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Western Canada Irrigation Lead

Stantecabout 1 month ago
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Senior Level
Full-Time

Top Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

About the role

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

As a part of our Western Canada Irrigation team, this person will have the opportunity to work on the recently awarded Westside Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (WIRP) in Saskatchewan. Stantec (as a part of Prairie Engineering Partners) will be responsible for completing the fieldwork, planning and engineering to the next stage of project design. The right candidate will have technical skills and experience that can be applied to the delivery of water conveyance projects related to irrigation and irrigation planning for government, municipal, and private sector clients. Projects may include greenfield infrastructure, expansion/upgrades to existing systems, and rehabilitation. The successful candidate is expected to have knowledge and experience working on similar projects. As the Western Canada Irrigation Leader, your tasks will include but are not limited to, leading and undertaking engineering studies, engineering design and document preparation, and related fieldwork or investigations as required.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Overseeing the preparation of engineering reports, drawings, and specifications related to irrigation planning, design, and other related water resources and conveyance projects.
  • Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams, clients or other consultants.
  • Coordinating and attending field work or field investigations where required.
  • Lead client management, business development and proposal preparation.
  • Assisting in recruiting and developing the irrigation specialization across the water team.
  • Mentoring, training and/or supervision of intermediate or junior engineers.
  • Attending in-house and formal training sessions to ensure continuing professional development.
  • Adhering to Stantec’s Environmental Health and Safety protocols and processes.
  • Travelling occasionally within Alberta and western Canada. 

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

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