Intermediate Municipal Engineer

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; Halifax; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

Wellness program

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Halifax, Canada is looking for skilled engineers to work on municipal projects involving waterworks, roads, and stormwater management. Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. The role requires excellent communication and leadership skills to manage project teams. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and is committed to professional development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years related experience.
• Valid P.Eng. required.
• Strong knowledge of municipal engineering design.

Responsibilities

• Work on municipal engineering projects across planning, design, and construction.
• Perform engineering design tasks under supervision.
• Lead junior team members on projects.

Skills

Leadership

Time management

Communication

Problem-solving

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil or related engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Engineering software programs

Job description

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

You will apply your technical skills, project delivery, and leadership to a complex array of multi‑disciplinary planning, design and construction projects for a wide range of infrastructure for municipal, federal and other clients. Projects will typically involve watermains, sewers, forcemains, culverts, municipal and site roads, sidewalks, parking lots, stormwater management facilities including Low Impact Development, grading and drainage. The selected candidates must be self‑directed, capable of leading tasks, eager to mentor staff, and should demonstrate a passion for involvement in the municipal engineering industry and an enthusiasm to help develop the practice locally.

There are up to three available positions to be filled, across Dartmouth, NS, Moncton, NB, and St. Johns, NL, from where you will work with brilliant specialists from across our North American operations.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Work on all sizes of municipal engineering projects and participate in multi‑disciplinary teams through planning, design, and construction for municipal and other clients.
• Perform engineering design tasks on assigned projects under supervision of the Project Technical Lead or Project Manager, including engineering drawings, engineering reports, presentations, and required applications to regulatory and/or funding agencies.
• May be a design coordinator and/or assistant Project Manager.
• Participate in client project requirement meetings and value analysis and cost estimating.
• Involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meetings with clients, contractors, reviewing agency personnel and governing entities.
• Manage and lead junior team members while working on projects; complete tasks and delegate specific project tasks to other team members as appropriate.
• Assist senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing and schedule.
• Prepare contract documents for construction (i.e. engineering drawings and specifications).
• May conduct construction inspection services and construction administration.
• May provide services during construction that can include submittal reviews, responses to requests for information and contract document clarifications.
• Participate in constructability review.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on projects.
• Assist in the development of new standards and specifications for the discipline.
• Prepare portions of engineering project proposals, change orders, client contact and communication pertaining to specific projects.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Has well‑developed understanding of general concepts of relevant areas of municipal engineering design.
• Has aptitudes for assisting with project and team coordination.
• Possesses excellent time management skills; thorough understanding of task assignment and schedule, budgeting and efficient use of time and resources.
• Ability to effectively discuss project issues with clients and reviewing agencies.
• Well‑developed understanding of the various phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications.
• Strong knowledge of municipal engineering design, means and methods, materials, and industry standards.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, as well as relevant discipline software programs.
• Ability to solve complex problems using sound professional judgment, creativity, and innovation.
• Ability to check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule.
• Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Ability to administer and inspect construction activities.
• Possesses team leadership skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation and interview skills are preferred.
• Technical experience to include one or more of the following:
• Linear municipal infrastructure design
• Condition assessment and rehabilitation of linear municipal infrastructure
• Site development (servicing and site grading)
• Stormwater management infrastructure design

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree, in civil, environmental, chemical, or mechanical engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years related experience.
• Valid P.Eng. required.

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.

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) will have access to health, dental and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax‑free savings account, 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 time off. Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax‑free savings account. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.