Contract Specialist

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The Opportunity – Build the Future With Us

As a Contract Specialist, you’ll play a key role in supporting WSP’s newly created North American Contracts Centre of Excellence (COE). You’ll work with talented colleagues across Canada and the United States, contributing to transformative infrastructure, environmental, transportation, property, and energy projects.
This role supports all business sectors and gives you the chance to influence contract strategy at scale while growing your expertise within a global leader.

Your Impact

In this role, you will:

• Review, negotiate, draft, and interpret commercial contracts across multiple business sectors.
• Support project teams throughout the project lifecycle with contract advice and risk assessment.
• Participate in internal and external meetings with business stakeholders and clients.
• Review public and private RFPs and support preparation of service offers.
• Ensure compliance with internal authorization matrices, corporate policies, and governance.
• Draft, review, and continuously improve WSP's contract templates, standard clauses, and contracting frameworks, ensuring they reflect best practices and evolving industry standardsd evolving industry standards
• Utilize Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems and AI‑driven tools.
• Contribute to a strategic function that is shaping the future of WSP’s contractual processes across North America.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• Experience as a Contracts Specialist or Contracts Manager in engineering or construction (minimum 1 year) is an asset, but not a prerequisite.
• Background in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Ability to simplify complex legal concepts for engineers, scientists, and business leaders.
• Strong understanding of business fundamentals and risk management.
• Experience with CLM systems, Microsoft 365 tools, and AI technologies.
• Organized, analytical, detail‑oriented, and comfortable managing competing priorities.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment.
• Bilingual (French and English)

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. Tailor your role to match your ambition — your growth drives ours.
• Flexible work, real balance – we value your life outside of work and support you in maintaining it.
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Compensation:

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $98,800 – $130,800

MB & ON: $90,100 – $124,100

NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $89,200 – $118,500

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.

Make Your Mark with WSP

If you’re driven by purpose and impact, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next step toward a rewarding career with 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.