Senior Water Resources Engineer

Stantec; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec in Milwaukee is seeking a Senior-Level Water Resources Engineer who can work independently on small and medium projects and contribute as a team member on larger efforts.

You will conduct hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, lead design decisions, mentor junior staff, and coordinate with clients, regulators, and contractors to advance flood mitigation and land development projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee medium- and large- sized projects of high complexity and provide input on smaller projects.
• Serve as Engineer-of-Record.
• Provide technical leadership for civil-related projects, including client relationship management and business development.
• Perform on technically complex projects and guide other team members.
• Coordinate project scope, budgets, and schedules with Project Managers.
• Lead project coordination meetings with clients, consultants, contractors, and vendors.
• Prepare and coordinate project specifications with construction documents.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and peers’ projects.
• Develop new standards and specifications for the discipline.
• Be the primary client contact to obtain project requirements and approvals.
• Stay current on regulatory policy and engage with regulatory officials.
• Support proposals and contract negotiations, and participate in client interviews.

Job description

Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.

At Stantec, we approach every water and natural resource project we undertake, whether at the local, regional, or watershed level— thoughtfully and execute it with excellence across all project phases. We partner with our clients to design fit-for-purpose solutions that address their communities’ unique needs throughout the water infrastructure lifecycle. Our experts lead their fields and guide our work with scientific rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. We’re a place where you can apply your passion and collaborate with top talent on work that’s critical to our clients, our communities, and the industry at large.

Your Opportunity

The role of the Senior-Level Water Resources Engineer is to work independently on small and medium projects, as well as a team member for more complex and larger projects. The senior engineer should be able to evaluate, select, specify, and engineer systems or products for a project. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include calculations, field work, coordination of tasks and personnel, and providing experienced insight on projects and mentorship for more junior staff. The projects assigned may have complex features that will require the application of mature knowledge and experience. You will assist with hydrologic and hydraulic analyses that will be used to advance a variety of flood mitigation, general land development, and restoration projects. These analyses will be used for the design, permitting. and implementation of various types of projects. You will lead the analysis of proposed projects to ensure reliability, sound engineering, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Oversee nor manage multiple projects. Responsible for medium and large projects of high complexity and provide input on an occasional small project.
• Serves as Engineer-of-Record.
• Provides technical leadership for civil related projects, including the management of existing client relationships and bringing in new clients.
• Performs on technically complex projects and acts as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members.
• May supervise the work of other engineers, including setting the priorities for their scope of work, their budgets and their schedules for completing the work in conjunction with Project Manager(s).
• 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.
• Evaluate, select, specify pertinent civil engineered systems or products for a project.
• May manage and lead others while working on projects and developing design; assigns, reviews and evaluates 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 in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and cost estimating.
• Lead the preparation and coordination of project specifications with construction documents.
• Participate in constructability reviews.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
• Lead the development of new standards and specifications for the discipline.
• 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.
• Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects, and support marketing and business development professionals in positioning for potential projects, writing technical portions of proposals, participating in client interviews and supporting negotiations for project contracts.
• Assist and/or lead the development of proposals and contract negotiation.