Lead Project Manager, Defence Buildings

WSP · Vancouver

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The Opportunity

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Lead the delivery of secure, complex infrastructure that supports Canada's defence and federal operations. You will guide projects across military bases, armories, aircraft hangars, maintenance and storage facilities, training assets, industrial and logistics facilities, fire halls, and police stations, while helping grow WSP's national Defence and Federal Buildings practice.

Your Impact

  • Lead defence and federal infrastructure projects from planning and procurement through design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.

  • Establish project execution plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, governance, and risk controls that support reliable delivery. 

  • Direct multidisciplinary architecture, engineering, security, and specialty consulting teams while maintaining accountability for scope, cost, schedule, quality, and risk.

  • Partner with clients, Defence Construction Canada (DCC), contractors, regulators, and other stakeholders to align decisions and resolve delivery challenges.

  • Deliver projects through Design-Build, Design-Build-Finance, Construction Management, Alliance, P3, and Design-Bid-Build models.

  • Oversee security, regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and health and safety requirements for defence and controlled-access facilities.

  • Strengthen client relationships and contribute to account planning, pursuits, proposals, and repeat business in the defence and federal sectors.

  • Mentor project managers, project controls professionals, engineers, and junior staff while fostering an inclusive, high-performing project culture.

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