Company: WSP

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:43:09 GMT

Job description: Job Category: PlanningJob Description:The Opportunity:The Senior Planner will lead and manage planning projects, providing expert advice and innovative solutions to clients. This role requires a highly skilled professional with a strong understanding of planning principles, regulations, and best practices. The Senior Planner will work on a variety of projects, including land use, transportation, and environmental planning, while mentoring junior staff and contributing to the growth of WSP’s planning team.Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story – we’re proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you – from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities – we’re growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday – we’re open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it’s like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.#WeAreWSPWhat you can expect to do here:

• Managing teams on a range of planning projects like Official Plans, Secondary Plans, and Zoning By-laws;
• Working with a team on a range of land development projects including residential, retail/commercial, industrial, and institutional;
• Managing planning projects in coordination with our clients;
• Preparing reports including Due Diligence, Highest and Best Use, Development Feasibility, and Policy Reviews;
• Liaising with municipal and agency staff to expedite planning approvals;
• Working to help build our Planning Practice;
• Organizing and participating in all sizes of stakeholder meetings and public consultation processes;
• Research and presentation of planning analyses; and
• Other duties as assigned.

What you’ll bring to WSP:

• University degree in Planning;
• At least 8 years of progressive experience in a municipal or consulting environment;
• Registered Professional Planner in the Province of Ontario;
• Strong public consultation experience;
• Strong Project Management experience with complex municipal and land development planning projects comprised of multi-disciplinary teams;
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, query, analyze, and effectively communicate information;
• Experience reviewing and responding to comments from municipalities and other approval authorities;
• Excellent understanding of planning legislation and approvals processes in the Province of Ontario;
• Ability to lead the preparation of technical plans including plans of subdivision, site plans, condominium plans, building elevations, etc.;
• Highly motivated, organized, flexible, enthusiastic team player committed to upholding our reputation for delivering high quality service;
• Excellent written and oral communication and time management skills; and
• Valid Ontario Driver’s License

About Us:WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

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.Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to 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. For more information please