Study Manager

Stantec; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(k) plan

Paid family leave

Vacation accrual between 10-20 days per year

Job summary

Stantec is looking for a Study Manager to join their Mining team in Arizona, primarily based out of Chandler or Tucson. You will be the principal liaison with clients and will manage multidisciplinary teams through the execution of mining studies. The ideal candidate needs strong leadership, project management experience, and a background in engineering.

The role, offering comprehensive benefits, emphasizes effective communication and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant study/project management experience.
• Direct study experience in mining or heavy industry sectors is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal liaison with clients during studies.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams and lead complex studies.
• Ensure studies align with client objectives and guidelines.

Skills

Communication skills

Project leadership

Risk management

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration skills

Commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Professional Engineering license

MBA (preferred)

Job description

Company Overview

At Stantec, we help deliver the critical minerals needed to power our world, from the cars we drive to the infrastructure powering our communities. We design the world's largest, deepest, and most technically challenging mines sustainably, helping clients reduce energy usage, adopt clean energy sources, and implement digital solutions and automation.

Your Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Study Manager to join our Mining team in the Southwest USA, based out of one of our offices in Chandler, AZ or Tucson, AZ. The Study Manager is the principal liaison between Stantec and the client during the planning and execution of mining studies. The successful candidate will drive the identification, evaluation, selection, and/or optimization for a variety of mining projects as a key service offering for our diverse client base, steering complex studies through our clients’ stage‑gate processes using robust study management techniques and leading a multidisciplinary team across multiple offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the client’s objectives and study definition guidelines.
• Drive the scope definition and execution planning for each study, working with a multidisciplinary team to translate the client’s objectives and study definition guidelines into an actionable, controllable scope of work and plan of execution.
• Implement study management processes and procedures, including risk and value management, option identification/evaluation/selection, and assurance activities as required.
• Deliver integrated studies on time and within budget, while ensuring alignment between engineering, estimating, scheduling and risk from Order‑of‑Magnitude / Preliminary Economic Assessments through to Definitive Feasibility Studies.
• Serve as a technical peer reviewer or Qualified Person in the execution of the technical components of the work. Answer questions and give daily guidance and communications to the project team, thereby developing the team’s technical competence.
• Assist the client with crafting the story of their studies, including engagement with other client stakeholders to present the progress and/or outcomes.
• Understand and implement various stage‑gate study standard processes.
• Proven Mining Study or Project leadership experience with high emotional intelligence.
• Influential leader, capable of weighing contradicting priorities and securing buy‑in on compromise.
• Risk management, commercial awareness, business analysis & reporting, and operational/business knowledge.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to effectively liaise with external and internal stakeholders from multiple cultures.
• Comfort in managing a complex environment with a virtual team based around the world.
• High degree of leadership, planning, teamwork, decision‑making, judgment, and problem‑solving skills.
• Aptitude for steering multidisciplinary teams towards a common objective.
• Proven history of managing ambiguity and maintaining team progress during periods of significant change.
• Assessor of value and risk.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or a related field from an accredited university is preferred.
• Professional Engineering license (or the ability to obtain a license) is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant study/project and/or program management experience.
• Direct study experience in the mining and/or heavy industry sectors is advantageous.
• A Master of Business Administration degree, while not necessary, is viewed as an asset.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Pay Transparency

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part‑time roles will be pro‑rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary

Benefits Summary: Regular full‑time and part‑time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short‑term/long‑term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full‑time and part‑time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law). Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Location & Details

Primary Location: United States | AZ | Chandler

Organization: BC-2308 E&R‑US Southwest

Employee Status: Regular

Business Justification: New Position

Travel: Yes

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 01/06/2026 08:06:08

Req ID: 1006086

Equal Employment Opportunity

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.