Senior Project Manager – Water

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. 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.

Our Water sector brings together many of the world's top engineers and scientists, seeing water as a single holistic system rather than as unconnected networks divided by jurisdictional boundaries. We use this perspective to help communities tap into water's potential. Throughout the life cycle of capture, use, reuse, and discharge, our team optimizes every facet of a water system.

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our team. The successful candidate should be comfortable working and collaborating on a variety of different projects with team members across the North and throughout North America. Our team is an integral part of the design center for major water projects including potable water treatment, storage reservoirs, pump stations, wastewater treatment plants, and lift stations.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Pursue and lead transformational water projects in Northwest Territories and Prairie Provinces.
• Serve as Project Manager, Engineer of Record or Technical Reviewer for a variety of water infrastructure projects, ensuring project delivery, budget and quality standards are maintained.
• Develop project scope, budget, and design approach for various projects including evaluation, selection, specification of engineering systems or products.
• Recognize when problems develop and initiate guidance for corrective actions.
• Perform on technically complex projects and act as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members.
• Provide exceptional technical service to our clients.
• Execute multiple concurrent projects efficiently.
• Follow Stantec's PM Frameworks for project delivery.

Client Management and Account Management:

• Develop positive relationships with clients, earning their confidence to become their trusted adviser.
• Develop and implement "win" strategies, including client contact, proposal preparation, and participation in client interviews.
• Perform regular client account analyses and develop tactical action plans for specific pursuits.
• Provide leadership in winning and contracting Master Service Agreements (MSAs).
• Work directly with other leaders to sustain and grow revenue, gross margin, and operating income key performance metrics.
• Coordinate with Stantec's marketing team to develop targeted branding materials.

Leadership:

• Help build and grow a team of high performers through recruitment & retention of water staff within the water practice.
• Mentor developing professionals to guide their career development objectives.
• Participate in local and national professional associations.
• Drive Stantec's Safer Together culture, prioritizing the health and safety of our employees.
• Demonstrate a commitment to our code of business conduct and ethics policies.

Your Capabilities and Credentials:

• Strong understanding of the Water consulting business in Northern Canada specific to treatment, conveyance, and water resources.
• Proven project management and technical skills applicable to the delivery of water projects.
• Entrepreneurial orientation with understanding of the business development challenges of a consulting services provider.
• Ability to create and maintain relationships across Stantec's practices and geographies.
• Proven ability to effectively lead, challenge, and inspire staff to work together cohesively as a team.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Possess the highest degree of integrity.

Education and Experience:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering.
• A Professional Engineering designation and registration or eligibility to register with NAPEGs is required.
• PMP or similar would be an asset.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience, demonstrating diverse experience in public and municipal sectors associated with the planning, design, and construction of water infrastructure projects.

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.