Director / Practice Leader – Heavy Industrial Process & Energy

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director/Practice Leader for their Heavy Industrial Process & Energy division. This pivotal role involves leading large-scale power projects, driving business development, and enhancing client relationships. The successful candidate will inspire teams and ensure project excellence while enjoying a hybrid work model that promotes flexibility. With a focus on innovation and collaboration, this position offers significant leadership growth potential within a dynamic environment. Join a forward-thinking firm committed to powering communities and advancing careers in the energy sector.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Well-being Program

Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Retirement Savings Plan

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of Power design and project engineering experience.
• Proficient in Heavy Industrial Processes and Power Delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of significant project pursuits and client relationships.
• Drive business development and collaboration across geographies.

Skills

Heavy Industrial Processes

Power Delivery

Renewable Energy

Project Management

Client Relationship Management

Education

Electrical Engineering Degree

Structural Engineering Degree

Civil Engineering Degree

Mechanical Engineering Degree

Professional Engineer (P.Eng)

Job description

Director / Practice Leader – Heavy Industrial Process & Energy - ( 250000FS )

Description

Our team not only grows and powers communities, we also power careers. We're a $5B global company with a growing Energy group of nearly 2,000 professionals across North America. Whether helping to define microgrids, pushing the boundaries on clean energy, or designing challenging crossing spans over glaciers, you’ll advance your technical skills, help bring in business, lead projects, and mentor colleagues. You’ll also work with leaders in transmission & distribution, generation, and renewable energy at one of the world’s top 10 design firms.

Your Opportunity

Our Power group is looking for an experienced Business Centre Practice Leader to act in a Director-level capacity, aligned with a Stantec office in Ontario, with time to be spent in the Waterloo and/or Markham office(s).

As an experienced Leader, you'll be at the heart of the action delivering power solutions for our clients. We are looking for someone with a track record of winning pursuits, building teams and executing large-scale Power projects. If you're looking to take on an empowering, leadership role with senior leadership growth potential—this is the role for you.

Stantec operates a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility from the office, field, and home. Our people design, lead, mentor, grow, and pursue new opportunities to deliver impactful power projects, wherever they are.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Client Focus

• Responsible for exceeding client expectations through strong account management across the Business Centre and personally leading accounts for major clients in the Business Centre.

• Achieve minimum client- and proposal-specific marketing and business development (M&BD) sales goals, including internal cross-selling initiatives, targeting 25% of time.

• Ensure a minimum of 4 client feedback surveys are conducted per year and issues are addressed through implementation and follow through on action plans.

• Lead and participate in pursuits and campaigns for major Business Centre opportunities.

• Drive the client relationship strategy, working with Principals and Business Centre leaders to drive strong results in the client satisfaction survey within the respective Business Centre.

• Sets the tone among all leaders in the Business Centre.

• Business Development and Collaboration

• Actively contributes to win strategies and successful project execution and becomes involved at a hands-on level in key pursuits as needed.

• Leads growth of the Business Centre through developing and leading the business development, key pursuit and sales strategy.

• Responsible for developing and managing the marketing and business development (M&BD) plan for the Business Centre including cross-selling.

• Increases visibility of Stantec by sharing our knowledge and innovation story through key client engagements.

• Establish an effective Go/No Go Review process with Principals and track compliance.

• Partners with other Business Centre Practice Leaders to drive collaboration on pursuits across geographies and business lines.

• Responsible for utilizing and ensuring the opportunity Pipeline is maintained.

• Ensure local marketplace reputation through established relationships and support of Regional Leaders.

• Develop and Maintain Stantec’s Integrated Practice in the specified Business Centre.

• Accountable to achieve organic growth targets of the Business Centre.

• Project Focus

• Lead delivery of significant project pursuits.

• Achieve minimum direct utilization target of 25%.

• Oversee risk management related to projects and pursuits including review of contracts, fees, and proposals.

• Practice

• Inspires, motivates, and holds the team accountable for the delivery of innovative design solutions.

• Responsible for driving project excellence.

• Leads or assigns responsibility for oversight of project delivery, QA/QC, and technical quality.

• Responsible for compliance with ISO-certified Integrated management System and Project management (PM) Frameworks.

• People Leadership

• Develops, attracts, engages and retains top talent.

• Establish employee connectedness to leadership by interfacing frequently with employees.

• Conducts quarterly office visits and Business Centre Wide meetings to communicate the vision and progress.

• Support talent management lifecycle including career development and employee engagement.

• Direct reports include the operational staff in Ontario and Quebec.

• Influence and Support

• Act as a highly regarded leader and source of counsel for their Business Centre.

• Be personally involved in key client relationships and major project leadership.

• Proactively identify opportunities to reinforce and further develop Stantec’s high-performance culture.

• Uphold a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices and focuses on service delivery.

• Support Business Centre Operations Leader with the annual budget and setting specific goals for business performance.

• Accountable for top line revenue growth and supports the Business Centre Operations Leader in meeting established targets.

• Responsible for net revenue forecasts by period, quarter, and year end.

• Partners with Business Centre Operations Leader to develop and implement improvement plans.

• Support Business Centre Operations Leader with health and safety performance monitoring.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Proficient in various areas of Heavy Industrial Processes, Conventional Energy, Power Delivery, Renewable Energy and/or Hydropower.

• Strong understanding of the Power industry and key players.

• Proven success working collaboratively with multi-discipline teams.

Education and Experience

• Electrical, Structural, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering Degree from a recognized institution.

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng) registered with any Canadian Engineering Association.

• Minimum 15 years of Power design and project engineering experience.

Typical office environment working with computers; Stantec offers a flexible work environment (a hybrid model of working in the office and at home).

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties may be assigned or changed at any time with or without notice.

We would like to thank all candidates that apply; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, and paid time off.

Primary Location: Canada-Ontario-Waterloo

Other Locations: Canada-Ontario-Stoney Creek, Canada-Ontario-Markham, Canada-Ontario-Toronto, Canada-Ontario-Mississauga

Organization: BC-1265 Energy-CA Central

Employee Status: Regular

Job Level: Manager

Travel: Yes, 20 % of the Time

Schedule: Full-time

Job Posting: Feb 18, 2025, 7:20:58 AM

Req ID: 250000FS