Senior Civil Engineer, Water

Stantec; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 102,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental and vision plans

Wellness program

RRSP / retirement savings plan

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to lead and deliver complex water-related civil projects in British Columbia. You will mentor staff, provide technical direction, and guide projects from scope to contract, ensuring high-quality deliverables.

The role requires licensing in BC (or ability to obtain) and at least 12 years of relevant experience, with strong client management and coordination skills across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering required.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in BC (or able to obtain EGBC).
• Minimum of 12 years of civil engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee projects of varying complexity and mentor team members.
• Provide technical leadership and act as Engineer-of-Record when needed.
• Manage project scope, budgets, and design approaches.
• Develop client relations, proposals, and project contracts in BC.
• Lead coordination meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure QA/QC on own and peer projects.

Skills

Project leadership

Civil engineering

Client management

Budgeting

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

P.E. / EGBC licensed

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil3D

PCSWMM

StormCAD

WaterCAD

REVIT

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.

The Stantec Water group provides services to both private and public sector clients. While you will be focusing on work in the region listed above, the successful candidate will also have opportunities to collaborate with our other teams across North America and support their project needs as opportunities arise. The links below can be used to view some recent project work from our local Water team.

• Golden Ears Pump Station and Sanitary Sewer Overflow Tank
• Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Program Management
• Parkinson Recreation Centre Redevelopment

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.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Efficient project management and project technical lead duties on multiple concurrent projects.
• Understand client expectations, budgeting, proposal writing, and producing high-quality deliverables.
• Technical expert in many relevant areas of design and understanding of various design and construction methods, codes and standards.
• Strong knowledge of civil systems means and methods, materials, and industry standards. Thorough understanding of Metro Vancouver design standards is preferred.
• Ability to lead one or more teams through all phases of the project, checking accuracy, quality and completeness.
• Strong communication, presentation and interview skills.
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite of services
• General understanding of software as well as relevant discipline software programs (AutoCAD, Civil3D, PCSWMM, StormCAD, WaterCAD, REVIT, others) is a plus, but not required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of British Columbia (or able to obtain EGBC registration).
• Minimum of 12 years of experience.

Typical office environment working with computers and working at a desk for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. In office a minimum of 2 days per week.

Pay Range

• Locations Outside of Lower Mainland - BC - Min Salary $ 101,500.00 - Max Salary $ 152,300.00
• Locations in Lower Mainland - BC - Min Salary $ 107,600.00 - Max Salary $ 161,400.00

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 | Burnaby

Other Locations

Canada | SK | Saskatoon

Organization

1117 Water-CA British Columbia-Burnaby BC

Employee Status

Regular

Business Justification

New Position

Travel

Yes

Schedule

Full time