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Area Manager

Stantec7 days ago
Verified
Saskatoon, SK
Senior Level
Full-time

Top Benefits

Health, dental, and vision plans
Wellness program
Health care spending account

About the role

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking an Area Manager to join our Canadian Mining, Mineral and Metals Team. In this role, you will oversee the execution of engineering-related activities on mining projects. You will ensure projects are carried out safely, on schedule, and within budget, while maintaining the highest standards of quality.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Manage project delivery and coordinate day-to-day engineering and design activities to ensure project goals are met for your specified area.
  • Conduct constructability reviews and risk assessments to inform engineering, cost, and schedule development, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
  • Support the establishment of frameworks and organizational structure for the delivery of execution phase projects.
  • Guide the development and implementation of Project Execution Plans (PEP), including engineering, procurement, and construction execution; quality assurance plan; safety and health plan; subcontracting plan; project staffing plan; organization chart; and procurement plan. (Includes training of new project team members on the PEP.)
  • Analyze and communicate the status of all projects within the execution portfolio performance indicators (e.g., schedule, costs, risks) to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Develop and drive safety programs, training, and policies, and promote and manage the health and safety performance of project team members and subcontractors.
  • Establish policies, procedures, systems, and controls required for the efficient execution of project delivery.
  • Foster strong relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, and other project personnel to ensure smooth project execution.
  • Oversee quality control and assurance processes to maintain high standards of workmanship and materials.
  • Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and other project teams to resolve issues and ensure seamless project delivery.
  • Provide leadership and mentorship to site team members, promoting a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Ensure compliance with Stantec’s and clients’ policies and procedures, including risk management, project management, and quality management.
  • Support the development of future leaders through mentoring and succession planning.
  • Provide technical and constructability advice, analyses, designs, and plans.
  • Follow safe work practices and adhere to company and client guidelines and policies for planning and executing work in a safe manner.
  • Develop, oversee, and review engineering planning and staffing for incoming projects.

Education and Experience

  • Degree in project management, engineering, or a related field.
  • 20 years of relevant experience in project management with a focus on large, complex projects focused in mining, dams, tunnels, energy and/or other execution phase projects.
  • Demonstrated leadership record for large teams assigned to CAPEX/OPEX projects
  • Valid driver’s license

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary 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.

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. At Stantec, we live our corporate values every day. The experience will forever shape your future.

About Stantec

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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.