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
An opportunity exists for a Senior Project Manager – Water Resources to join a highly technical and collaborative team delivering complex water resources work across Canada. Our projects include drainage and stormwater management, flood mitigation, natural asset solutions, master planning, and climate resilience, spanning the full project lifecycle—from planning and analysis through design and implementation. We are seeking an experienced engineer and project manager motivated by challenging problems, impactful engineering, and the opportunity to play a meaningful role in the continued evolution of a growing, highly regarded practice.
You will play a key role on a forward-thinking team in shaping resilient water resources infrastructure solutions, advancing innovative practices (including digital tools and analytics), and strengthening client relationships. This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-performing, forward-thinking team while helping mentor the next generation of water resources professionals to teams across the company.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Work under minimal supervision as a project lead to apply advanced practical and theoretical knowledge for water resources projects and relevant components of multidisciplinary projects
- Responsible for successfully developing and delivering work plans, to achieve scope, schedule, and contractual obligations, and proactively identify and manage delivery risk
- Responsible for exercising independent judgement and initiative to resolve complex problems
- Oversee and guide work, providing mentorship through review and discussion
- Provide technical direction and review for hydrologic and hydraulic analyses and modeling
- Prepare and review technical reports, memoranda, and design documentation
- Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects and facilitate independent technical review of projects by others
- Manage projects of varying complexity within multidisciplinary teams
- Accountable for making decisions on large projects.
- Collaboration with multiple business lines to develop opportunities
- Lead major pursuits and proposal submissions, including scope development, methodology, budgeting, and technical review
- Independently liaise with other disciplines as required to support project delivery and pursuits
- Perform business development tasks and collaborate with staff to increase project wins and develop long-lasting relationships with clients, municipalities, and review agencies
- Assist business leaders in project revenue forecasting
- Client facing team representative for business development and positioning activities including, meetings, presentations, industry networking events, and other correspondence
- Continuously build a strong understanding of the water resources sector and the organization’s business model and engage existing and prospective clients to understand their needs, and promote service offerings to drive sustained commercial success
- Support Regional Sector Lead (RSL), Engineering Discipline Lead (EDL), and Business Centre Practice Lead (BCPL) with knowledge and recommendations regarding the water resources sector as it pertains to key market drivers, trends and major opportunities
- Assist with hiring decisions and team growth; provide mentoring and coaching for future leaders, including development of succession plans for key positions.
Representative project types include:
- Climate change vulnerability, and natural hazard assessments to support resilient infrastructure planning and design
- Flood risk assessment and mitigation studies for urban and riverine systems
- Drainage and stormwater management design in support of transportation and linear infrastructure projects
- Integrated roadway, watercourse crossing, and structure modifications to address hydraulic constraints and flooding concerns with inputs from fluvial geomorphology and ecology
- Stormwater management planning and design in support of land development and municipal growth initiatives for public sector and institutional clients
- Planning efforts at the watershed and subwatershed scale to supporting water resources infrastructure planning and asset management
- Hydrologic and hydraulic assessments to support environmental approvals, feasibility studies, and detailed design
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Strong understanding of Ontario municipal, provincial, conservation authority, and federal standards and permitting processes
- High proficiency in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, modelling platforms (e.g., HEC-RAS, PCSWMM, SWMM, HEC-HMS, Visual Otthymo) and GIS platforms (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS) and design of public infrastructure projects in urban and rural settings
- Experience applying hydrologic and hydraulic theory to real-world design and decision-making
- Skilled in statistical software like R and HEC-SSP, and GIS mapping and geoprocessing tools such as Q-GIS or ArcGIS
- Experience reviewing and guiding spreadsheet-based and statistical analyses
- Strong ability to communicate technical findings clearly and concisely in written and verbal formats
- Working knowledge of CADD software such as Autodesk Civil3D / Bentley OpenRoads
- Experience with scripting, automation, or applied digital tools is considered an asset.
Education and Experience
- Undergraduate degree in Water Resources, Civil or Environmental Engineering from a recognized post-secondary institution. A related graduate degree is considered an asset.
- Registered with PEO as a P.Eng. (or eligible to register)
- Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in water resources engineering and project management
- Demonstrated success in leading multidisciplinary projects and teams
- PMP designation is considered an asset
Work Environment
Typical office environment involving extended computer-based work. Field work may be required periodically and may include exposure to the elements.
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.
Pay Range:
• Locations in Lower Mainland — BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$145,300.00 – $195,300.00 Annually
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.
Primary Location: Canada | ON | Ottawa
Organization: BC-1634 Water-CA Ontario East & Atlantic
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 28/05/2026 02:05:24
Req ID: 1006067
