The Opportunity

WSP Canada has an exciting opportunity to join the Future Ready® Team as a Future Ready® Intern for 8-12 months at our Ottawa office. Future Ready® is WSP's global resilience and innovation program, enabling, challenging, and inspiring our people to provide advice and deliver projects that are ready for the future, as well as today.

As the Future Ready® Intern, you will support the Future Ready® team in executing initiatives as required to deliver the Future Ready® program. This may include but not limited to preparing case studies, proposal content, trend research and analysis, and support in the deliver of staff and client presentations. The Future Ready® program is organized around three pillars:

• See the future more clearly.
• Develop complete solutions for the long-term.
• Challenge the status quo.

A day in the life

• Conduct research and analysis on topics related to changes in society, resources, climate, technology
• Assist with preparing materials for internal and external facing uses, including but not limited to proposals, reports, publications, workshops and presentations.
• Liaise with Future Ready® Team.
• Coordinate with project managers and technical leads, under guidance, to collect information for case studies.
• Promote and champion the Future Ready® program with internal stakeholders.
• Support collaboration with staff from all business sectors in WSP's service offerings to identify opportunities for engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Help develop and/or improve internal resources such as practical guides, case studies, templates and project delivery materials.
• Other duties as assigned/required that relate to engaging clients, such as researching and analyzing business and market-based insight

What you'll bring to WSP

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in a related field (including but not limited to change management, engineering, urban planning, political science, sustainability and climate change, management, etc.).
• Strong analytical, research and writing skills are required.
• Flexibility and adaptability to work on diverse and evolving topics are essential.
• Strong creative and problem-solving skills to develop innovative solutions.
• Demonstrate interest of societal, technological, and market trends, as well as sustainability and resilience.
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point and others), and other communications-related software programs.
• Exceptional time-management and organizational skills; attention to detail and strong work ethic.
• Strong oral and written communication skills including presentation skills.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and adapt to shifting priorities.
• Collaborative mindset and proven ability to work in a team environment with success.

Nice to have

• Past co-op or summer work term experience in a relevant field. Experience in consulting services, project delivery, sustainability and resilience, and customer service would be an asset.
• Experience in facilitating engagement/university events.
• Experience with publications (i.e. writing and reporting clubs at university, scientific research, etc.)
• Bilingual (English and French).

Compensation
BC, AB, SK, NWT & NU: $20.00 - $30.00 per hour
MB & ON: $18.50 - $28.00 per hour
Atlantic Provinces & QC: $17.50 - $28.00 per hour

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.
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.

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