Senior CAD Lead - Power & Environmental Projects

Stantec; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Production Manager to provide technical leadership for power sector projects within our Environmental Services team. This role focuses on plan production, client coordination, and delivering high-quality designs for transmission and related facilities.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, oversee AutoCAD Civil 3D drafting, and ensure projects meet schedule, budget, and regulatory requirements across the Mid-Atlantic states.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-disciplinary power sector design projects.
• Strong budgeting, scheduling, and client coordination skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and ensure quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Task Lead for Power Sector engineering projects and drive consistency across plans.
• Oversee AutoCAD Civil 3D drafting support for plan and document development.
• Prepare conceptual and construction plans for environmental constraints and civil designs.
• Plan, organize, and manage production to meet scope, budget, and deadlines.
• Create civil utility models for water, sewer, gas, telecom, and electrical designs.
• Coordinate field mapping, access planning, and construction planning for transmission projects.
• Interact with clients to secure and transmit digital information.
• Participate in team and independent work while checking drawings for compliance.
• Ensure drawings align with project scope, client specs, and standards.
• Provide technical leadership for projects in Mid-Atlantic US (MD, VA, WV, NC, SC).
• Support environmental permitting strategy and field surveys; coordinate permit docs.
• Manage project budgets, schedules, teams; support proposal development.

Skills

Power sector leadership

Project budgeting

Team leadership

AutoCAD oversight

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Job description

Stantec is seeking a Senior Production Manager to provide technical leadership for power sector projects within our Environmental Services team. This role focuses on plan production, client coordination, and delivering high-quality designs for transmission and related facilities.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, oversee AutoCAD Civil 3D drafting, and ensure projects meet schedule, budget, and regulatory requirements across the Mid-Atlantic states.