Project Manager-Dams and Hydropower

Project Manager Opportunity

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.

The role of a Project Manager is to manage the design and delivery of large projects and maintain relations with current and future clients within our Energy business line. This opportunity specifically is on our Hydropower and Dams team. Candidate must be a hands-on problem solver willing to work through issues as they arise with staff, clients, offices, disciplines, and projects. They must also foster effective working relationships between colleagues, associates, clients, and officials.

Stantec takes a measured approach to workplace flexibility and choice for employee's workplaces. Our goal is to strike the optimal balance between providing flexibility, sustaining successful teams, and optimizing productivity for the benefit of our employees, projects, and clients. We value a vibrant, healthy, enriching workplace culture that considers employee well-being and work-life balance so our people can bring their best to work every day. This position will have flexibility in working from home or a Stantec US office and may require some domestic and possibly international travel.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Working in a manner to protect the health and safety of Stantec employees, clients, and the public by following company health, safety and security guidelines and policies.
• Maintaining and enhancing our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider.
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Establishing project objectives, procedures and performance standards and leading multi-disciplinary teams on proposals, planning studies, feasibility through final designs, and construction services for Hydropower and Dams projects.
• Identifying appropriate resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives as well as managing contract terms, tracking, and managing costs and schedule, and implementing measures necessary to stay on schedule and within budget.
• Leading by example with active support of internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, and quality management.
• Growing internal and external networks to enhance Stantec's reputation and identifying additional talent to join our team.
• Providing mentoring and training for future leaders, including development of succession plans for key positions.
• Developing client relationships to facilitate project activities.
• Promoting collaboration and teamwork across business lines and geographies.

Your capabilities and credentials include:

• Strong project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing projects from pursuit through closeout.
• Demonstrated successful experience in client service management.
• Demonstrated successful experience in leadership, including defining and setting the direction for a team, project, and office; strategy development; change management; and corporate stewardship.
• Demonstrated successful experience in preparing proposals that include preparing detailed scopes of work, assembling project budgets based on the detailed scope of work, and baseline schedules for executing the engineering services.
• Demonstrated successful experience in decision making, including making sound defensible business decisions; and identifying, assessing, evaluating, and solving complex problems.
• Demonstrated proficiency in problem solving, and risk management.
• Demonstrated successful experience with preparing monthly financial updates.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Travel to other offices as well as to project sites will be required.

Education and experience:

• Minimum 15 years' relevant experience in project management, preferably for Hydropower and Dams projects.
• Bachelor's Degree in civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.
• Experience working with NYPA/NYS Canal Corp/NAVFAC/USACE preferred.

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.

Pay Range: Locations in NYC & CA (Bay Area) & NJ (RP) - Min Salary $131,000.00 - Max Salary $196,600.00

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law). Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

Primary Location: United States | NY | New York

Organization: BC-2241 Energy-US East

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: Yes

Schedule: Full time

Req ID: REQ2500024O