Stantec

Senior Project Manager, Water/Wastewater Treatment

Stantec$128K — $243K *
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering required
  • At least 15 years of project management experience, particularly in water/wastewater
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain within 6 months
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is a plus
  • Demonstrated leadership and strategic development capabilities

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team of design professionals
  • Mentor staff and build high-performing project teams
  • Drive business development and build strong client relationships
  • Prepare proposals and scope of work documents
  • Oversee engineering design tasks for water/wastewater projects
  • Manage project scope, budget, staffing, and schedules
  • Coordinate quality assurance and regulatory processes

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Wellness program and health savings accounts
  • 401(k) plan and employee stock purchase program
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional membership coverage
  • Paid family leave and ten paid holidays annually
  • Accrual of vacation days (10-20 days per year)
  • Short-term and long-term disability plans
Full Job Description
Your Opportunity

Your Key Responsibilities
  • Manage a team of design professionals and technicians
  • Mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams
  • Perform business development/application tasks and collaborates with staff to increase project wins and develop long lasting client relationships. Routine tasks include:
  • Participate in business line teams to manage and develop proposals
  • Client facing for business development contact, meetings, walk-downs, and presentations
  • Scope of work documents and estimates
  • Collaboration with multiple business lines to develop opportunities
  • Quality reviews
  • Assist senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
  • Perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned water/wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Routine technical tasks include:
  • Design basis documents
  • Engineering calculations including water, heat, and material balances
  • Equipment sizing and selection
  • Engineering drawings such as block flow diagrams (BFDs), process flow diagrams (PFDs), and piping and instrumentation diagrams (PIDs)
  • Engineering reports
  • Feasibility studies
  • Presentations to clients, regulatory agencies and/or project stakeholders
  • Assist with the management of the design and construction of projects.
  • Develop project management plans for projects; establishes goals and objectives for unique and complex projects.
  • Responsible for successfully establishing projects to achieve budget, schedule, and contractual obligations.
  • Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control onassigned projects and facilitates independent technical review projects by others.
  • Involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, interested stakeholder parties, reviewing agency personnel.
  • Accountable for making decisions on large projects. You coordinate with the regulatory review to seek final approval.
  • Manage projects of varying complexity within multidisciplinary teams
  • Research and understand issues related to regulatory and other drivers that impact individual projects
  • Assist business leaders in project revenue forecasting.
  • Oversee proposals including development of the scope and level of effort of comparable size.
  • Undertake decisions and recommendations governed by general policy and project management governance.
  • Supervise local staff and responsible for providing mentoring and coaching for future leaders, including development of succession plans for key projects.

Your Capabilities and Credentials
  • You inspire project teams to higher levels of achievement.
  • You consistently engage employees in discussions on job satisfaction and engagement and provide ongoing recognition and feedback to employees and teams.
  • Ability to perform mass & energy balance and process equipment sizing calculations and coordinate with other engineering disciplines including stress/structural, instrumentation & controls, and electrical.
  • Understanding of local and regional jurisdictional codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions.

Education and Experience
  • Education: Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • Experience: Minimum of 15 years related experience in project management, preferably for water/wastewater projects.
  • Licensure: Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain license within 6 months.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus.
  • Demonstrated successful experience in leadership, including defining and setting the direction for a team, project, and office; strategy development; change management; and corporate stewardship.
  • Travel to other offices as well as to project sites may be required.

Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Range:
• Locations in MN, OH, VT, & Various CA, NY Areas-$128,600.00 - $192,900.00 Annually
• Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, NJ Areas-$141,500.00 - $212,200.00 Annually
• Locations in WA, DC & Various CA, MA areas-$151,700.00 - $227,600.00 Annually
• Locations in NYC & CA (Bay Area) & NJ (RP)-$162,000.00 - $243,100.00 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 | DC | Washington
Other Locations: United States | CT | Hartford
Organization: BC-1951 Water-US Northeast
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 24/07/2026 05:07:37
Req ID: 1005997

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About Stantec

Stantec Inc. is a global engineering consulting firm headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The company provides professional consulting services in the areas of infrastructure, water, environment, buildings, and energy. Stantec has over 22,000 employees working in more than 400 locations across six continents. The company has a diverse client base that includes public and private sector clients. Stantec is committed to sustainability and has implemented green practices in its operations. The company has received numerous awards for its work, including the American Council of Engineering Companies' National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement.
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Market Cap
$5.1 billion
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Founded
1954
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