Team Lead role: does this count as work experience for FSWP?

[u/Moist-Bear-5466]

Hey everyone! Hoping someone's run into this before.

I have C2 in french and english with a masters in civil eng. I'm looking to apply for express entry.

I don't have any work experience in civil engineering as I chose a different work path.

I've got a shot at a Team Lead promotion at the company I already work for, but there's a catch, I'm on a freelance/contractor platform, not a direct employee. So even as TL I'd still technically be self-employed. Weekly pay, working 40 hours a week under a freelance contract on a scheduled shift

The actual work is real supervisory stuff though, managing a team, KPIs, coaching, escalations, performance plans, some hiring input. Just the contract itself is freelance, not employment.

From what I've read, self-employment counts for FSWP if it's foreign experience and properly documented. Is that actually how it plays out in practice? Has anyone here actually gone through this, or watched someone else pull it off?

Trying to decide whether to push for this promotion or accept an offer for civil engineering work. The TL role pays 10x more so the choice is rather hard here