Your Opportunity
Stantec is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager/Project Engineer, Water to join our Water team. This position is ideal for an experienced engineering professional with strong project management experience and a technical background in drinking water systems and groundwater sources.
In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary water infrastructure projects of various complexity from planning and design through construction, working closely with clients, technical teams, regulatory agencies, and project stakeholders. You will be responsible for managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations while helping deliver reliable and sustainable drinking water solutions.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage drinking water infrastructure projects of varying size and complexity from planning and design through construction.
- Lead projects involving drinking water systems, groundwater sources, wells, pumping systems, water supply, storage, and distribution infrastructure.
- Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, deliverables, staffing, and contractual requirements.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and technical specialists.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients and maintain strong, long-term client relationships.
- Lead and support the preparation of proposals, scopes of work, level-of-effort estimates, and project fee development.
- Provide technical and project oversight/leadership during planning, permitting, design, bidding, and construction.
- Coordinate with regulatory agencies and stakeholders regarding drinking water and groundwater requirements.
- Perform and/or oversee QA/QC reviews of engineering deliverables.
- Identify project risks and proactively address scope, schedule, budget, and technical issues.
Provide mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance to engineers and other project team members, supporting their professional development and the quality of project delivery.
- Contribute to business development activities and help identify opportunities with new and existing water clients.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Strong knowledge and demonstrated experience with community public water systems and groundwater sources.
- Experience with groundwater supply systems, production wells, pumping facilities, and related drinking water infrastructure.
- Demonstrated project management experience, preferably delivering water utility infrastructure projects.
- Ability to successfully manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations.
- Advanced understanding of engineering design and construction processes.
- Strong client relationship and communication skills.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary project teams and coordinate work across multiple technical disciplines.
- Knowledge of applicable drinking water regulations, permitting requirements, and engineering standards.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities concurrently.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant engineering experience, with demonstrated project management experience in water infrastructure.
- Demonstrated experience with drinking water systems and groundwater sources required.
- Virginia Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is considered an asset.
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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. At Stantec, we live our corporate values every day.
About the Team
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- Minimum 7 years of relevant engineering experience
- Demonstrated project management experience in water infrastructure
- Experience with drinking water systems and groundwater sources
- Strong knowledge of community public water systems and groundwater sources
- Experience with groundwater supply systems, production wells, pumping facilities, and related drinking water infrastructure
- Virginia Professional Engineer license
- Project Management Professional certification
- Knowledge of applicable drinking water regulations, permitting requirements, and engineering standards
- Ability to manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, client expectations, and multidisciplinary teams
What We Do
We're active members of the communities we serve. That's why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 350 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy and resource, environmental, and infrastructure projects to life. Our work—engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics, from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning—begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Our local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with our world-class expertise, have allowed us to go anywhere to meet our clients' needs in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.
