Project Management and Commercial Lead (Energy, Canada East)
Top Benefits
About the role
At Stantec, we know the work we do matters. From decarbonizing mines to modernizing electric grids and building the infrastructure that fuels communities, we’re powering the world. Our clients come to us with their biggest, most complex challenges because that’s where we thrive. And we’re looking for problem solvers, high achievers, and visionaries to help us.
Join us for a chance to grow professionally at one of the world’s top design firms while building our clean energy future.
Project Management & Commercial Lead (PMCL)
Build capability. Strengthen delivery. Drive results.
The Project Management & Commercial Lead (PMCL) plays a key role in strengthening project delivery and commercial performance across our business. Reporting to the Senior PMCL, you’ll coach and develop project managers, embed best‑in‑class project management practices, and provide hands‑on leadership to ensure projects are delivered safely, profitably, and consistently.
Your Opportunity
This role blends people leadership, project oversight, and business acumen, with opportunities to influence major projects, support strategic pursuits, and contribute directly to business performance.
Your Key Responsibilities
Lead & Develop People
- Coach and mentor project managers and project controls staff
- Support project and pursuit assignments aligned to capability and risk
- Assign and oversee Project Independent Reviews (PIRs)
- Deliver targeted training on project controls, forecasting, change management, and systems
- Provide performance feedback to people leaders
Drive Project Excellence
- Champion consistent project management practices aligned with Stantec’s PM Framework
- Serve as a Project Independent Reviewer, monitoring budget, schedule, risk, quality, and financial performance
- Support project setup, forecasting (EAC), revenue recognition, and compliance processes
- Identify distressed projects early and lead corrective action plans
- Recommend and implement improvements to project delivery and resource management
Support Business Performance
- Advise leaders on project delivery performance, pricing, go/no‑go decisions, and risk
- Review and support proposal pricing, scopes, schedules, and execution plans
- Interpret project performance data to improve outcomes
- Participate in project risk reviews and governance as required
Health, Safety & Quality
- Promote and model strong HSSE practices across all projects
- Ensure project delivery aligns with company policies and risk standards
Remain Client‑Facing
- Maintain billable project management responsibilities as needed, managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client relationships
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field or equivalent experience (10+ years)
- Proven experience delivering projects from pursuit to close‑out
- Strong understanding of project financials, contracts, and commercial risk
- Demonstrated ability to identify and recover at‑risk projects
- Clear, confident communicator with strong stakeholder‑management skills
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.
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. #FeelingEnergized
Pay Range:
- Locations Outside of Lower Mainland - BC & Various locations in Ontario-$135,700.00 - $185,700.00 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) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, 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 time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
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: Canada | NB | Fredericton
Organization: BC-1370 E&R-CA East
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: Replacement
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 05/05/2026 02:05:41
Req ID: 1005701
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About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.
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Project Management and Commercial Lead (Energy, Canada East)
Top Benefits
About the role
At Stantec, we know the work we do matters. From decarbonizing mines to modernizing electric grids and building the infrastructure that fuels communities, we’re powering the world. Our clients come to us with their biggest, most complex challenges because that’s where we thrive. And we’re looking for problem solvers, high achievers, and visionaries to help us.
Join us for a chance to grow professionally at one of the world’s top design firms while building our clean energy future.
Project Management & Commercial Lead (PMCL)
Build capability. Strengthen delivery. Drive results.
The Project Management & Commercial Lead (PMCL) plays a key role in strengthening project delivery and commercial performance across our business. Reporting to the Senior PMCL, you’ll coach and develop project managers, embed best‑in‑class project management practices, and provide hands‑on leadership to ensure projects are delivered safely, profitably, and consistently.
Your Opportunity
This role blends people leadership, project oversight, and business acumen, with opportunities to influence major projects, support strategic pursuits, and contribute directly to business performance.
Your Key Responsibilities
Lead & Develop People
- Coach and mentor project managers and project controls staff
- Support project and pursuit assignments aligned to capability and risk
- Assign and oversee Project Independent Reviews (PIRs)
- Deliver targeted training on project controls, forecasting, change management, and systems
- Provide performance feedback to people leaders
Drive Project Excellence
- Champion consistent project management practices aligned with Stantec’s PM Framework
- Serve as a Project Independent Reviewer, monitoring budget, schedule, risk, quality, and financial performance
- Support project setup, forecasting (EAC), revenue recognition, and compliance processes
- Identify distressed projects early and lead corrective action plans
- Recommend and implement improvements to project delivery and resource management
Support Business Performance
- Advise leaders on project delivery performance, pricing, go/no‑go decisions, and risk
- Review and support proposal pricing, scopes, schedules, and execution plans
- Interpret project performance data to improve outcomes
- Participate in project risk reviews and governance as required
Health, Safety & Quality
- Promote and model strong HSSE practices across all projects
- Ensure project delivery aligns with company policies and risk standards
Remain Client‑Facing
- Maintain billable project management responsibilities as needed, managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client relationships
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field or equivalent experience (10+ years)
- Proven experience delivering projects from pursuit to close‑out
- Strong understanding of project financials, contracts, and commercial risk
- Demonstrated ability to identify and recover at‑risk projects
- Clear, confident communicator with strong stakeholder‑management skills
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.
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. #FeelingEnergized
Pay Range:
- Locations Outside of Lower Mainland - BC & Various locations in Ontario-$135,700.00 - $185,700.00 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) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, 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 time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
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: Canada | NB | Fredericton
Organization: BC-1370 E&R-CA East
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: Replacement
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 05/05/2026 02:05:41
Req ID: 1005701
Not the right fit? Search for Project Management and Commercial Lead jobs in Fredericton, NB
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.