Senior Water Resource Engineer

Stantec; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec in Phoenix seeks a Senior Water Resources Engineer with a focus on urban stormwater systems to lead teams on diverse projects and mentor staff.

You will manage scope, budgets, and design approaches, while advancing business development and client relations. The role emphasizes high-quality hydraulic analysis and cost-effective solutions within a collaborative Water Group.

Qualifications

• Efficient project management and technical leadership on multiple projects.
• Understanding client expectations, budgeting, and producing high-quality deliverables.
• Effective communicator and able to lead teams.
• Strong presentation and interview skills.
• Ability to solve complex problems with professional judgement and creativity.
• Knowledge of design and construction codes and project documentation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage multiple projects, including large, high-complexity efforts.
• Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach for projects of all sizes.
• Lead marketing and business development to position for potential projects.
• Serve as Engineer-of-Record and provide technical leadership across civil projects.
• Coach and train junior staff and coordinate internal teams.
• Lead project coordination meetings with clients, consultants, and contractors.

Skills

Project management

Technical leadership

Client communication

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Job description

Your Opportunity

An opportunity exists for a Senior Water Resources Engineer, with an emphasis in urban stormwater systems. We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, detail-oriented team player that is excited about taking on a new challenge. If you are interested in leading urban water resources work, this is an exceptional opportunity to bring your capability to the Water Group and join a highly regarded and professional team.

The role of the Senior Water Resources Engineer is to lead teams on small and large projects, as well as be a team member. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include business development, project management, design and analysis of water conveyance systems, coordination of tasks and personnel, occasional field work, quality control, and mentoring junior staff. The projects may have complex features that will require the application of mature knowledge and experience. You will lead the proposed projects to ensure accurate hydraulic analysis, resource efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Projects may include flood plain management, hydrology and hydraulics (H&H), floodplain modeling and mapping, environmental restoration, and stormwater infrastructure design with the goals of:

• Delivering high-quality products/outcomes
• Meeting financial and timeline constraints
• Achieving client satisfaction

Your Key Responsibilities

As Senior Water Resources Engineer, you will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of successful water resources projects by helping develop cost-effective, practical designs and construction solutions for our clients. You will interact internally throughout the organization with staff at all levels as well as clients, members of professional organizations, subcontractors, and other firms. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee and manage multiple projects. May be responsible for large projects of high complexity.
• Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects.
• Lead marketing and business development in positioning for potential projects, writing technical portions of proposals, participating in client interviews and supporting negotiations for project contracts.
• Serve as Engineer-of-Record.
• Provide technical leadership for civil related projects, including the management of existing client relationships and bringing in new clients.
• Prepare and/or oversee the preparation of technical reports and design briefs.
• Perform technically complex projects and act as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members.
• Supervise the work of other engineers, including setting the priorities for their scope of work, their budgets, and their schedules for completing the work.
• Coach and train junior staff.
• May perform or assist Project Manager and/or Project Technical Lead with managing and monitoring financial performance of project budgets.
• Review and conduct alternative analyses to support business case evaluations for making project decisions.
• Manage and lead others while working on projects and developing design; assigns, reviews and evaluate work for technical accuracy and completeness; advises on technical problems.
• Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Lead client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and cost estimating.
• Lead the preparation and coordination of project specifications with construction documents.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
• Serve as the Project's point of contact with clients, agencies, and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals.
• Remain current on regulatory policy and rule changes and may establish working relationships with regulatory officials.
• Engage in leadership in professional organizations that align with expertise; write technical papers and delivers technical presentations for conference and symposia events.
• Assist and/or lead the development of proposals and contract negotiation.
• Conduct work in a safe manner and promote health and safety within the office and outside the office while visiting clients and job sites.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Efficient project management/technical leadership of assigned tasks on multiple concurrent projects.
• Understand client expectations, budgeting, proposal writing, and producing high-quality deliverables.
• Effective communicator and able to work on and lead teams.
• Strong presentation and interview skills.
• Ability to solve complex problems using sound professional judgement, creativity, and innovation.
• Requisite knowledge, interpretation, and application of design and construction codes.
• Strong understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications.
• Strong knowledge of civil systems, means and m