Distribution Engineering Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Distribution Engineering Manager
Burnaby, BC
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.
Your Opportunity
As Distribution Engineering Manager, you will lead our Western Canadian power distribution team, driving excellence in project delivery, team performance and client engagement. Your leadership will directly influence the Distribution industry in British Columbia, while opening doors for your own professional growth through high-impact projects and meaningful client engagement. You will serve as the strategic point of contact for utility and industry clients, ensuring high-quality outcomes while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and innovation. You will work alongside a strong group of technical leads and project managers to ensure team success. Your leadership experience, combined with excellent interpersonal skills, will help cultivate a positive, high-performing team with a culture of accountability and a strong focus on safety. This role blends technical depth with people leadership. You will provide day-to-day coaching, mentorship and guidance, while being accountable for technical delivery of projects. Your background in engineering design and project management will serve you well in supporting the range of responsibilities. These may include design oversight, quality control and assurance, project engineering management, resource planning, client engagement and, importantly, team development.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage multi-disciplinary design teams for utility distribution projects across Western Canada.
- Provide mentorship, technical guidance and performance coaching to team members.
- Liaise with discipline and team leads, project managers, vendors, contractors and clients to ensure seamless project execution.
- Oversee engineering deliverables including designs, technical specifications, opinions of probable costs (engineer’s estimates), reports and regulatory submissions.
- Participate in project delivery as necessary, which may include meeting with clients, contractors, stakeholders and regulatory authorities.
- Organize and chair regular team meetings to track project and proposal milestones, align resource needs, review client requirements and share lessons learned.
- Foster team building and cohesion, promoting inter-office work collaboration.
- Attend and report out on progress and resource needs at regular leadership meetings, including tracking key performance indicators.
- Support the day-to-day activities of all phases of projects, from initiation through engineering, construction, and close out.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
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Leadership & Communication:
- Proven ability to lead and inspire high-performing teams.
- Ability to energize teams with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset.
- Skilled at easily building trust and rapport with clients and colleagues.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Comfortable leading discussions, presenting ideas and representing the team externally.
- Adept at communicating project and technical knowledge with both technical and non-technical clients and stakeholders.
-
Technical Expertise:
- Deep understanding of utility distribution systems and project delivery.
- Familiarity with electrical utility systems, policies, procedures, and engineering standards.
- Experience working with a major electrical utility with a focus on British Columbia and Alberta. Experience with BC Hydro systems is a strong asset.
- Proficient in power structure analysis tools (e.g., SpidaCalc, PLSCADD).
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Project Management:
- Excellent skills in scheduling, resource optimization and time management
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of tools, CAD software and utility GIS systems.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in electric power utility design and project delivery, preferably within a consulting environment.
Typical office environment working with computers and sitting at a desk. 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. Join us and redefine your personal best. #FeelingEnergized
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.
Distribution Engineering Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Distribution Engineering Manager
Burnaby, BC
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.
Your Opportunity
As Distribution Engineering Manager, you will lead our Western Canadian power distribution team, driving excellence in project delivery, team performance and client engagement. Your leadership will directly influence the Distribution industry in British Columbia, while opening doors for your own professional growth through high-impact projects and meaningful client engagement. You will serve as the strategic point of contact for utility and industry clients, ensuring high-quality outcomes while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and innovation. You will work alongside a strong group of technical leads and project managers to ensure team success. Your leadership experience, combined with excellent interpersonal skills, will help cultivate a positive, high-performing team with a culture of accountability and a strong focus on safety. This role blends technical depth with people leadership. You will provide day-to-day coaching, mentorship and guidance, while being accountable for technical delivery of projects. Your background in engineering design and project management will serve you well in supporting the range of responsibilities. These may include design oversight, quality control and assurance, project engineering management, resource planning, client engagement and, importantly, team development.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage multi-disciplinary design teams for utility distribution projects across Western Canada.
- Provide mentorship, technical guidance and performance coaching to team members.
- Liaise with discipline and team leads, project managers, vendors, contractors and clients to ensure seamless project execution.
- Oversee engineering deliverables including designs, technical specifications, opinions of probable costs (engineer’s estimates), reports and regulatory submissions.
- Participate in project delivery as necessary, which may include meeting with clients, contractors, stakeholders and regulatory authorities.
- Organize and chair regular team meetings to track project and proposal milestones, align resource needs, review client requirements and share lessons learned.
- Foster team building and cohesion, promoting inter-office work collaboration.
- Attend and report out on progress and resource needs at regular leadership meetings, including tracking key performance indicators.
- Support the day-to-day activities of all phases of projects, from initiation through engineering, construction, and close out.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
-
Leadership & Communication:
- Proven ability to lead and inspire high-performing teams.
- Ability to energize teams with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset.
- Skilled at easily building trust and rapport with clients and colleagues.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Comfortable leading discussions, presenting ideas and representing the team externally.
- Adept at communicating project and technical knowledge with both technical and non-technical clients and stakeholders.
-
Technical Expertise:
- Deep understanding of utility distribution systems and project delivery.
- Familiarity with electrical utility systems, policies, procedures, and engineering standards.
- Experience working with a major electrical utility with a focus on British Columbia and Alberta. Experience with BC Hydro systems is a strong asset.
- Proficient in power structure analysis tools (e.g., SpidaCalc, PLSCADD).
-
Project Management:
- Excellent skills in scheduling, resource optimization and time management
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of tools, CAD software and utility GIS systems.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in electric power utility design and project delivery, preferably within a consulting environment.
Typical office environment working with computers and sitting at a desk. 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. Join us and redefine your personal best. #FeelingEnergized
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.