Regional Leader, Mining, Minerals & Metals East

Overview

At Stantec, we help deliver the critical minerals needed to power our world, from the cars we drive to the infrastructure powering our communities. We design technically challenging mines sustainably, helping clients reduce energy usage, adopt clean energy sources, and implement digital solutions and automation. Join our team and build the mine of the future with exciting development and advancement opportunities.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Sector Leader (RSL) within Energy & Resources, focusing on growth for our Mining Sector in the Canada East Region (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick). The RSL is a key part of E&R’s regional business leadership.

Positioning, Pursuing, and Winning Work – Engage in identifying, pursuing, and winning strategic sector pursuits in the region. Strategy – Develop and execute business plans to drive the business development pipeline. Utilization and Engagement – Meet a utilization target of 35% through involvement in sector projects. Branding and Name Recognition – Work with local BCs to align promotional spend to enhance the industry brand.

• Collaborates with Sector leaders and BCPLs to assess market potential and analyze business opportunities for the region, driving execution of sector growth strategies.
• Maintains knowledge of sector‑related industry drivers, trends, and regulations in the region.
• Supports Sector Leader in identifying sector Top Pursuits.
• Works with SL to develop a long‑term strategy for the sector, focusing on regional impacts, key clients, and projects.
• Accountable for meeting regional sector targets in Business Development and Sales.
• Participates in or leads go/no‑go decisions for sector projects in their geography.
• Identifies and supports pursuit of regional opportunities; engages directly in relationship development, positioning, capture activities, and identifying subject‑matter experts for pursuits.
• Drives the development of technical approaches and solutions that create competitive differentiation; provides insight into sector trends and needs to ensure staffing supports growth.
• Responsible for accuracy of sector opportunities in Pipeline within their geography.
• Develops region‑specific priorities and sales targets for the sector that identify key clients, projects, revenue, and sales goals, marketing strategies for brand development, industry engagement, MBD spend budgets, and KPIs.
• Acts as a liaison between the Sector and the region, communicating and aligning priorities at both levels.
• Participates in sector coordination and BC/regional coordination meetings, as well as relevant AM calls with a regional focus.
• Makes appropriate staffing assignments in the Net Revenue Forecasting (NRF) tool.
• Maintains strong communication with BCPLs about key pursuits and staffing needs.
• Helps identify and recruit professionals in the sector to meet resourcing needs.
• Contributes to and helps execute sector branding strategies and plans.
• Works with SLs, BCPLs, and AMs to identify conferences, trade shows, and sponsor ships supporting sector growth; coordinates participation in regional conferences.
• Actively participates in or takes on leadership role in regional trade organizations.
• Coaches, mentors, and supports the development of a team of professionals dedicated to growing business and enhancing Stantec’s profile.
• Supports annual staff reviews and facilitates sector succession plan development.

• Demonstrated leadership with ability to engage, connect, motivate, empower, mentor, teach, drive, and promote staff.
• Deep knowledge of multi‑discipline engineering services of sector‑focused projects; strong understanding of project delivery with geographically distributed teams and client base.
• Ability to travel up to 20% and work outside normal hours of operation.
• Valid driver’s license.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 15 years of experience within your sector, including 10 years of direct involvement in or managing pursuits/proposals for delivery of engineering design and/or construction…