Project Manager - Water

Our British Columbia team serves as a primary design center for major water projects including; potable water treatment, storage reservoirs, pump stations; wastewater treatment plants, and lift stations.  Our team is seeking an Project Manager, with a focus on managing water / wastewater infrastructure projects. When you join our team, you’ll benefit from: * Work directly with a larger, multidisciplinary team, fostering collaboration and innovative problem-solving. * Connection with experienced senior leaders who provide mentorship and guidance to support your professional development and with junior/intermediate peers who provide a strong team network. * Focus on large municipal water and wastewater treatment projects but may also include pump station and industrial water projects. These projects include feasibility studies, conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs, along with on-site construction coordination for ongoing water and wastewater treatment projects. Your Key Responsibilities: As part of the British Columbia Water team, you will play a key role in delivering complex municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects that support sustainable and resilient communities. Working within a multidisciplinary environment, you will lead project planning and execution from pursuit through delivery, while building strong client relationships and ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives. Success in this role requires a combination of technical understanding, project leadership, collaboration, and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions for our clients. * Support the successful delivery of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing project scope, schedule, budget, and risk, and facilitating execution from planning through commissioning. * Develop and maintain strong client relationships through effective communication, responsiveness, and successful project delivery. * Coordinate quality management reviews to ensure technical accuracy, consistency, and compliance with Stantec and client standards. * Apply sound project management and engineering judgment, proactively identify project risks and issues, and seek guidance when required. * Communicate technical information effectively with project teams, clients, regulators, and stakeholders. * Collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and foster positive working relationships with colleagues, clients, and external partners. * Manage multiple priorities while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, schedule, and budget performance. * Demonstrate attention to detail, critical thinking, professionalism, and a commitment to continuous learning and client service excellence. 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. 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.

Lead the planning and execution of complex municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects from pursuit through delivery. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget while maintaining strong client relationships.

Requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline and a Professional Engineering designation or eligibility for EGBC registration. Candidates must have at least 5 years of relevant engineering experience focused on project management.

• Health Plans • Dental Plans • Vision Plans • Wellness Program • Health Care Spending Account • Wellness Spending Account • Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan • Employee Stock Purchase Program • Group Tax-Free Savings Account • Life Insurance • Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance • Short-Term Disability Plans • Long-Term Disability Plans • Emergency Travel Benefits • Tuition Reimbursement • Professional Membership Fee Coverage • Paid Time Off

• Project managementPreferred

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Water Treatment
• Wastewater Treatment
• Infrastructure Planning
• Budget Management
• Schedule Management
• Risk Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Multidisciplinary Coordination
• Quality Management
• Technical Communication
• Engineering Judgment

• Engineering
• Environmental & Sustainability
• Management & Leadership
• Construction
• Consulting

Minimum education

Professional degree

Minimum experience

5+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week