Senior Project Manager - Civil Engineering Projects

H2O+U: Senior Professional Opportunity

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.

Stantec Water is working to grow our team and business portfolio in Tennessee and looking for a senior professional to lead this growth. We would like someone established in Tennessee, who has client connections and a growth mindset, to identify opportunities, lead and capture pursuits, and lead the expansion of the technical team to deliver. This is a senior client and people-focused growth role, requiring technical expertise, client management, team development, and recruitment, in addition to strategic growth planning and opportunity identification and pursuit.

In this role you will lead and support client management, opportunity identification, and pursuits with municipal clients in Tennessee, with a focus on Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville areas. You will also support efforts in Kentucky and Georgia by engaging with existing Account Managers and leveraging Tennessee based water staff as applicable to resource share across offices/states. The role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to expand their engineering knowledge, grow into different sectors, and get involved with teams around the country working on interesting projects that directly influence the communities we live in.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Client service, development, relationship management, and growth of existing business
• Opportunity identification and new business pursuits
• Project development
• Mentoring, empowering, and coaching other team members
• Execution and management of complex civil engineering designs
• Collaborate with staff outside of Stantec Water to bring greater value to our clients
• Technical design expertise for projects as well as supervision and management of work through junior staff
• Planning and managing projects to ensure deliverables are on time and within budget
• Monitor staff utilization to ensure team members are working to capacity and meeting targets
• Lead staff recruitment in Tennessee offices, including development of well-rounded and multi-disciplinary teams
• Attracting, growing, and retaining quality staff
• Working with Technical Leads throughout the year to evaluate the performance of training plans and implementation of field standard operating procedures
• Ensure team members are adhering to quality standards, protocols, and all HSSE (Health, Safety, Security, Environment) and Quality requirements within Stantec
• Support and act as a lead for internal and external systems, projects, and safety audits
• Provide feedback on work performance
• Oversee project management development
• Identify training needs for team members and cross-training with other disciplines
• Encourage professional involvement as well as personally participate in the communities we serve and the organizations we support

Your capabilities and credentials include:

• Demonstrated ability and desire to work with, and contribute to, a larger team
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Strong problem-solving, organization, collaboration, and coordination skills
• Education and experience: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or relevant program
• Minimum 15 years of experience managing civil engineering projects and leading engineering design teams