Tunnel Design Lead - Principal

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The Opportunity

Engineering What Lies Below

Bring technical depth and strategic leadership to underground infrastructure that enables communities and industries to move, connect, and grow. Your expertise will help turn complex ground conditions into resilient, constructible solutions.

Based in Toronto or Mississauga in a hybrid work environment, you will serve as our Tunnel Design Lead within the mining sector, shaping the delivery and growth of complex tunnelling and underground projects. You will provide technical and people leadership throughout the project lifecycle—from feasibility and detailed design through construction support—while strengthening client relationships, guiding proposals, and expanding WSP's market presence and long-term technical capability.

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Your Impact

• Lead the technical delivery of tunnelling and underground design assignments from concept and feasibility through detailed design and construction support.

• Deliver integrated solutions for tunnel alignment, excavation methods, ground support, and geostructural design that balance safety, performance, constructability, and value.

• Strengthen trusted client relationships as a senior technical advisor and primary interface for complex underground infrastructure decisions.

• Drive sustainable business growth through strategic pursuits, proposal leadership, project scoping, and meaningful engagement with clients and partners.

• Champion quality, safety, risk management, and technical governance across every project phase.

• Develop multidisciplinary teams through mentorship, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, building technical depth and succession across WSP's underground practice.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• A bachelor's degree in civil, geotechnical, or geological engineering with a focus on tunnelling; a master's degree is preferred.

• 15+ years of experience delivering tunnelling and underground infrastructure design, including at least 5+ years leading or managing underground design projects.

• Proven experience serving as a technical design lead on complex, multidisciplinary tunnelling assignments across mining, hydropower, transportation, or comparable underground infrastructure sectors.

• Active membership with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).

• Advanced expertise in tunnel alignment, excavation methods, ground support systems, geostructural design, constructability, and underground project risk management.

• Demonstrated capability leading work from feasibility through detailed design and construction support while maintaining technical quality, safety, schedule, and commercial performance.

• Strong client advisory, business development, proposal, and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to translate complex engineering issues into clear decisions.

• Experience mentoring and developing multidisciplinary professionals, along with willingness to travel to project sites as required and legal authorization to work in Canada.

Why Choose WSP?

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• Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it's across the country or around the globe, we'll help you tailor your role to match your ambition—because your growth drives ours.

• Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

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Compensation

• AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $147,500 - $195,400

• MB & ON: $134,600 - $184,600

• NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $133,200 - $176,900

Disclosure: 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.

Lead Mining Forward Underground

Transform demanding ground conditions into resilient underground infrastructure that helps mining projects advance safely and sustainably. Your leadership will connect technical excellence, client confidence, and the development of future tunnelling specialists.

Set a stronger standard below ground.