Senior Mechanical Engineer

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world. 

Your Opportunity

The role of Senior Mechanical Engineering is to guide our Mechanical team and manage the design and delivery of small to large projects and to develop and maintain relations with current and future clients within our business line. You will represent project work in client meetings and be part of teams to cultivate relationships with client organizations. As a Senior Engineer you will focus on the design, construction, operation and maintenance of mechanical systems for engineering projects of a complex nature. You would provide leadership and training to more junior professional and technical staff and provide technical guidance to less experienced professionals or technicians assigned to work on a common project. Intermittently, you will guide investigations and advise on unusual and difficult problems encountered in the mechanical engineering practice, and to use and apply advanced engineering principles and have a working knowledge of advanced technical research. You would provide support in the pursuit of projects as part of an integrated team to develop fees, project schedules, and mechanical teams to execute work and support our client base. Join an award-winning team that is passionate to bring transformational project solutions to life.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Identify / recommend / advocate resources and strategies needed to meet business goals defined for the group. Mentor and grow a team of skilled engineers, identify training and professional development opportunities.
• Strategic partnering with clients, developers, and consultants.
• Identify and support strategic hires and resolve resource gaps.
• Support marketing and collaborate with other leaders on business development targets.
• Collaborate on and develop mechanical team growth, project scope, schedules, budgets, and design approach for project pursuits.
• As a Senior Mechanical Lead, assist, and oversee staff on complex projects, evaluate, select, specify, and engineer all mechanical engineered systems or products for a project - Apply advanced knowledge of current principles and practices of mechanical engineering and keep informed of new methods and developments.
• Engage a team and lead the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Teaming with design colleagues to conceptualize and develop full documentation for new construction and renovation projects.
• Day-to-day team oversight and communication with the client and project team.
• Track project progress against proposed scope, fee, schedule, and budget, communicate with stakeholders, identify and offer options to mitigate risk.
• Coordinate and lead other disciplines on projects as needed.
• Evaluate engineered systems as part of project work.
• Manage project scope, budget, and schedule.
• Be comfortable with project work for multiple sectors such as science and technology, industrial, manufacturing, commercial office, healthcare, higher education, and/or research laboratory.