Specialist, Technical Quality Standards & Professional Compliance
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- Montreal, QC
- $122,900-162,800 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
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As a Specialist, Technical Quality Standards & Professional Compliance you will shape how regulatory compliance, technical governance, and professional practice evolve across WSP Canada. You will drive national consistency, strengthen quality, and ensure WSP maintains its standing with professional engineering associations across the country - enabling our teams to deliver industry-leading work with integrity, accountability, and technical excellence.Your ImpactIn this strategic role, you will help shape the country's technical standards. As a Specialist, Technical Quality Standards & Professional Compliance, you will be responsible for:Lead the national professional association compliance process, including managing certificates of authorization, permits, and licenses.Advise leadership on compliance risks and evolving regulatory standards affecting engineering practice.Act as a trusted resource to professionals, helping them interpret and apply association and WSP requirements * Maintain and oversee national inventories of permits, licenses, certifications, and registrations.
- Manage relationships with professional associations and coordinate external audits.
- Represent WSP with external regulators, associations, and audit bodies; coordinate audit responses and corrective actions.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (or related technical field)
- P.Eng. designation.
- 7+ years in engineering delivery, technical governance, quality, assurance, compliance, or operational excellence within a multidiscipline environment.
- Deep understanding of Canadian professional regulatory guidelines and the ability to translate them into practical business processes.
- Proven experience improving governance systems (peer review, risk escalation, non-conformance management, audit readiness).
- Strong program and project management abilities - from designing roadmaps to driving execution.
- Ability to influence without authority and align diverse stakeholders across regions and sectors.
- Fluency in English and French.
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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.
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.Make Your Mark with WSPJoin us in shaping the future of technical excellence, regulatory integrity, and engineering practice across Canada. Here, your expertise will influence national standards, elevate professional governance, and empower project teams to deliver work that moves our communities forward.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 .