Top Benefits
About the role
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.
Your Opportunity
Stantec is looking for a Tunneling Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our growing Water Team. This is a unique opportunity to provide technical leadership on a variety of tunnelling projects including - tunnelling in soil and bedrock, smaller diameter and scale tunnelling (microtunneling, horizontal auger boring) larger diameter and scale tunnelling (EPB TBM, Rock TBM).
As a Tunneling SME, you will provide leadership in the execution and delivery of technically complex Tunneling and Trenchless projects. This will also include mentoring and training staff within the Trenchless and Tunneling team for succession planning. Collaborate with clients, presenting solutions and resolving technical challenges on active projects. Support proposal development and business growth initiatives through strategic client engagement.
The role will involve managing multiple tasks and deadlines and working with multi-disciplinary teams across multiple offices. The candidate will be working independently on projects and providing support to a team of professionals on larger projects.
As an SME, you will apply your industry expertise to ensure Stantec remains at the forefront of trenchless and tunneling innovation. You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to the local and North American Stantec tunneling and trenchless community together with other SMEs within the practice.
Join the No. 1 ranked trenchless engineering firm in North America!
Your Key Responsibilities
- Perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned water conveyance projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Routine technical tasks include: - design basis documents
- engineering calculations including heat and material balances
- engineering drawings
- engineering reports
- feasibility studies
- presentations to clients, regulatory agencies and/or project stakeholders
- SME oversight and quality reviews
- Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
- Assist senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
- Lead management of others in development and coordination of the project construction specifications.
- Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects and facilitate independent technical review projects by others.
- Review contractor/vendor submittals for adherence to Contract Documents and industry standards.
- Assist with the management of the design and construction of projects.
- Involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, interested stakeholder parties, and reviewing agency personnel.
- Assist in the development and updates of project design standards and guidelines; prepare abstracts and technical papers/presentations.
- Coordinate with or directly manage a team of design professionals and technicians.
- Provide SME oversight of projects of varying complexity within multidisciplinary teams.
- Mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams.
- Assist with business development pursuits including identifying customers, proposal preparation and participation in interviews.
- Interact with clients and management to develop the technical vision of necessary client solutions.
- Coordinate with internal Stantec and client staff regarding status of project scope, schedule, and budget.
- Support PM and other technical staff to ensure that projects' needs are met in a timely and effective manner.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Works well in a team environment and without direct supervision.
- Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
- General understanding of all phases of project document production, client procurement procedures, and regulatory approval processes.
- Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
- Ability to effectively discuss project issues with clients, contractors, equipment suppliers/vendors, funding agencies and reviewing agencies; to deliver technical presentations in public forums in conferences and technical symposia.
- Possess excellent time-management skills; thorough understanding of task assignment and schedule, budgeting and efficient use of time and available resources.
- Understanding of local and regional jurisdictional design codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions.
- Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite.
- Familiarity with commercial tunneling and trenchless software packages (e.g. finite element analysis, structural analysis, etc.) is an asset.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited University. Ph. D or Master’s in Civil, Geological/Geotechnical, is preferred.
- Certified or working towards a P.Eng License.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience.
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.
Sommaire des avantages sociaux: Avantages sociaux au Canada : Les employés à temps partiel et à temps plein auront accès aux avantages sociaux suivants : régimes de soins de santé, de soins dentaires et de la vue, programme de bien-être, comptes de crédits-santé et de mieux-être, régime enregistré d’épargne-retraite collectif, régime d’actionnariat des employés, compte d’épargne libre d’impôt (CELI) collectif, assurance vie et assurance décès ou mutilation accidentels (DMA), régimes d’assurance invalidité de courte et de longue durée, assistance-voyage en cas d’urgence, remboursement des frais de scolarité, couverture des frais d’adhésion à des associations professionnelles et congés payés.
Les employés temporaires ou occasionnels auront accès aux avantages sociaux suivants : régime enregistré d’épargne-retraite collectif, régime d’actionnariat des employés et compte d’épargne libre d’impôt collectif.
Emplacement principal: Canada | QC | Montreal
Organisation: 1634 Water-CA Ontario East & Atlantic-Montreal QC
Statut de l'employé: Permanent
Déplacements: Oui
Horaire: Temps plein
Affichage: 27/10/2025 12:10:39
Req: 1002752
#fr
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.
