Senior Civil Engineer, Water

Stantec; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An engineering consultancy firm in Burnaby is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to lead complex projects focused on innovative water solutions. This role involves technical design, project management, and client account development. A successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills, mentor junior staff, and manage project financial performance. The position offers an opportunity to contribute to sustainable community development while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Strong technical design skills essential for managing complex engineering projects.
• Experience in leading project teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Proficient in client account management and business development.

Responsibilities

• Oversee small and large complex projects and provide technical guidance.
• Perform project management duties, focusing on scope, budgets, and timelines.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control for project deliverables.

Skills

People leadership

Project management

Technical design

Client account management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field

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

The role of the Senior Civil Engineer is to work on complex and exciting projects both independently and as a team member. In this position you could work as a technical engineer, project technical lead, project manager or a combination of roles to guide the projects to successful outcomes for the communities we work with. As a senior engineer, people leadership skills are important to work on multi-discipline teams and to mentor younger staff both technically and professionally.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible to oversee small and large projects of high complexity, performing technical design tasks, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to other team members.
• Provides technical leadership for civil related projects and may serves as Engineer-of-Record on several projects.
• Perform Project Management and/or Project Technical Lead duties on projects with managing project teams and financial performance of project budgets.
• Perform client account management and development duties to grow the business. Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects. Support marketing and business development professionals in positioning for potential projects, assisting/writing proposals, participating in client interviews and supporting negotiations for project contracts in British Columbia.
• Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.