Transmission Line Engineering Manager

At Stantec, we are shaping the future of power delivery. Our Energy team partners with leading utilities and energy providers to modernize the electric grid, strengthen reliability and resilience, and advance the transition to a cleaner energy future. Here, ambitious leaders have the opportunity to influence an essential industry, collaborate across a global organization, and build a career defined by meaningful work and lasting impact.

From complex transmission programs and grid modernization initiatives to extra-high-voltage transmission, substations, system studies, protection and controls, HVDC, and renewable energy integration, you will work alongside highly regarded professionals delivering solutions at the forefront of the industry. Our flexible, collaborative environment is designed to empower exceptional people to grow, lead, and do the most consequential work of their careers.

Stantec is seeking an accomplished US Transmission Line Engineering Manager to lead and advance our transmission line engineering and design practice across the United States. This is a highly visible national leadership opportunity for an influential industry professional who is motivated to shape strategy, elevate technical and delivery excellence, and build an integrated practice positioned for enduring growth.

Reporting to the Power Delivery Operations Manager, you will provide national leadership for Stantec’s U.S. transmission line professionals and oversee the alignment of people, project delivery, and program support across the country. You will unite our coast-to-coast practice around a shared vision deploying the right expertise wherever it creates the greatest value for our clients, our projects, and our people.

This role extends well beyond traditional. You will set the direction for a national practice and bring together technical quality, strategic workforce planning, exceptional project delivery, executive client engagement, and business growth. Drawing on your knowledge of transmission line engineering, utility capital programs, and emerging priorities, including grid modernization, resilience, renewable integration, extra-high-voltage systems, HVDC, and underground transmission, you will help define where the practice goes next.

As a senior representative of the practice, you will cultivate trusted industry relationships, position Stantec for the market’s most strategic opportunities, and support the pursuit and successful delivery of major transmission programs. You will work closely with Stantec leadership including operations leaders, sector leaders, account managers, project managers, and technical leaders to align investment, resources, delivery, and growth priorities across the United States while developing the people and capabilities that will define the future of the practice.

• Lead the U.S. transmission line practice as a single integrated national team, creating a culture of collaboration and resource sharing across all regions and offices.

• Provide leadership, coaching, and development oversight to transmission line engineering managers and their teams.

• Develop and execute the strategic vision, growth plan, and operating objectives for Stantec’s U.S. transmission line practice.

• Drive consistent utilization, workforce planning, and resource management across the transmission line organization.

• Mentor team members and provide strategic and technical guidance.

• Communicate practice performance, resource needs, and key priorities to leadership using key performance indicators to guide decisions.

• Partner with Operations, Sector Leadership, and Project Managers to balance workload, address resource constraints, and support strong quality, schedule,…