Stantec · 3 days ago
Senior Principal Civil Engineer - Hydropower and Dams
Stantec is at the forefront of some of the world's most ambitious and innovative dams and hydro projects. They are seeking an experienced Senior Principal Civil Engineer to design and develop cutting-edge dams, hydropower, and pumped storage hydro solutions.
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Responsibilities
Collaborate with project managers, technical leaders, design engineers, and clients to achieve positive project outcomes
Engage in traditional advisory roles, Owner’s Engineer duties, client-facing concept design, contractor-facing detailed design, remediation, troubleshooting, installation support, and Lender’s Engineer/insurance/due diligence support
Qualification
Required
Senior Principal Civil Engineer with Hydropower or Pumped Storage experience
Chartered or Incorporated with the ICE or working towards this
Experience in the civil design of at least one of the following: Dams (or dam components), Hydro and/or pumped storage hydro schemes, Design and assessment of complex hydraulic structures (channels, culverts, bridges, spillways, stilling basin)
Significant civil engineering experience and skills in the dams and hydro sector
Experience in producing technical specifications, designs, and reports
Integrating closely with associated disciplines including structures, geotechnical and M&E
Experience in preparing designs for both end user clients and D&B contractors
Comfortable working within a full 3D environment using appropriate tools to sketch and review models and within a common data environment
Embodies and supports values of client focus, designing with community in mind, collaboration and service excellence
Preferred
Aligned water and energy sector experience, such as the design of hydraulic structures
Benefits
Competitive salary
Pension plan
Holidays
Free private medical insurance
Discounted gym membership
Company
Stantec
Stantec is a professional services company that provides engineering, architecture, design, and consulting services.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$809.3M2025-05-30Post Ipo Debt· $309.3M
2023-11-20Post Ipo Equity· $250M
2023-06-20Post Ipo Debt· $250M
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