Project Technical Lead/Design Manager - Water/Wastewater

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada; Hybrid

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a talented Project Technical Leader – Water/Wastewater who wants to be part of a purpose driven organization dedicated to helping our clients, colleagues, and communities thrive. Our people are Stantec’s greatest asset. By joining our team, you’ll leverage your experience in water/wastewater treatment infrastructure within a culture that values inclusion, celebrates shared success, and encourages professional ambition.

Stantec is a global leader in the water industry, delivering thousands of projects that advance treatment performance, resilience, and sustainability. Our mission is to develop high impact water treatment solutions that protect public health and the environment. We’re continuously exploring what’s next—incorporating emerging technologies, innovative process design, and resource efficient approaches to address today’s most complex treatment challenges.

If you want to work with great clients, tackle meaningful projects, and collaborate with some of the industry’s most influential changemakers, we’d love to hear from you.

We value a hybrid work environment that blends in-person collaboration with remote flexibility. As a technical mentor, you can expect to be in the office an average of two to three days per week.

Your Key Responsibilities

DO: Project Delivery

• Serve as Project Technical Lead for water infrastructure projects with responsibility for providing project oversight and leadership
• Provide technical management and leadership for projects in the Eastern region and projects across North America, performing a variety of tasks to plan, execute and deliver the completed project
• Plan, organize, and manage the production of project deliverables for on time delivery, technical quality and within budget
• Perform design for water and/or wastewater treatment projects from preliminary design to detailed design, bidding and construction inspection, with consideration for mitigating impacts and constraints due to environmental and permitting requirements.
• Preparation and guidance of engineering calculations, design drawings, technical specifications, and construction documents.
• Preparation of technical reports as technical lead of the project team.
• Prepare, and/or lead the team in preparing, technically substantiated recommendations to address project issues as they arise with clients, contractors, equipment suppliers/vendors, or reviewing agencies.
• Contribute to the development of proposals, and contribute to the development of winning strategies, to help secure new work for the team.
• Execute multiple concurrent projects efficiently
• Perform design calculations, write engineering reports, and select design criteria
• Conduct alternative analyses to support business case evaluations for project decisions
• Effectively apply industry standards as well as client standards and requirements
• Work with project teams to coordinate permits for projects, which may require meetings with clients, contractors, utility companies, and reviewing and permitting governmental agencies
• Support industry visibility and business development efforts by participating in conferences, committees, and technical knowledge sharing activities, as required and subject to annual budget approval, with engagement prioritized based on business strategy, market conditions, client alignment, and team capacity.

BUILD: Supervise and Mentor Young Professionals

• Mentor developing professionals to guide their career development objectives
• Review team’s work and provide technical guidance on design approach and challenges
• Perform on technically complex projects and act as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members
• Recognize when technical problems develop and initiate guidance for corrective actions
• Provide technical support to the Business Center Practice Leader to further the growth of Stantec’s business
• Conduct work in a safe manner and promote health and safety within the office and outside of the office while visiting clients and job sites

About Us

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.

About the Organization