Senior Project Manager/ Technical Lead, Conveyance

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Senior Project Manager/ Technical Lead, Conveyance to join our Water team. The role can be based our of one of the following offices: Toronto, Hamilton/Stoney Creek, Waterloo or London (hybrid).

This role offers an opportunity for leading and developing designs on technically challenging storm, sanitary and watermain conveyance projects for clients within Toronto, Hamilton/Stoney Creek, Waterloo and London.  You will be working as a technical lead on projects and programs alongside a Project Manager and supporting team. You will help lead municipal conveyance designs on a broad variety of projects from small diameter sewers and watermains, to large box-culverts with complex utilities and locations. This role will provide an opportunity to offer guidance and mentorship to supporting designers and developing professionals. 

You will be performing a variety of tasks which may include the development of engineering designs, technical reports, and drafting and supporting proposals. Tasks will include technical data compilation / assessment / validation, specification development, technical report writing, cost estimation and engineering calculations. Project Management work, including liaising with clients, budgeting, scheduling, and coordination activities may also be required.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Perform civil conveyance design for watermain, storm and sanitary sewer projects, from preliminary design to detailed design, tendering and construction inspection, with consideration for minimizing impacts and constraints due to environmental and permitting requirements.
• Preparation and guidance of engineering calculations, design drawings, technical specifications, and construction documents.
• Preparation of proposals and technical reports as technical lead of the project team.
• Take responsibility in managing project deliverables and schedule with the project manager.
• Undertake quality assurance and quality control of engineering drawings and reports.
• Provide guidance for coordination with construction activities, including input and clarification of the design during construction. "

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong capability of developing municipal conveyance designs for water and wastewater infrastructure from conceptual level to detailed design and construction.
• Ability to work in a flexible office environment, including working within the office setting, or working remote from home.
• Strong ability to read and interpret 2D and 3D CAD drawings, as well as geotechnical reports for construction risk and supports.
• Thorough understanding of construction methods, such as open-cut and trenchless (microtunneling, jack and bore, etc.) for sewer and water infrastructure.
• Understanding of storm and sanitary sewer rehabilitation, such as relining, is considered an asset.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of conveyance system construction elements as it relates to design in order to select construction methods and defining work area limits.
• Ability to provide guidance to junior and intermediate designers and supporting team members for collective project deliverables and to develop skills. Be recognized as a technical leader in municipal design.
• Ability to participate and collaborate in a project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Ability to complete tasks to meet project budget and schedule.
• Demonstrated creativity, foresight and engineering judgment in anticipating and solving problems.
• Strong understanding of engineering concepts and ability to communicate ideas to others.
• Project Management experience, such as budgeting, scheduling and coordination between stakeholders is considered an asset.
• Effectively communicates project issues with the project manager, team and clients in the execution of engineering projects.
• Strong presentation, technical and communication skills.
• Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite is required; proficiency in engineering applications such as AutoCAD and MicroStation software packages are considered an asset.
• Understands and implements industry standards and manuals as well as client and regulatory agencies standards and requirements. Understanding of City of Toronto Sewer and Watermain Design Criteria and Specifications are considered an asset.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Environmental or Civil Engineering from an accredited university.
• Professional Engineer or Certified Engineering Technologist registered in Ontario.
• Minimum of 15 years of municipal conveyance design including related co-op or internship work experience. 

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

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.

• Stantec was ranked the 5th most sustainable company in the world and the 1st in North America by Corporate Knights for our 2020 performance.
• In February 2021, Stantec announced a pledge to be carbon neutral for 2022 and achieve operational net-zero by 2030.
• Stantec is the only engineering design firm that has been rated a Climate Leader with an A- score by CDP for the last three years.
• Stantec has been named by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers and America’s Best Employers for Women. Additionally, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society selected Stantec as one of the Top 50 workplaces for Indigenous STEM professionals 

Join us and redefine your personal best. 

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.