CAD Technical Lead

Stantec; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Production Manager to provide technical leadership for Power sector projects within the Environmental Services team. The role spans plan production, client coordination, and regulatory compliance across the Mid‑Atlantic region, including MD, VA, WV, NC, and SC.

You will oversee drafting support, develop environmental and civil plans, and ensure on-time delivery within scope and budget while advancing HSSE practices and client relationships.

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication with clients and teammates.
• Experience leading multi‑discipline engineering projects in the Power sector.
• Knowledge of hydrology, hydraulics, and drainage design.
• Familiarity with federal and state permitting requirements.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, schedules, and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead power sector engineering projects and ensure consistency across plan production.
• Oversee AutoCAD Civil 3D drafting support for plans and documents.
• Support conceptual and construction plans addressing environmental constraints and permitting.
• Plan and manage production of project deliverables within scope and budget.
• Develop civil utility models for water/sewer/gas/utilities and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate field mapping, data gathering, and transmission of digital information.
• Interact with clients to secure data and communicate progress.
• Provide technical leadership for projects across the Mid‑Atlantic US (MD, VA, WV, NC, SC).
• Support HSSE policies and health and safety standards during execution.
• Contribute to proposal development and client relationship growth.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Resource planning

Hydrology and hydraulics

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Team coordination

Client relationship management

Proposal development

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Job description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.

Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is currently seeking a Senior Production Manager,to provide technical leadership for our clients and staff on a variety of Power sector projects. This position will be part of Stantec’s Environmental Services team that provides the full range of expertise needed to address a variety of design projects, including support to public utilities, new electric transmission and rebuild projects, project access road planning and design, civil/environmental substation and battery storage facility design, and solar site/civil/stormwater due diligence and design development. Our staff members have established excellent working relationships with utilities and Power sector developers throughout the mid-Atlantic, and our knowledge and interdisciplinary expertise allow us to help our clients develop the most effective and innovative approaches to their environmental / engineering compliance goals.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Task Lead for Power Sector engineering projects with responsibility for driving consistency across plan production for a variety of accounts.
• Oversee AutoCAD Civil 3D drafting technician support for plan and supporting document development.
• Support preparation of conceptual and construction plans for environmental constraints and planning documents, civil engineering plans, stormwater management, water quality improvement projects, plats, environmental inventory maps, permit support graphics, and report graphics.
• Plan, organize, and manage the production of project deliverables to ensure on time delivery, technical quality and adherence to scope and budget – includes coordinating work efforts, preparing deliverables and reports, client stewardship and coordination on multi‑discipline projects.
• Create civil utility models and designs for water, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, gas mains, telecom and electrical duct banks to provide proper separations horizontally in accordance with state and federal regulations.
• Access mapping identification, field scouting, and construction planning for electric transmission projects
• Interaction with clients to secure and transmit digital information.
• Participation in team and independent based work.
• Check discipline‑related drawings and documents.
• Ensure drawings are in accordance with project scope, client specifications and standards.
• Ensure drawings are dimensionally clear, complete and correct.
• Provide technical leadership for projects in the Mid‑Atlantic US (MD, VA, WV, NC, SC), performing a variety of tasks to plan, execute and deliver the project.
• Support environmental permitting strategy, developing regulatory strategy, and directing environmental field surveys and construction compliance for a variety of projects.
• Complete and/or oversee permit application preparation, including gathering supporting documentation, conducting assessments, and coordinating comment response with agencies.
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and teams. Support proposal development
• Support and ensure implementation of Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work and coordinate with HSSE professionals during the execution of all phases of project planning and implementation.
• Develop and maintain positive client relationships, including seeking opportunities for new business.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Must have strong oral and written communication skills, and be customer focused to understand and appropriately respond to external and internal client’s business needs.
• Must demonstrate effective resource planning, results delivery, and staying current with relevant technology and innovation.
• Strong knowledge of hydrology, hydraulics, and drainage design
• Strong understanding of federal and state regulations and permitting requirements.
• Proven ability to maintain and establish effective working relationships.
• Knowledge of documents related to requests for proposals and invitations for bid.
• Strong AutoCAD Civil 3D experience.
• Willingness