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Your Opportunity

We are looking for an engineer to lead Drinking Water and Sanitary Sewer modeling and planning projects. Most of the clients and projects are located in Minnesota and the upper Midwest, but there will be opportunities to support Stantec national modeling teams on similar projects throughout the United States. You will be client facing and lead both marketing/pursuit efforts as well as technical project delivery, with the support of the national modeling team. Being part of the Water team, you will work with Stantec’s industry leading Water professionals which includes over 4,000 Water staff in North America.

Your Key Responsibilities

The candidate will lead and support projects related to drinking water distribution modeling and sanitary sewer collection system modeling. The candidate will be client facing and is expected to build client relationships.

Responsibilities include:

Collaborating with other Stantec team members to develop project proposals and deliver technical work. This incudes leading other staff who will help support the projects.
Leading technical work and preparation of project deliverables in accordance with Stantec’s national modeling practice protocols. Typical work products include developing, updating, and maintaining water and sewer system models (WaterCAD, InfoWater, WaterGEMS, PCSWMM, XPSWMM, InfoWorks, Aquaunity, and other applicable software), written memos/reports, and long-term comprehensive planning documents for both water and sewer systems.
Leading teams to deliver successful projects for our clients in the Water business. You will engage internally throughout the organization with staff at all levels, and externally with clients, members of business and professional organizations, regulatory agencies, subconsultants, and other firms.
Work with Stantec’s national modeling team members to support business development and project delivery tasks.
Developing and managing the approved scope, budget, invoicing, and schedule on multiple projects simultaneously.
Identifying appropriate resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives as well as managing contract terms, tracking and managing costs and schedule, and implementing measures necessary to stay on schedule and within budget.
Embracing Stantec’s internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, quality management, and modeling discipline protocols.
Maintaining and enhancing our relationship with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals by providing exceptional service.
Provide mentoring and training for future leaders to support their career growth, including supervising junior staff.
Promoting collaboration and teamwork across engineering disciplines, business lines and geographies.

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) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

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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Project Manager, Drinking Water and Sanitary Sewer Modeling