports that convey technical information, understanding of the client’s needs and objectives and recommendations to meet these objectives;
• Contribute to the knowledge and professional development and training of other team members; providing mentorship as required;
• Working with the department’s Director and Managers, help to develop, set, implement and maintain business development strategies related to Envision;
• Where required, act as project manager, overseeing project financials, resources, schedule and client interactions;
• Lead knowledge and process improvement initiatives for Envision that can include embodied carbon, climate and resilience, energy, water, materials, etc.;
• Training internal and external stakeholders if required;
• Interact with client staff, client principals, architects, engineers, contractors, stakeholders, industry representatives and construction trades;
• Other duties as required.