Water/Wastewater Project Technical Lead

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 166,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Water/Wastewater Project Technical Lead in San Diego, CA to guide multi-disciplinary teams through planning, design, and construction of water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

You will lead technical deliverables, mentor staff, and coordinate with clients to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience designing water/wastewater treatment and/or conveyance from pursuit to construction.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams including internal staff, subconsultants, vendors, and suppliers.
• Experience with collaborative delivery projects working with contractors and vendors.
• Strong client service, project management, and/or design management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; mentoring capability.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for innovative water/wastewater solutions.
• Lead design and construction administration of projects.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary project teams.
• Develop reports, plans, specifications, calculations and drawings for treatment, conveyance, and infrastructure projects.
• Communicate with clients through planning, design and construction phases.
• Support California conferences, professional associations, and academic partnerships.
• Collaborate with PMs and leadership to coordinate marketing and project delivery in local and remote offices.
• Mentor junior staff in California offices.
• Uphold Stantec safety procedures and protocols.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Team coordination

Technical leadership

Budgeting

Proposal writing

Education

B.S. in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering

M.S. preferred

Professional Engineering license (CA or ability to obtain CA within 1 year)

Job description

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Stantec's Water practice in San Diego, California is seeking a highly motivated Water/Wastewater Project Technical Lead (PTL) to join and grow our successful team working on iconic projects. In the Water Business Line, the PTL leads multi-disciplinary team activities to achieve integrated technical solutions and deliver water and wastewater treatment and conveyance projects to our clients. We are looking for someone with experience in the evaluation, planning, design and construction administration of water, recycled water, and/or wastewater infrastructure projects including alternatives analysis; treatment plant, pump station, and pipeline design; engineering services during construction; and project management. This position offers the right candidate the ability to make a major career advancement. This is an opportunity to improve and grow leadership skills and become a recognized technical resource for a growing California water practice.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and leadership in the development of innovative technical solutions for water and/or wastewater projects.

• Manage and execute new and existing water, recycled water, and wastewater treatment and conveyance projects through conventional design-bid-build and alternate delivery methods.

• Direct the work of, communicate effectively, and coordinate with project teams including multiple disciplines (drafters, designers, and other engineers).

• Develop and prepare reports, planning studies, specifications, calculations, detailed design drawings, construction submittal reviews, models and other technical deliverables for treatment, conveyance, and infrastructure related projects.

• Communicate effectively and coordinate with clients on projects during planning, design, and construction.

• Support Stantec’s reputation for innovation and research through participation in California conferences, professional associations, and academic partnerships.

• Promote Stantec’s project delivery structure that includes Project Managers, Project Technical Leads, and Discipline Sector Leads. Work effectively in partnership with BC leadership, Project Pursuit teams, and PMs to proactively coordinate marketing and project delivery activities undertaken by project teams in both local and remote offices.

• Understand and proactively satisfy client’s needs and expectations. Connect the Client, PM, independent reviewers and the project team to the project’s technical solutions.

• Ensure activities are planned and completed in an efficient and timely manner.

• Mentor young professionals in the California offices.

• Embrace Stantec’s safety procedures and protocols.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Experience organizing, planning, and executing water and/or wastewater treatment and/or conveyance designs from pursuit to design and construction.

• Experience leading, coordinating, and managing multidisciplinary teams involving internal personnel, subconsultants, vendors, and suppliers.

• Experience with collaborative delivery projects working with contractors and vendors.

• Strong client service, project management, and/or design management skills.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Passion for team building, collaboration, and mentoring.

• Strong technical skills with at least one area of specialized expertise.

• Efficient technical leadership of assigned tasks on multiple concurrent projects.

• Ability to meet client expectations on project budgeting and quality management.

• Experience managing or participating in marketing and strategic client relationship development campaigns and proposal writing.

• Experience developing projects and tasks level of effort.

Education and Experience

• Education: B.S. degree in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering, M.S. preferred

• Experience: Minimum of 8 years of water/wastewater treatment or conveyance experience.

• Licenses/Certifications: Valid California Professional Engineering license, or Professional Engineering license in another state with ability to obtain California license within 1 year of employment required.

Typical office environment working with computers and sitting at a desk for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

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.

#californiawater

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s’ talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Range:

Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, NJ, VA Areas-$166,300.00 - $257,800.00 Annually

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:

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

Primary Location:

United States | CA | San Diego
Organization: 1840 Water-US Pacific-San Diego CA
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 20/08/2026 10:08:47
Req ID: 1007353

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