Senior Project Manager, Conveyance
Many of the world’s top engineers and scientists come together in our Water business because they view a community’s interaction with water a bit differently—as a single holistic system, rather than unconnected networks divided by jurisdictional boundaries. Working throughout the hydrologic cycle, we are delivering sustainable solutions to make sure water is where it should be and available when needed. Our experts guide our work with scientific rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. Every day, we help communities improve, reuse, and protect this precious resource for future generations. By 2025 we’re hiring 2,000 people (like you) to join our team. Grow with us, H2O+U.
Your Opportunity
We are looking for a talented Senior Project Manager, Conveyance, 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 primarily be working on 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.
Stantec is at the forefront of the water industry, delivering thousands of projects for hundreds of communities globally. Our purpose is to conceive and develop the most impactful water projects that improve the health, quality of life and sustainability of the communities we live in and serve. We are always looking at what is next in the industry and bring innovative approaches to even the most complex projects. Stantec is working with multiple utilities to develop innovative, sustainable, and efficient solutions to their needs. Want to work with great clients on impactful projects alongside some of the industry’s top changemakers? Join our growing team and apply today
Your Key Responsibilities
- You Manage a team of design professionals and technicians
- You mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams
- You perform business development/application tasks and collaborate 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
- You assist senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
- You perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Routine technical tasks include:
- You assist with the management of the design and construction of projects.
- You develop project management plans for projects; establishes goals and objectives for unique and complex projects.
- You are responsible for successfully establishing projects to achieve budget, schedule, and contractual obligations.
- You conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects and facilitates 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, reviewing agency personnel.
- You are accountable for making decisions on large projects. You coordinate with the regulatory review to seek final approval.
- You manage projects of varying complexity within multidisciplinary teams
- You assist business leaders in project revenue forecasting.
- You oversee proposals, including the development of the scope and level of effort of comparable size.
- You undertake decisions and recommendations governed by general policy and project management governance.
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.
- Understanding of local and regional jurisdictional codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions.
- Strong ability to read and interpret 3D CAD drawings.
- Understanding of construction methods, such as open-cut and trenchless (microtunneling, jack and bore, etc.) for sewer and water infrastructure, is considered an asset.
- Understanding of water and storm and sanitary sewer rehabilitation, is considered an asset.
- Demonstrates strong understanding of conveyance system construction elements as it relates to design in order to select construction methods and defining work area limits.
- Experience and expertise with the design of conveyance projects in urbanized, congested areas.
- Experience with the design of water, sewer, and drainage infrastructure 24-inches in diameter and larger.
Education and Experience
- Education: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- Experience: Minimum of 15 years related experience in project management, preferably for conveyance and water infrastructure design projects.
- Licensure: Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) 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 as well as to project sites may be required.
Overqualified? Underqualified? We have multiple openings – we welcome your application.
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. At Stantec, we live our corporate values every day.
- Stantec was ranked the 5th most sustainable company in the world and the 1st in North America by Corporate Knights for our 2020 performance.
- In February 2021, Stantec announced a pledge to be carbon neutral for 2022 and achieve operational net-zero by 2030.
- Stantec is the only engineering design firm that has been rated a Climate Leader with an A- score by CDP for the last three years.
- Stantec has been named by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers and America’s Best Employers for Women. Additionally, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society selected Stantec as one of the Top 50 workplaces for Indigenous STEM professionals
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