Stantec is seeking an experienced and versatile civil engineer with design and construction experience of gravity sewer pipes, force mains, water distribution systems, and water transmission mains. This is an opportunity for a driven individual to serve as a technical lead on local and regional projects, supporting critical client delivery tasks throughout New Mexico and Stantec's Southwest Region.
This is an opportunity to grow your career by leading iconic water projects, mentoring our established and talented local team, while being an integral part of Stantec's continued growth in New Mexico.
Are you ready to advance your career with a collaborative team that puts people first, lives its corporate values, and works on some of the most challenging water projects in the world? Join us!
Your Key Responsibilities
- Participate in multi-disciplinary teams on water conveyance projects across the Southwest.
- Conduct technical evaluations supporting planning and design of sewer collection systems and interceptors and water distribution and transmission mains.
- Serve as Engineer-of-Record, leading the preparation and delivery of project technical specifications and civil engineering construction documents. Sign, review and evaluate work for technical accuracy and completeness; advise on technical problem and solutions.
- Management of existing client relationships and development of new client relationships. Lead, or contribute to, project scoping, value analysis, and cost estimating meetings.
- Supervise the work of engineers and other project staff, including setting priorities for their scope of work, task budget and schedule deliverables for completing the work in collaboration with the Project Manager(s).
- Evaluate, select, and specify civil and mechanical engineered systems or products for projects. This includes but is not limited to pipe material selection, pump selection, valve selection, as well as application of said systems.
- Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, clients, contractors, sub-contractors, and vendors.
- Participate and/or lead value engineering approaches and project constructability reviews.
- Serve as the Project's point of contact with clients, agencies, and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals.
- Engage in leadership of professional organizations that align with professional expertise; write technical papers and deliver technical presentations at conferences 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.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Sound understanding of conveyance design principles, including planning, design, and construction, such as:- Sewer collection design including experience with diurnal patterns, open channel hydraulics, bypass sewer design, manhole design and rehabilitation, flow diversion, and flow metering
- Water distribution and transmission main design with rigid and non-rigid pipe materials including welded steel pipe, ductile iron pipe, PVC, HDPE, and concrete pressure pipe and cylinder pipe.
- Pipeline rehabilitation methodologies including CIPP, pipe bursting, and pipelining
- Familiarity and design experience with trenchless construction methodologies such as HDD, microtunneling, auger boring.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking experience.
- Experience with various project delivery methods and construction methodologies, especially trenchless applications, is preferred.
- Strong interpersonal abilities for working in diverse team environments with staff, clients, and stakeholders.
- Experienced with the use of hydrologic and hydraulic network modeling and design software, which may include AutoCAD Civil3D, InfoWORKS, StormCAD, WaterCAD, in accordance with expertise.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related field. Advanced degree desirable.
- Registration as a Professional Engineer, or ability to obtain registration within 6 months required.
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in water, wastewater, and/or stormwater conveyance design projects.
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 | NM | Albuquerque
Other Locations: United States | NM | Las Cruces
Organization: 2243 Water-US Delivery-Albuquerque NM
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 03/03/2026 07:03:27
Req ID: 1001116
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