Top Benefits
About the role
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.
Your Opportunity
Stantec is looking for a Tunneling Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our growing Water Team. This is a unique opportunity to provide technical leadership on a variety of tunnelling projects including - tunnelling in soil and bedrock, smaller diameter and scale tunnelling (microtunneling, horizontal auger boring) larger diameter and scale tunnelling (EPB TBM, Rock TBM).
As a Tunneling SME, you will provide leadership in the execution and delivery of technically complex Tunneling and Trenchless projects. This will also include mentoring and training staff within the Trenchless and Tunneling team for succession planning. Collaborate with clients, presenting solutions and resolving technical challenges on active projects. Support proposal development and business growth initiatives through strategic client engagement.
The role will involve managing multiple tasks and deadlines and working with multi-disciplinary teams across multiple offices. The candidate will be working independently on projects and providing support to a team of professionals on larger projects.
As an SME, you will apply your industry expertise to ensure Stantec remains at the forefront of trenchless and tunneling innovation. You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to the local and North American Stantec tunneling and trenchless community together with other SMEs within the practice.
Join the No. 1 ranked trenchless engineering firm in North America!
Your Key Responsibilities
- Perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned water conveyance projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Routine technical tasks include: - design basis documents
- engineering calculations including heat and material balances
- engineering drawings
- engineering reports
- feasibility studies
- presentations to clients, regulatory agencies and/or project stakeholders
- SME oversight and quality reviews
- Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
- Assist senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
- Lead management of others in development and coordination of the project construction specifications.
- Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects and facilitate independent technical review projects by others.
- Review contractor/vendor submittals for adherence to Contract Documents and industry standards.
- Assist with the management of the design and construction of projects.
- Involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, interested stakeholder parties, and reviewing agency personnel.
- Assist in the development and updates of project design standards and guidelines; prepare abstracts and technical papers/presentations.
- Coordinate with or directly manage a team of design professionals and technicians.
- Provide SME oversight of projects of varying complexity within multidisciplinary teams.
- Mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams.
- Assist with business development pursuits including identifying customers, proposal preparation and participation in interviews.
- Interact with clients and management to develop the technical vision of necessary client solutions.
- Coordinate with internal Stantec and client staff regarding status of project scope, schedule, and budget.
- Support PM and other technical staff to ensure that projects' needs are met in a timely and effective manner.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Works well in a team environment and without direct supervision.
- Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
- General understanding of all phases of project document production, client procurement procedures, and regulatory approval processes.
- Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
- Ability to effectively discuss project issues with clients, contractors, equipment suppliers/vendors, funding agencies and reviewing agencies; to deliver technical presentations in public forums in conferences and technical symposia.
- Possess excellent time-management skills; thorough understanding of task assignment and schedule, budgeting and efficient use of time and available resources.
- Understanding of local and regional jurisdictional design codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions.
- Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite.
- Familiarity with commercial tunneling and trenchless software packages (e.g. finite element analysis, structural analysis, etc.) is an asset.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited University. Ph. D or Master’s in Civil, Geological/Geotechnical, is preferred.
- Certified or working towards a P.Eng License.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience.
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.
Sommaire des avantages sociaux: Avantages sociaux au Canada : Les employés à temps partiel et à temps plein auront accès aux avantages sociaux suivants : régimes de soins de santé, de soins dentaires et de la vue, programme de bien-être, comptes de crédits-santé et de mieux-être, régime enregistré d’épargne-retraite collectif, régime d’actionnariat des employés, compte d’épargne libre d’impôt (CELI) collectif, assurance vie et assurance décès ou mutilation accidentels (DMA), régimes d’assurance invalidité de courte et de longue durée, assistance-voyage en cas d’urgence, remboursement des frais de scolarité, couverture des frais d’adhésion à des associations professionnelles et congés payés.
Les employés temporaires ou occasionnels auront accès aux avantages sociaux suivants : régime enregistré d’épargne-retraite collectif, régime d’actionnariat des employés et compte d’épargne libre d’impôt collectif.
Emplacement principal: Canada | QC | Montreal
Organisation: 1634 Water-CA Ontario East & Atlantic-Montreal QC
Statut de l'employé: Permanent
Déplacements: Oui
Horaire: Temps plein
Affichage: 27/10/2025 12:10:39
Req: 1002752
#fr
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.