Lighting Control Specialist, Buildings
WSP · Vancouver
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The Opportunity
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If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this role offers the chance to work on projects that push boundaries and impact communities worldwide. Be part of a team that values your ideas, expertise, and growth.
As a Lighting Controls Specialist with our Buildings team in Vancouver, you'll lead the technical design and integration of lighting and lighting control systems for complex building projects. Working alongside electrical engineers, architects, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and clients, you'll translate design intent and performance requirements into coordinated, constructible solutions that enhance comfort, accessibility, energy performance, and the experience of the built environment.
Your Impact
Lead the technical design of lighting and lighting control systems from concept through construction, commissioning, and project closeout.
Design control narratives, zoning, sequences of operation, single-line diagrams, schedules, details, and specifications that turn project requirements into coordinated solutions.
Deliver lighting calculations, fixture selections, layouts, controls integration, and code-compliance analysis that balance visual quality, energy performance, maintainability, and cost.
Collaborate with architects, interior designers, electrical engineers, sustainability specialists, vendors, and contractors to resolve interfaces and strengthen project outcomes.
Produce technically rigorous BIM and drawing packages, review submittals, respond to site questions, and support functional testing and commissioning.
The Skills That Set You Apart
Education in electrical engineering, architectural engineering, lighting design, building technology, or a related discipline
Substantial experience delivering lighting and controls design for buildings, including upgrades and retrofits