Senior Process Technical Advisor

Stantec; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec in Miami seeks a principal-level technical leader to provide senior direction on complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects, with emphasis on advanced process engineering, process modeling, and digital solutions.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams through planning, design, startup, and optimization, champion AI-enabled tools and digital twins, mentor engineers, and act as a trusted advisor to clients and delivery leadership.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in wastewater process engineering, process modeling and analysis, and practical implementation of engineered solutions.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams on large water/wastewater projects.
• Ability to translate complex analyses into actionable design guidance.

Responsibilities

• Advance innovation, standardization, cross-training, and development of advanced technical tools, AI-enabled tools, digital twins, analytical models, and scalable workflows.
• Serve as principal technical advisor and senior reviewer for complex water and wastewater treatment projects, emphasizing advanced process engineering and optimization.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through planning, design, permitting, procurement, implementation, startup, commissioning, and optimization.
• Provide senior technical direction for wastewater treatment processes and facilities, including biological treatment and energy efficiency.
• Lead QA/QC, constructability, biddability, operability, maintainability, and risk reviews for designs and construction documents.
• Translate advanced technical analyses into practical design and operational guidance that improves quality and reduces risk.

Skills

Wastewater process engineering

Process modeling and analysis

Technical leadership

Digital tools adoption

Mentoring staff

Tools

AI-enabled tools

Digital twins

Analytical models

Job description

As a principal-level technical leader, you will provide senior technical direction, project leadership, and quality oversight for complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects, with particular emphasis on advanced process engineering, process modeling, digital solutions, and technical innovation. This role guides multidisciplinary teams through planning, design, implementation, startup, and optimization; advances design quality and constructability; mentors technical staff; and serves as a trusted advisor to clients, project managers, discipline leaders, and delivery leadership. A key aspect of the role is to help advance the industry’s future technical needs by championing development and deployment of advanced technical tools, AI-enabled tools, digital twins, analytical models, and scalable workflows that improve quality, efficiency, risk management, and project delivery. The role requires demonstrated expertise in wastewater process engineering, process modeling and analysis, technical leadership, and practical implementation of engineered solutions.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Advance innovation, standardization, cross-training, and development of advanced technical tools, AI-enabled tools, digital twins, analytical models, and scalable workflows; serve as a technical resource across the North American Water practice to strengthen capability across teams and business centers.
• Serve as principal technical advisor and senior reviewer for complex water and wastewater treatment projects, with emphasis on advanced process engineering, process modeling, optimization, and digital decision support.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through planning, design, permitting, procurement, implementation, startup, commissioning, and optimization.
• Provide senior technical direction for wastewater treatment processes and facilities, including biological treatment, resource recovery, process intensification, energy efficiency, and related process/mechanical systems.
• Lead QA/QC, constructability, biddability, operability, maintainability, and risk reviews for designs, specifications, reports, construction documents, and contractor submittals.
• Translate advanced technical analyses, process models, research findings, and emerging technologies into practical design and operational guidance that improves quality, reduces risk, and supports successful project delivery.
• Advise project managers and technical leads on scope, staffing, budget, schedule, delivery strategy, risk mitigation, and project execution.
• Coordinate with clients, agencies, contractors, vendors, technology partners, universities, subconsultants, and internal delivery teams to resolve complex technical issues and advance innovative solutions.
• Lead or support construction, startup, and commissioning activities, including field issue resolution, technical review, operational troubleshooting, and implementation of advanced process solutions.
• Develop and review technical memoranda, design criteria, specifications, modeling studies, digital workflows, equipment procurement documents, construction-phase documentation, and senior-level reports. Mentor engineers and technical leads in process engineering, modeling, digital tools, technical judgment, and disciplined project delivery.
• Support business development, client account management, proposal strategy, interviews, and pursuit positioning with senior technical credibility.
• Target utilization 60% to 65%