THE OPPORTUNITY:

WSP Canada is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join the Commercial & Contracts Team (Legal Department) in the Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) business sector across Canada. Reporting to the Head of Legal for T&I, the successful candidate will support all business needs in the T&I Sector.

• Provide legal assistance to the T&I sector for the negotiation, drafting, and interpretation of contracts;
• Provide timely legal advice to project teams throughout the project life cycle;
• Provide legal assistance to internal clients and stakeholders on a variety of issues that impact the business;
• Attend internal meetings with relevant stakeholders as well as external meetings with clients and other representatives and partners;
• Draft and review legal documents, including WSP’s contract templates;
• Review public and private RFPs and assist in preparing service offers;
• Assess business opportunities and risk profiles and present it to various internal risk committees for bid approval;
• Ensure all business opportunities and decisions comply with WSP’s internal authorization matrix as well as corporate policies and governance;
• Work with the internal Claims & Litigation Team to assess and advise on contractual disputes or claims;
• Help ensure that projects, contracts and all actions of the company comply with federal and provincial laws and regulations;
• Perform any other tasks deemed necessary to support the legal affairs of WSP as well as any other tasks normally undertaken by members of the Legal Team;Provide support for ongoing projects and legal advice in the normal course of business, as required.