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Your Opportunity
Stantec's River Services group provides clients with professional services in a wide range of disciplines including stream restoration, geomorphological assessment, watershed studies, environmental assessments, and floodplain analysis. Stantec provides complete surface water resources planning and engineering services from the conceptual study phase through design, construction, and monitoring. Our integrated teams allow us to incorporate related disciplines such as civil engineering, landscape architecture, aquatic ecology, terrestrial ecology, wetland science, soil science, and hydrogeology to provide a more thorough understanding of a project and/or a more comprehensive design.
Stantec's River Services group has an excellent reputation for mentoring junior staff and providing its clients with high quality services.
An opportunity exists in our Waterloo, ON office (hybrid work arrangements will also be considered) for a talented and enthusiastic team member with a keen interest in the natural sciences and stream restoration to join our team and advance their career. This position would include the opportunity to participate in the assessment, design and construction monitoring of stream restoration projects, and will involve working with multi-disciplinary teams for a variety of existing and new clients.
Your Key Responsibilities
As the successful candidate, you will use your project management and technical abilities to plan and carry out projects in a dynamic team setting and you will be able to use your communication skills to explain complex issues and to develop new clients and project assignments. You will report directly to the Stream Restoration Team Lead. Other responsibilities include:
Undertaking modeling and design tasks associated with River Services works in support of a wide variety of projects in both the private and public sectors.
Coordinating with project managers, designers, other technical staff and/or multidisciplinary team members to ensure that the projects’ needs are met in a timely and effective manner;
Participating in detailed field and office studies and design tasks associated with stream restoration projects;
Performs field work as required, including the collection of geomorphological field data, post-construction monitoring, environmental sampling, etc.
Coordinating design and construction drawings;
Writing reports and design briefs to document analyses;
Meeting with regulatory agencies and clients to address project-specific stream restoration issues;
Taking responsibility for the quality of your written, technical and graphic work;
Managing the technical and financial aspects of stream restoration projects;
Preparing/participating in proposals for new projects;
Providing construction administration and observation services
Your Capabilities and Credentials
The successful candidate will possess the following credentials and experience:
Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Science or related discipline.
Minimum 5 years of experience with Stream Restoration / Surface Water Resources work.
Are registered or are eligible to be registered as a P.Eng or P.Geo. in the province of Ontario
A knowledge of surveying techniques, design/drafting software (Civil 3D), hydrologic and hydraulic modelling, and natural channel design concepts.
Your ability to work in a team environment, with minimal supervision, is desirable.
Ideally, you are a self-motivated individual possessing strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
You have a valid driver’s license and are able to travel away from home for up to a…
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