Thermal Generation Project Manager — Lead Energy Projects

Stantec; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Project Manager for its Energy & Resources group to lead multi-discipline teams on thermal generation projects, including owner’s engineer and detailed design work for simple cycle, combined cycle, and repowering. You will help drive business development, align project execution, and manage risks to deliver successful outcomes across North America.

The role emphasizes leadership, client service, and cross-office collaboration, with a focus on energy transition initiatives

Qualifications

• Engineering design and construction experience with power plant projects.
• Expertise in project management including team leadership, resource management, scheduling, project controls, reporting and document controls.
• Strong leader, collaborator, and communicator with experience in managing a team.
• Experience leading projects utilizing EPC, DBB, ECI, etc.
• Knowledge of multi-discipline energy project services.
• Experience in business development, proposals and budget development.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management expertise to our team.
• Manage Energy projects/programs.
• Support and contribute to our Project Management best practices and methodology in alignment with our Project Management Frameworks.
• Coordinate with leadership, discipline leads, inter-discipline teams, vendors and clients.
• Coordinate with leadership to ensure alignment and consistency of project execution.
• Contribute to client satisfaction by building a culture of excellence and accountability within the PM community.
• Practice effective business discipline across resources, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Identify and resolve project execution gaps in collaboration with leadership.
• Provide feedback and develop action plans to implement lessons learned and improvements.
• Support leadership in resource management, recruitment, succession planning, and mentoring PMs.
• Lead or support proposals as required.
• Support mentorship and development of junior staff.
• Achieve utilization target as agreed annually.

Skills

Power plant projects

Project management

Leadership

Delivery models

Multi-discipline engineering

Business development

Proposal development

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil Eng

Professional Engineer (PE) registration preferred

Tools

Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint)

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Stantec is seeking a Project Manager for its Energy & Resources group to lead multi-discipline teams on thermal generation projects, including owner’s engineer and detailed design work for simple cycle, combined cycle, and repowering. You will help drive business development, align project execution, and manage risks to deliver successful outcomes across North America.

The role emphasizes leadership, client service, and cross-office collaboration, with a focus on energy transition initiatives