Project Manager – Power Delivery

Stantec; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 67,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Wellness program

Retirement savings plan

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Project Manager to coordinate and lead power delivery projects in British Columbia, Canada. The role involves managing scope, schedule, budget and quality while guiding multi-disciplinary teams within a matrix organization.

You will act as the client liaison and drive project success from feasibility to construction support. Ideal candidates bring strong project management experience, EV management, KPI development, and a PMP or PMI designation, with a willingness to travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Sciences required or preferred.
• P.Eng or EIT license is beneficial.
• PMI/PMP designation or ability to obtain is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects from pursuit through closeout within PM framework.
• Serve as the primary client representative and maintain strong client relationships.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and manage scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Oversee risk, cost control, and schedule to ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

Project management

Client service

Earned value mgmt

Leadership

Risk management

KPI development

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Sciences

P.Eng or EIT beneficial

PMI/ PMP designation desirable

Tools

Passport

DAD systems

Job description

At Stantec, we know the work we do matters. From decarbonizing mines to modernizing electric grids and building the infrastructure that fuels communities, we’re powering the world. Our clients come to us with their biggest, most complex challenges because that’s where we thrive. And we’re looking for problem solvers, high achievers, and visionaries to help us.

Join us for a chance to grow professionally at one of the world’s top design firms while building our clean energy future.

Your Opportunity

Stantec delivers best in class project delivery through professional project management – executing exceptionally for clients around the globe. Stantec is seeking qualified applicants to coordinate and lead interesting projects as part of our successful Power Delivery business operations in British Columbia. Our Power Delivery business has a multidisciplinary staff that specializes in delivering projects to utility clients in the areas of distribution, transmission and substation design, upgrade, conversion and expansion.

Your Key Responsibilities

The Project Manager will be responsible for managing new and existing projects, developing solutions to project challenges in collaboration with the project teams, and leading multi-disciplinary technical staff in a matrix organization to successful completion of projects.

Responsibilities

• Personally, pursue and serve as a project manager for projects, managing scope, schedule, budget and quality and risk in compliance with Stantec's PM framework.
• Act as Stantec's primary project representative in front of the client.
• Maintain and enhance our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Work with discipline leads to establish project objectives, procedures and performance standards.
• Exercise initiative in addressing problem situations and resolve most project delivery related matters.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams through proposals, feasibility work all the way to final designs, and construction support as required by the projects.
• Manage contract tasks, track and manage costs and schedule, and implement measures necessary to stay on schedule and within budget utilizing established project management procedures within Stantec.
• Lead by example with active support of internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, and quality management.
• Develop and foster client relationships to facilitate project activities.
• Provides guidance, training and mentorship for junior and intermediate engineers and designers.
• Leads project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub- contractors, and vendors.

Your Capabilities And Credentials

• Strong project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing projects from pursuit through closeout, involving internal personnel, contractors, and vendors.
• Demonstrated experience in client service management.
• Experienced in project management, including defining and setting the direction for a team, project and change management as required.
• Demonstrated successful experience/knowledge in decision making, as well as assessing, evaluating and solving project management challenges.
• Demonstrated successful experience in project earned value management, including analysis of cost and schedule variances, development of bottoms-up estimates to complete, and analysis of estimates at completion to ensure successful project management during all project stages.
• Familiarity with delivery of high-volume design projects as well as KPI development to measure design and team performance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as strong interpersonal skills to effectively work and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external customers.
• Technical skill set in Energy, including transmission, distribution and substation design and operation.
• Exposure to RDE / pole replacement programs is an asset.
• Familiarity with BC Hydro project delivery practices is an asset.
• Experience with Passport and DAD systems is desirable.
• Travel to other offices as well as to project sites will be required.

Education And Experience

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in project management preferably for engineering, design of transmission, distribution and substation upgrade, expansion and conversion projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Sciences, preferred.
• Professional Engineering (P.Eng) or Engineer-In-Training (EIT) license in a relevant discipline is beneficial.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), other Project Management Institute (PMI) designations, or ability to obtain, is desirable.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Fieldwork may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather and work at or near energized equipment.

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 Range

• Locations in Lower Mainland - BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$67,100.00 - $93,900.00 Annually

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.

Primary Location: Canada | BC | Vancouver Other Locations: Canada | BC | Burnaby Organization: BC-1182 E&R-CA Pacific Employee Status: Regular Management Level: Supervisor Business Justification: New Position Travel: No Schedule: Full time