Senior Project Manager, Water/Wastewater Treatment
$132.4k - $198.6kStantec
- Design basis documents
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 talented Water/Wastewater Sr. Project Manager focused on the planning and engineering design of water/wastewater infrastructure projects who wants to be part of a purpose-driven organization that’s focused on helping our clients, colleagues and communities thrive. You will primarily be working on water/wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Our people are Stantec’s most valuable resource, and in joining our team you will be able to leverage your career experiences and expertise within a culture that values inclusion, celebrates shared success, and applauds ambition.
Our Water and Wastewater experience includes over 900 treatment plants, from some of the largest and most complex in the world to those supporting small, remote communities. With expertise in advanced treatment, automation/information management, nutrient recovery, odor control, operations and management evaluation, process review and optimization and reclamation and reuse; we’re always looking at what’s next in the industry and bring innovative approaches to even the most complex projects. Our designs have satisfied discharge limits that push the boundaries of existing solutions, and our experts continue to conduct research in the application of developing technologies, such as treatment for removal of emerging contaminants.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Manage a team of design professionals and technicians
- Mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams
- Perform business development/application tasks and collaborates with staff to increase project wins and develop long lasting client relationships. Routine tasks include:
- Participate in business line teams to manage and develop proposals
- Client facing for business development contact, meetings, walk-downs, and presentations
- Scope of work documents and estimates
- Collaboration with multiple business lines to develop opportunities
- Quality reviews
- Assist senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
- Perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned water/wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Routine technical tasks include:
- Design basis documents
- Engineering calculations including water, heat, and material balances
- Equipment sizing and selection
- Engineering drawings such as block flow diagrams (BFDs), process flow diagrams (PFDs), and piping and instrumentation diagrams (PIDs)
- Engineering reports
- Feasibility studies
- Presentations to clients, regulatory agencies and/or project stakeholders
- Assist with the management of the design and construction of projects.
- Develop project management plans for projects; establishes goals and objectives for unique and complex projects.
- Responsible for successfully establishing projects to achieve budget, schedule, and contractual obligations.
- Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control onassigned projects and facilitates independent technical review projects by others.
- Involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, interested stakeholder parties, reviewing agency personnel.
- Accountable for making decisions on large projects. You coordinate with the regulatory review to seek final approval.
- Manage projects of varying complexity within multidisciplinary teams
- Research and understand issues related to regulatory and other drivers that impact individual projects
- Assist business leaders in project revenue forecasting.
- Oversee proposals including development of the scope and level of effort of comparable size.
- Undertake decisions and recommendations governed by general policy and project management governance.
- Supervise local staff and responsible for providing mentoring and coaching for future leaders, including development of succession plans for key projects.
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Your Capabilities and Credentials
- You inspire project teams to higher levels of achievement.
- You consistently engage employees in discussions on job satisfaction and engagement and provide ongoing recognition and feedback to employees and teams.
- Ability to perform mass & energy balance and process equipment sizing calculations and coordinate with other engineering disciplines including stress/structural, instrumentation & controls, and electrical.
- Understanding of local and regional jurisdictional codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions.
Education and Experience
- Education: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- Experience: Minimum of 15 years related experience in project management, preferably for water/wastewater projects.
- Licensure: Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain license within 6 months.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus.
- Demonstrated successful experience in leadership, including defining and setting the direction for a team, project, and office; strategy development; change management; and corporate stewardship.
- Travel to other offices as well as to project sites may be required.
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.
Join us and redefine your personal best.
Pay Range
- Locations in MN, OH, VT, & Various CA, MA, ME, NY, VA Areas-$132,400.00 - $198,600.00 Annually
- Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, CT, NJ, VA Areas-$145,600.00 - $218,500.00 Annually
- Locations in WA, DC & Various CA, MA, VA Areas-$156,200.00 - $234,300.00 Annually
- Locations in NYC & Various CA, CT, NJ Areas-$166,800.00 - $250,200.00 Annually
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
Primary Location
United States | DC | Washington
Other Locations
United States | NJ | Rochelle Park
Organization
BC-1951 Water-US Northeast
Employee Status
Regular
Management Level
Individual contributor
Business Justification
New Position
Travel
Yes
Schedule
Full time
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
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