Project Manager, Water Wastewater

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.

Stantec is seeking motivated individuals to manage projects in our successful Water business in the Southwest region. Stantec offers industry leading benefits, opportunities for growth and advancement, supportive team members, and challenging projects that make a difference in our communities, our industry, and the world.

• As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading exceptional teams to deliver successful projects for our clients in the Water business. As a Project Manager, 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. Specific responsibilities of a Project Manager include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Developing and managing the approved scope, budget, and schedule on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Establishing project objectives, procedures and performance standards, and leading multi-disciplinary teams on proposals, planning studies, feasibility through final designs, and construction services.
• 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.
• Actively support proposal pricing strategies, cost proposal preparation, contract legal and risk reviews, and related marketing efforts needed to develop winning proposals.
• Embracing Stantec’s internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, and quality management.
• Maintaining and enhancing our relationship with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals by providing exceptional service.
• Providing mentoring and training for future leaders to support their career growth.
• Promoting collaboration and teamwork across business lines and geographies.

• Experienced in organizing, planning, and executing projects from pursuit through closeout, involving internal personnel, subconsultants, and vendors.
• Ability to make sound defensible business decisions, and identify, assess, evaluate, and solve complex problems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Passion for team building and collaboration.

• Education:
  
  Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum 5 years’ relevant professional experience, with at least 1 year of experience managing and/or coordinating projects.
• Licenses/Certifications:
  
  Engineer in Training (EIT) required, Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or ability to achieve within 2 years of hire is preferred.

Typical office environment includes working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.

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.

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…