Co-op Student, Transportation - Regional Roads

The Opportunity:

WSP is currently seeking Co-op Students to join our Regional Roads team, located Red Deer or Calgary. Reporting to the Area Manager, this position will be responsible for supporting projects primarily in the field and office as well.

• Expected start date : May 2025

• Duration: 4-months & 8-months

• Application Instructions: Please indicate your duration (4 months / 8 months) on your application

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.

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What you can expect to do here:

• To work with Project Managers, Technicians and Surveyors on the delivery of a variety of complex transportation engineering projects;

• Travel to various projects throughout the assigned region to ensure required tasks are completed in a timely manner and construction schedules are not compromised;

• Perform various material testing in accordance with procedures outlined in Contract Specifications, CSA and ASTM;

• Assist and/or perform various surveys on various projects throughout the assigned region as required and outlined in Contract Specifications;

• Support the engineering team with onsite construction surveying using GPS, Drone and conventional survey methods;

• Prepare laboratory test reports, and field review reports;

• Ability and willingness to travel, work away from home for extended periods of time, and work long hours;

• Other duties as assigned.

What you'll bring to WSP:

• Have a valid Class 5 driver's license;

• Currently enrolled in an accredited co-op post-secondary Civil Engineering program;

• Adaptable to a changing work environment;

• Motivated, self-starter who can be a leader and work well independently or with a team;

• Excellent communication, both written and verbal.

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 READ THE FULL POLICY. (~~~)