Senior Structural Engineer (Sudbury)

Job Description

What if you could redefine what's possible?

With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.

We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.

With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science-based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions.

We are pathfinders and impact makers.

We are Visioneers .

We are WSP.

The Opportunity

Innovate and Lead - In this role, you will be at the forefront of innovation, collaborating on transformative projects that push the boundaries of what is possible. If you are looking for a challenge that offers both career growth and the chance to make an impact, this is the opportunity for you.

Bring technical credibility. Build something lasting.

As a Senior Structural Engineer based in Sudbury, Ontario, you will provide senior structural engineering leadership for mining and heavy industrial projects across Northern Ontario. You will lead complex design, guide multidisciplinary decisions, mentor developing professionals, and help establish the technical standard for a growing local team.

You will strengthen WSP’s Sudbury delivery capability while connecting with multidisciplinary mining specialists across Canada and around the world. This is an opportunity to contribute to long-term mining programs across multiple clients and project stages while helping shape a self-sustaining Northern Ontario structural practice.

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Your Impact

• Lead structural scope for studies, basic engineering, detailed design, and construction support on mining and industrial facilities.
• Develop and review design criteria, calculations, models, specifications, drawings, reports, and technical memoranda.
• Design and assess steel, reinforced concrete, and foundation systems for process buildings, equipment supports, platforms, conveyors, underground infrastructure, and existing facilities.
• Serve as structural technical lead or Engineer of Record where assigned and appropriate, and direct inspections, condition assessments, field investigations, and brownfield modification planning.
• Coordinate structural interfaces with mechanical, electrical, process, geotechnical, architectural, and construction teams while supporting constructability and risk reviews.
• Resolve complex field issues, perform senior technical reviews, mentor engineers and designers, and support proposals, estimates, and client relationships.
  
  
  

The Skills That Set You Apart

• A bachelor’s degree in civil or structural engineering.
• Professional Engineer registration in Ontario, or eligibility to obtain registration.
• Extensive structural engineering experience in mining, minerals processing, heavy industrial, or comparable facilities.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian structural design codes and the practical design of steel, reinforced concrete, and foundation systems.
• Experience leading technical teams, reviewing multidisciplinary deliverables, and translating field conditions, operating constraints, and client needs into safe, constructible solutions.
• Clear technical writing, client communication, decision-making, mentoring, and collaborative leadership skills.
• Experience with brownfield industrial facilities, equipment supports, conveyor galleries, crane structures, or underground mine infrastructure is preferred.
• Experience with structural analysis and design software for industrial facilities, together with field engineering, construction support, or site inspections, is preferred.
  
  
  

Why Choose WSP?

We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home .

• Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026
• A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• 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: $135,200 - $179,100
• MB & ON: $123,300 - $169,800
• NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $122,100 - $162,200
  
  
  

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.

Build strength that outlasts the project

Bring technical authority to structures that support Northern Ontario’s mining future, and help grow the local capability behind them. Create solutions - and a team - built to endure.

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 here .

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 here .