Job Description

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

We are looking for a talented Senior Project Manager focused on the planning and engineering design of water infrastructure projects who wants to be part of a purpose-driven organization that’s focused on helping our clients, colleagues and communities thrive. You will work on a variety of conveyance and water/wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Our people are Stantec’s most valuable resource, and in joining our team you will be able to leverage your career experiences and expertise within a culture that values inclusion, celebrates shared success, and applauds ambition. 

With experience spanning more than 900 water and wastewater treatment plants—from large, complex facilities to those serving small, remote communities—Stantec brings deep expertise in advanced treatment, automation and information management, nutrient recovery, odor control, process optimization, and emerging-contaminant removal. As part of our global network of engineers, you’ll have the opportunity to lead iconic municipal engineering projects from initial request through construction. This role combines project leadership on technically complex work with business development, client relationship management, and collaboration with research and innovation teams to advance new technologies. Success in this position calls for strong leadership and communication skills, market insight, business acumen, innovative thinking, and a proven track record in client relations and account management.

Does working with clients on great projects, with a talented team of professionals appeal to you? Apply now and you can join some of the best technical people in the world and work on projects you can be proud of!

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of design professionals and technicians

• Mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams

• Performs business development/application tasks and collaborates with staff to increase project wins and develop long lasting client relationships. Routine tasks include:

• Participate in business line teams to manage and develop proposals

• Client facing for business development contact, meetings, walk-downs, and presentations

• Scope of work documents and estimates

• Collaboration with multiple business lines to develop opportunities

• Quality reviews

• Assist senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.

• Collaborate and/or coordinate complex engineering design tasks on assigned water & wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines.

• Participate in the management of the design and construction of projects.

• Develop project management plans for projects; establish goals and objectives for unique and complex projects.

• You are responsible for successfully establishing projects to achieve budget, schedule, and contractual obligations.

• Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects and facilitate independent technical review projects by others.

• You are involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, interested stakeholder parties, and personnel from reviewing agencies.

• You are accountable for making decisions on large projects. You coordinate with the regulatory review to seek final approval.

• Manage projects of varying complexity within multidisciplinary teams

• You research and understand issues related to regulatory and other drivers that impact individual projects

• Assist business leaders in project revenue forecasting.

• You oversee proposals including development of the scope and level of effort of comparable size.

• You undertake decisions and recommendations governed by general policy and project management governance.

• You supervise local staff and are responsible for providing mentoring and coaching for future leaders, including development of succession plans for key positions. 

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• You inspire project teams to higher levels of achievement.

• You consistently engage employees in discussions on job satisfaction and engagement and provide ongoing recognition and feedback to employees and teams.

• You gain and understanding of local and regional jurisdictional codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions.

Education and Experience

• Education: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• Experience: Minimum of 15 years related experience in project management, preferably for water & wastewater projects.

• Licensure: Licensed Professional Engineer (P. Eng) or ability to obtain license within 6 months.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus.

• Demonstrated successful experience in leadership, including defining and setting the direction for a team, project, and office; strategy development; change management; and corporate stewardship.

• Travel to other offices and project sites may be required. 

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.