Senior Construction Advisor- Water

®; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Vision plans

Wellness program

RRSP

Employee stock purchase program

AD&D insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Stantec’s Winnipeg Water team seeks a Senior Construction Advisor or Contract Administrator with 20+ years of experience to lead complex construction scopes on municipal water and wastewater projects across the Prairies.

You will interpret contracts, resolve field issues, manage changes, and mentor teams while collaborating with clients, designers, and contractors to deliver safe, high‑quality facilities. Travel to project sites is required.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of progressively responsible experience in construction management, contract administration, or construction leadership.
• Proven experience leading construction scopes in contracting, consulting engineering, owner, or program management environments.
• Strong knowledge of construction contracts, specifications, project controls, change management, claims, scheduling, and risk management.
• Experience with municipal infrastructure, water/wastewater, industrial, or heavy civil projects.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve field and contractual issues with sound judgment.

Responsibilities

• Lead construction administration and provide senior oversight for complex projects.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, project managers, design teams, and contractors.
• Interpret contracts and manage correspondence, changes, claims, and disputes.
• Resolve field issues with practical solutions balancing safety, quality, cost, and schedule.
• Review submittals, payment applications, change requests, and close-out documentation.
• Guide teams on constructability, sequencing, risk, and contractor performance.
• Coordinate responses and documentation from multidisciplinary design teams.
• Lead close-out activities including occupancy, warranty, and deficiency reviews.
• Mentor contract administrators, field staff, and technical professionals.
• Represent Stantec in meetings with clients, regulators, and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Contract administration

Change management

Risk management

Education

Engineering degree / Construction management

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.

We are seeking a Senior Construction Advisor or Contract Administrator to join our Winnipeg-based Water team. This is an opportunity for a seasoned construction professional with 20+ years of experience in contracting or consulting environments to lead complex construction scopes and bring practical, trusted guidance to clients, contractors, and project teams.

You will provide leadership through construction, from contract interpretation and field issue resolution to change management, payment review, close‑out, and dispute avoidance. Our work includes water and wastewater treatment facilities, pump stations, underground infrastructure, and other major municipal projects across the Prairies and Territories.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead construction administration and provide senior oversight for complex projects.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, project managers, design teams, and contractors.

• Interpret construction contracts and manage contractual correspondence, changes, claims, and disputes.

• Resolve field issues with practical solutions that balance safety, quality, cost, schedule, and contractual requirements.

• Review contractor submittals, payment applications, change requests, schedules, and close‑out documentation.

• Guide project teams on constructability, sequencing, construction risk, and contractor performance.

• Coordinate responses and documentation from multidisciplinary design teams.

• Lead substantial performance, occupancy, deficiency, warranty, and contract close‑out activities.

• Mentor contract administrators, field staff, and technical professionals.

• Represent Stantec professionally in meetings with clients, contractors, regulators, and community stakeholders.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• 20+ years of progressively responsible experience in construction management, contract administration, or construction leadership.

• Proven experience leading construction scopes in a contracting, consulting engineering, owner, or program management environment.

• Strong knowledge of construction contracts, specifications, project controls, change management, claims, scheduling, and risk management.

• Experience with municipal infrastructure, water and wastewater, industrial, or heavy civil projects.

• Sound commercial judgment and a demonstrated ability to resolve complex field and contractual issues.

• Strong leadership, negotiation, relationship‑building, and communication skills.

• Commitment to safe, high‑quality construction delivery.

• Experience mentoring construction and technical professionals.

• A valid Class 5 driver’s license and access to a vehicle are required.

• Ability and willingness to travel to project sites throughout the Prairies and Territories, occasionally on short notice.

Education and Experience

• Degree, diploma, certificate, or equivalent experience in engineering, construction management, construction technology, or a related discipline.

• A minimum of 20 years of relevant experience leading construction delivery, contract administration, construction management, or contractor operations.

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.