Technical Manager, Construction Interface
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Act as the day-to-day senior technical counterpart to the Centrus Design Manager and Project Manager.
- Collaborate closely with the CM's MEC Manager and Design Assist partners to ensure constructability alignment.
- Represent WSP's integrated technical position in CM and Client forums, ensuring clarity, decisiveness, and alignment.
- Lead high-stakes meetings, enabling the Program Director to focus on governance and client relationships.
- Drive the resolution of CM comments, RFIs, sequencing issues, access and maintenance needs, and constructability challenges.
- Ensure smooth transition of design package delivery into construction administration support.
- Prevent technical issues from escalating into claims, delays, or reputational risk.
- Serve as senior integrator across all disciplines, packages, and phases within the CENTRUS program.
- Maintain issue registers, interface logs, decision records, and ensure all technical positions are coordinated and defensible.
- Lead technical discussions, de-escalate contentious situations, and present structured recommendations to senior leadership.
- Identify and elevate program-level risks while aligning mitigation actions with commercial and program strategy.
- 15+ years of senior technical leadership experience on large, complex, multi-stakeholder programs.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Architect preferred; construction-based certifications an asset.
- Proven ability to lead interface management between design teams, construction managers, and clients.
- Experience navigating senior-level CM and ADM-level technical forums with credibility.
- Demonstrated skill in resolving multi-disciplinary technical issues under pressure.
- Systems thinker capable of balancing constructability, sequencing, safety, quality, contractual obligations, and downstream impacts.
- Highly structured, decisive, pragmatic, and oriented toward closure and technical integrity.
- This position requires a valid Secret security clearance issued by the Government of Canada
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- Flexible work, real balance - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.
MB & ON: $161,500 - $222,300
NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $159,900 - $212,300Disclosure:
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.About Us: At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.It's why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what's possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.As one of the world's leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.At WSP, you'll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.Join us.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 policies when working at client locations. Full details .Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include 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.WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details .