Design Manager – Transportation, Major Projects – National

Stantec; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction management firm is seeking a Project Manager to deliver transportation design build projects across North America. The successful candidate will manage technical design, project delivery, and quality management. Responsibilities include leading teams on major projects and ensuring adherence to health and safety guidelines. Ideal for those passionate about advancing project solutions. This position allows for regional or national travel and can be based in any Canadian location.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing transportation design build projects across North America.
• Ability to establish project objectives, procedures, and performance standards.
• Strong background in health, safety, and security guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver transportation design build projects for large and mid-size construction.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams on major alternative project delivery projects.
• Manage technical employees and oversee project delivery, quality, and contracts.

Skills

Project management

Technical design management

Risk management

Quality management

Job description

By managing capital programs and projects as if they were our own, our project management business, and technical experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and implement projects that help them achieve their organization’s objectives. Our award-winning team has managed thousands of projects across all sectors—airports, transit and rail, ports and marine, highway and bridge, including complex bridges, interchanges, and managed toll projects.

Join our Major Projects Team of APD project management specialists that are passionate to bring transformational project solutions to life.

Your Opportunity

The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of transportation design build projects across North America for large and mid-size construction. May manage technical employees, work planning, technical design management and oversight, project delivery, quality management, contract administration, change management, and risk management. This position can be based in any Canadian location and will require the ability to travel either regionally or nationally as needed.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to initiatives to help advance our project design, operations, and business development
• 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
• Maintain and enhance our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider
• May manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Establish project objectives, procedures, and performance standards
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams on major alternative project delivery (APD) projects from positioning to proposals, planning studies, feasibility through final designs, and construction services
• Be the key person and point of contact, performing design, deputy design, or quality manager roles on major APD projects
• Represent Stantec and the project design team as a technical leader on major APD projects
• Identify appropriate resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives. Manage contract tasks, track, and manage costs and schedule, and implement measures necessary to stay on schedule and within budget
• Lead by example with active support of internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, and quality management
• Grow internal and external networks to enhance Stantec reputation and identify additional talent to join our team
• Develop Client relationships to facilitate project activities
• Establish, maintain, and promote partnerships in project pursuits