Senior Project Engineer

Stantec; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec in Burnaby, BC, is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead multi‑discipline design teams on large utilities projects across Western Canada. This technical leadership role emphasizes guiding engineers from structural, mechanical, civil, and electrical domains.

The successful candidate will drive client satisfaction, mentor staff, promote safety, and deliver reports, specifications, and engineering documentation, while thriving in a flexible hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 12+ years progressive and comprehensive engineering experience.
• 4+ years of experience leading multi-discipline design teams on large, complex projects.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively work and collaborate with a range of internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary design teams for medium to large-scale projects across structural, mechanical, civil, and electrical domains.
• Ensure client expectations related to project scope are clearly understood, met, and exceeded.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to team members; foster initiative, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Champion a strong safety culture by promoting safe work practices and ensuring compliance with all safety regulations.
• Prepare and review technical reports, presentations, standards, specifications, and engineering documentation.
• Project Leadership: Lead and coordinate multi-discipline design teams for medium to large-scale projects, ensuring integration across domains.
• Technical Problem Solving: Resolve highly technical and unusual design or field engineering issues by conducting independent studies and exercising expert judgment.
• Management Support: Assist project and operations management in meeting safety, cost, quality, and time objectives.
• Standards & Compliance: Contribute to the development of technical standards and ensure all engineering designs support safe operations.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and technical advice to other engineering professionals.

Skills

MS Office Suite

Bluebeam/Adobe Acrobat

Driver's license

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

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.

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’s Energy team in western Canada is currently offering exciting opportunities for Senior Project Engineer to work on a variety of utilities projects throughout Western Canada. This technical leadership role is ideal for someone with a passion for leading a large group of engineers from different disciplines.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Ensure client expectations related to project scope are clearly understood, met, and exceeded.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to team members; foster initiative, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Champion a strong safety culture by promoting safe work practices and ensuring compliance with all safety regulations.
• Prepare and review technical reports, presentations, standards, specifications, and engineering documentation.
• Project Leadership: Lead and coordinate multi-discipline design teams for medium to large-scale projects, ensuring integration across structural, mechanical, civil, and electrical domains.
• Technical Problem Solving: Resolve highly technical and unusual design or field engineering issues by conducting independent studies and exercising expert judgment.
• Management Support: Assist project and operations management in meeting safety, cost, quality, and time objectives. This includes proposing plan changes, reviewing contractor payment requests, and preparing detailed progress reports.
• Standards & Compliance: Contribute to the development of technical standards and ensure all engineering designs support successful, safe operations within the network.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and technical advice to other engineering professionals.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Experience in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite, & Bluebeam/Adobe Acrobat.
• Previous experience working with or at BC Hydro is an asset.
• Willing and able to travel occasionally when required.
• Self-motivated, team-oriented, efficient, and a good communicator.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication abilities with a keen eye for detail. Ability to work with others in a collaborative team environment.
• Engineering expertise across the total project life cycle, from conceptual design through to testing and commissioning.
• Valid driver’s license.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 12+ years progressive and comprehensive engineering experience.
• 4+ years of experience leading multi-discipline design teams on large, complex projects.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively work and collaborate with a range of internal and external customers.

Office Location and Schedule

• Typical office environment working with computers.
• Stantec offers a flexible work environment (a hybrid model of working in the office and at home).
• Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
• Hybrid work model to work from home is possible.
• Location – Burnaby

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,

Pay Range

• Locations in Lower Mainland - BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$111,700.00 - $167,600.00 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 | Burnaby

Other Locations

Canada | AB | Calgary

Organization

BC-1182 E&R-CA Pacific

Employee Status

Regular

Business Justification

New Position

Travel

No

Schedule

Full time

Job Posting

14/08/2026 07:08:28

Req ID

1007252