Project Manager - Land Development

Socket.dev; London; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision plans

Wellness program

Tuition reimbursement

Professional membership fee coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Stantec in London, Ontario is seeking a Project Manager in Land Development to lead multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects from pursuit through design and construction. You will manage scope, budgets, schedules, and team performance while ensuring quality deliverables.

This role emphasizes business development, client relationship management, and mentoring engineers and technologists. A professional engineer license in Ontario and 5+ years in consulting are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or diploma in Civil Engineering and relevant licensure.
• Minimum 5 years of consulting project management and business development experience.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary civil land development projects.
• Knowledge of land development processes and approvals.
• Strong leadership, communication, and mentorship abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage scope, budget, schedule and quality across large multi-disciplinary projects.
• Lead and mentor engineers and technologists.
• Oversee civil servicing, grading, drainage design and coordination.
• Lead project meetings with clients, consultants, contractors and agencies.
• Prepare project specifications and construction documents.
• Support marketing and business development efforts and pursuits.
• Develop and maintain client relationships and opportunities.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Microsoft Office

Team mentorship

Education

Diploma or Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer license in Ontario (asset)

Tools

Civil 3D

Job description

Project Manager - Land Development

Strong communities don’t just happen—they’re built. They’re creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and readied to face tomorrow with optimism. We’re driving the future of Community Development. Our experts lead their fields, collaborating on projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. We’re a place where you can apply your passion—and find endless opportunities to help make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

Your Opportunity

Our London office is looking for a Project Managerto join our Community Development team. As a Project Manager, you will perform a variety of tasks including project management, business development and growing our team of engineers, technicians and other specialists. The Project Manager is expected to win and/or be assigned projects that have complex features that will require the application of mature knowledge and industry experience. This ideal candidate will be capable of leading all aspects of a project from the business development (pursuit stage) through conceptual design, detailed design, agency approvals and implementation. As Project Manager you will be responsible for to ensure appropriate project team structure, resource efficiency and financial accountability.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing scope, budget, schedule and quality of deliverables associated with multiple large, multi-disciplinary projects of high complexity from due diligence to post construction stages.
• Leads and develops a team of engineers and technologists, providing mentorship to other staff.
• Manages the design and delivery of civil engineering deliverables for land development projects, overseeing servicing, grading, drainage design, and multidisciplinary project coordination, ensuring cohesiveness and consistency between submission deliverables.
• Leads and provides mentorship through the development of a design using sketches, markups, and other visual formats for junior engineers/designers.
• Leads project meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, Clients, contractors, review/commenting agencies, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Leads the preparation and coordination of the project specifications and construction documents.
• Participates in constructability reviews.
• Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
• Assists in the development of new standards and specifications for the civil group.
• Develops project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects.
• Participates in and leads (when required) marketing efforts, and business development and strategic pursuits, including lead development, proposal preparation, presentations, relationship management and client surveys.
• Develops and maintains positive and professional relationships and visibility with current and prospective clients, sub-consultants, competitor/teaming partners, and potential recruits.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Requisite knowledge, interpretation, and application of relevant land development guidelines and industry standards in/around the London Region.
• Comprehensive knowledge of land development engineering, including subdivision and site plan approval processes, civil servicing, grading design, drainage design, and construction administration.
• Ability to lead one or more teams through all phases of project document production.
• Checks the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manages time to meet project budget and schedule.
• Participates and collaborates in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Advanced understanding of civil engineering concepts and ability to communicate ideas to others. Strong presentation skills.
• Effective communicator and able to work on and lead teams.
• Efficient project management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.Knowledge of Civil 3D would be considered an asset.

Education and Experience

• Diploma or Degree in a Civil Engineering Designation.
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario is considered an asset for this position.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in consulting project management and business development is required.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

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.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

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.

• 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.