Intermediate Water/Wastewater Engineer

Stantec; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a consulting engineer to work on water and wastewater projects in Canada. The role requires technical expertise in project delivery, engineering design, and strong leadership skills. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Civil, Process, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering and experience in the water/wastewater industry. Responsibilities include managing projects, leading junior team members, and preparing contract documents. The position is based in Dartmouth, NS or St. John's, NL, with opportunities for collaboration across North America.

Qualifications

• Experience as a consulting engineer in water/wastewater projects.
• Strong skills in team management and mentoring.
• Ability to handle multi-disciplinary engineering tasks.

Responsibilities

• Work on various sizes of water and wastewater projects.
• Perform engineering design tasks under supervision.
• Coordinate with clients and contractors.
• Lead and manage junior team members on projects.
• Assist in project scope, budget, and schedule management.

Skills

Leadership skills

Project management

Engineering design

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Civil, Process, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering

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, H20+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 municipal water/wastewater systems including process, treatment facilities, pipelines, pump stations, integrated road/water/sewer projects and related infrastructure. The selected candidate must be self-directed, capable of leading and/or contributing to complex teams, eager to mentor staff, and should demonstrate a passion for involvement in the water/wastewater industry and an enthusiasm to help develop the practice locally.

Our ideal candidate will have experience as a consulting engineer designing water/wastewater projects for municipal or industrial clients. They will have a background in either civil, process, mechanical or chemical engineering. This role will require a balance of technical leadership, engineering, and design coordination.

This role can be based out of either Dartmouth, NS or 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 water and wastewater projects and participate in multi-disciplinary teams through planning, design, and construction for municipal 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.