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Senior Project Technical Leader, Conveyance

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Chicago, IL, USA
Senior level
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Chicago, IL, USA
Senior level
Lead and manage civil conveyance design for water infrastructure projects, ensuring quality and timely delivery while mentoring team members and handling client relationships.
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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.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

We are looking for a Conveyance Senior Project Technical Leader who wants to be part of a purpose-driven organization that is focused on helping our clients, colleagues and communities thrive. Our people are Stantec’s most valuable resource, and in joining our team you will be able to leverage your career experiences and expertise in water infrastructure within a culture that values inclusion, celebrates shared success, and applauds ambition. Joining Stantec’s global network of over 600 conveyance engineers, with a reputation as a go-to firm for conveyance services, you will be given the opportunity to grow your career by leading iconic water conveyance projects from first request through construction: shaping our established and talented local team and our North American Conveyance Sector. As a Senior Project Technical Leader, you will provide leadership in the execution and delivery of technically complex conveyance projects. You provide opportunities for thought leadership through collaboration with research and innovation teams in the development and deployment of innovative technologies.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • As the Technical Lead of the project team, you lead civil conveyance design for water, storm, and sanitary sewer projects from preliminary design to detailed design, bidding, and construction inspection.
  • You plan, organize, and manage the production of project deliverables to ensure on-time delivery and technical quality within budget.
  • You review your team’s work and provide technical guidance on design approach and challenges, engineering calculations, design drawings, technical specifications, and construction documents.
  • You are a mentor to developing professionals to guide their career development objectives.
  • You prepare technical evidenced proposals and reports as project issues arise with clients, contractors, equipment suppliers/vendors or reviewing agencies.
  • You assist the Business Center Practice Leader with developing technical approaches for Statements of Qualifications and Proposals and assist with preparing the technical aspects for project interviews conducted by clients.
  • You work in a manner to protect the health and safety of Stantec employees, clients, and the public by following company health, safety, and security guidelines and policies. 
Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

  • Experience and expertise with the design of conveyance projects in urbanized, congested areas.
  • Experience with the design and delivery of water, sewer, and drainage infrastructure 24-inches in diameter and larger.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills, market knowledge, business acumen combined with innovative ideas, and a successful history of client relations and account management.

Education and Experience

  • Master of Science in Civil/Environmental, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution preferred.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in these fields will also be considered.
  • Licensed Professional Engineer, or a combination of education and experience to qualify for licensure within one year of hire.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in water infrastructure design projects.
  • Must have good driving record and valid driver's license. 
  • Typical office environment working with computers and sitting at a desk. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. 

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. 

About the Team
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: 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 membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Top Skills

Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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