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Stantec · 1 month ago

Senior Project Manager/Technical Lead, Conveyance

Fairfax, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$133K/yr - $200K/yr

15+ years exp

Stantec is a leading firm focused on providing innovative water infrastructure solutions. The Conveyance Sr. Project Manager / Technical Lead will oversee planning and engineering design for wastewater projects, manage teams, and drive business development efforts to enhance client relationships.

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Responsibilities

You Manage a team of design professionals and technicians

You mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams

You perform business development/application tasks and collaborates with staff to increase project wins and develop long lasting client relationships. Routine tasks include: - Participate in business line teams to manage and develop proposals

Client facing for business development contact, meetings, walk-downs, and presentations

Scope of work documents and estimates

Collaboration with multiple business lines to develop opportunities

Quality reviews

You assist senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule

You perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned wastewater-related projects through collaboration with a wide range of technical disciplines. Routine technical tasks include: - Design basis documents

Engineering calculations including water, heat, and material balances

Equipment sizing and selection

Engineering drawings such as block flow diagrams (BFDs), process flow diagrams (PFDs), and piping and instrumentation diagrams (PIDs)

Engineering reports

Feasibility studies

Presentations to clients, regulatory agencies and/or project stakeholders

Quality reviews

You assist with the management of the design and construction of projects

You develop project management plans for projects; establishes goals and objectives for unique and complex projects

You are responsible for successfully establishing projects to achieve budget, schedule, and contractual obligations

You conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects and facilitates independent technical review projects by others

You are involved in the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, interested stakeholder parties, reviewing agency personnel

You are accountable for making decisions on large projects. You coordinate with the regulatory review to seek final approval

You manage projects of varying complexity within multidisciplinary teams

You research and understand issues related to regulatory and other drivers that impact individual projects

You assist business leaders in project revenue forecasting

You oversee proposals including development of the scope and level of effort of comparable size

You undertake decisions and recommendations governed by general policy and project management governance

You supervise local staff and responsible for providing mentoring and coaching for future leaders, including development of succession plans for key positions

Qualification

Conveyance EngineeringWater Infrastructure DesignProject ManagementLicensed Professional EngineerBusiness DevelopmentLeadership SkillsClient RelationsQuality AssuranceRegulatory KnowledgeTechnical ReviewCommunication SkillsTeam ManagementMentoring

Required

Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Minimum of 15 years related experience in project management, preferably for conveyance and water infrastructure design projects

Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain license within 6 months

Demonstrated successful experience in leadership, including defining and setting the direction for a team, project, and office; strategy development; change management; and corporate stewardship

Ability to perform mass & energy balance and process equipment sizing calculations and coordinate with other engineering disciplines including stress/structural, instrumentation & controls, and electrical

Understanding of local and regional jurisdictional codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions

Strong ability to read and interpret 2D and 3D CAD drawings

Experience and expertise with the design of conveyance projects in urbanized, congested areas

Experience with the design of water, sewer, and drainage infrastructure 24-inches in diameter and larger

Preferred

Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus

Understanding of construction methods, such as open-cut and trenchless (microtunneling, jack and bore, etc.) for sewer and water infrastructure, is considered an asset

Understanding of water and storm and sanitary sewer rehabilitation, is considered an asset