Senior Project Manager - Water

Job summary

Lead and deliver large-scale water infrastructure projects in British Columbia while serving as the Engineer of Record or Technical Reviewer. Drive business growth through client account management, winning new pursuits, and mentoring a team of high-performing professionals.

Job details

Your Opportunity Our British Columbia team serves as a primary design center for major water projects including potable water treatment facilities, storage reservoirs, pump stations, wastewater treatment plants, and lift stations. Our team is seeking a Senior Project Manager with a focus on leading and delivering major water and wastewater infrastructure projects across British Columbia. When you join our team, you'll benefit from: Opportunities to lead some of Western Canada’s largest and most complex municipal water and wastewater projects. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of technical specialists, project managers, and business leaders across Canada. Direct mentorship and partnership with senior leaders while helping develop the next generation of water professionals. A leadership role in project pursuits, client development, project delivery, and business growth within the BC Water practice. Your Key Responsibilities: As part of the British Columbia Water team, you will provide leadership in delivering complex municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects while supporting business growth, client development, and team development. You will lead projects from pursuit through delivery, ensuring successful outcomes for clients while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, schedule, budget, and team performance. Lead the pursuit and delivery of major municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects throughout British Columbia. Serve as Senior Project Manager for large, multidisciplinary projects, managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and client expectations. Build and maintain strong client relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to municipal and industrial clients. Lead proposal development, client presentations, interviews, and strategic pursuits, including MSAs and major RFP submissions. Provide technical and project leadership to multidisciplinary teams and mentor junior and intermediate staff. Support recruitment, retention, and growth initiatives within the BC Water practice. Champion Stantec’s Safer Together culture and uphold our commitment to business ethics, quality, and client service excellence. Qualifications Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation and registration with EGBC, or eligibility for registration is desirable. Minimum 10+ years of relevant professional experience in the planning, design, and delivery of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Demonstrated experience successfully managing major infrastructure projects with engineering fees of approximately $2M or greater. Strong client relationship management, business development, communication, and leadership skills. PMP designation or equivalent project management credentials are considered an asset. 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. 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. 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.

What you’ll do

Lead and deliver large-scale water infrastructure projects in British Columbia while serving as the Engineer of Record or Technical Reviewer. Drive business growth through client account management, winning new pursuits, and mentoring a team of high-performing professionals.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering and a Professional Engineering designation (P.Eng) with EGBC. A minimum of 12 years of professional experience in public and municipal water infrastructure planning and design is required.

Benefits

• Health Plans
• Dental Plans
• Vision Plans
• Wellness Program
• Health Care Spending Account
• Wellness Spending Account
• Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Group Tax-Free Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Plans
• Long-Term Disability Plans
• Emergency Travel Benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Membership Fee Coverage
• Paid Time Off

Listed skills

• Budgeting · Preferred
• Account Management · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Client Relationship Management · Preferred
• Business development · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Water Infrastructure Design
• Client Relationship Management
• Business Development
• Budgeting
• Technical Review
• Proposal Preparation
• Team Leadership
• Mentoring
• Strategic Planning
• Account Management
• Contracting

Job areas

• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Environmental & Sustainability
• Consulting
• Construction

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