Senior Water Conveyance & Hydraulic Modeling Lead

Stantec; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 178,400 - 276,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase program

Paid holidays

Vacation & sick leave

Job summary

Stantec's US Mountain West Water team is hiring a Senior Civil Engineer to lead the hydraulic analysis, modeling, and planning of large-scale conveyance and pumping infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West.

You will step into a high-impact technical leadership role on regional water supply programs: large-diameter transmission mains, storage tanks and reservoirs, high-capacity pump and lift stations, river crossings, and corridor and site alternatives analyses that shape

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering required; Master's preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in water/wastewater conveyance planning, design, and hydraulic modeling, with senior technical leadership.
• Washington PE license required; additional Mountain West state PEs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Planning Task Lead, Hydraulics Lead, or Engineer of Record on water, wastewater, and stormwater conveyance programs.
• Lead alternatives analyses for transmission corridors and storage tank sites with MCDM screening and Board-ready recommendations.
• Lead sequencing and resilience evaluations including n-1 redundancy and phased capacity build-out strategies.
• Direct hydraulic modeling (steady-state, extended-period, transient/surge) and WaterCAD model maintenance.
• Integrate hydraulic, GIS, cost, and SME evaluation results into memoranda and Board presentations.
• Provide technical leadership and QA/QC across the team; mentor engineers and modelers.
• Build and grow client relationships; lead pursuits, proposals, and client interviews.
• Represent Stantec in professional organizations and conferences (AWWA, WEF, PNWS-AWWA, PNCWA).

Skills

Leadership

Client relationships

Communication

Team mentoring

Project management

Modeling leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

WaterCAD

InfoWater

InfoWorks ICM

PCSWMM

EPANET

EPA SWMM

HEC-RAS

AutoCAD Civil 3D

ArcGIS

Job description

Stantec's US Mountain West Water team is hiring a Senior Civil Engineer to lead the hydraulic analysis, modeling, and planning of large-scale conveyance and pumping infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West.

You will step into a high-impact technical leadership role on regional water supply programs: large-diameter transmission mains, storage tanks and reservoirs, high-capacity pump and lift stations, river crossings, and corridor and site alternatives analyses that shape