Senior Integrated Water Management Specialist

Description

• Mentor and coach developing professionals to guide their career development objectives.
• Coordinate with Stantec leadership and client contacts routinely to explore future opportunities, budget planning, and staff resourcing needs.
• Remain current on policies and regulations and establish working relationships with clients and officials.
• Provide leadership for projects in the Pacific Region and West as well as projects in other parts of the US and world, performing a variety of tasks to plan, execute and deliver water resources planning and management services.
• Serve as Project Lead and provide project leadership for water resources planning and management assessments of multiobjective water resources projects and policies involving agricultural, municipal and industrial, and environmental water uses, hydropower, flood risk management, and other purposes.
• Support the business in decision making such as overall strategic direction, goal setting, identifying clients, market challenges and opportunities.
• Develop and deploy innovative solutions to address regulatory drivers, aging infrastructure, cost efficiency and other market drivers.and paste JD details here"
• Grow Stantec’s interdisciplinary water resources planning and management business in the Pacific Region and throughout the western US with a focus on multipurpose water management systems.
• Help further develop and grow a team of high performers through project assignments, exposure to different levels of responsibility, interaction with clients and stakeholders, and guidance on their participation in professional organizations and events.
• In partnership with colleagues, track performance of projects, from client and Stantec perspectives. This includes cost, schedule, and quality performance requirements.
• Prepare proposals, provide strategic insight and lead technical aspects of marketing efforts.
• Identify trends and leverage your knowledge of the water industry, water market and clients to guide pursuit strategies with federal, state, regional and private clients.
• Effectively lead, challenge, and inspire staff to work together by being a visible leader within our water resources planning and management business and being accessible to staff.
• Engage our clients in meaningful discussions about their most critical issues and translate those discussions into opportunities to deliver solutions.
• Manage key client relationships and target key clients and pursuits including large water resources programs and strategically important emerging opportunities.
• Apply your knowledge of, and experience in Western water policy, infrastructure planning, design, and construction to principles and practices for water resources planning, engineering/design, and management projects.
• Collaborate with Stantec’s Office of Growth/Innovation to support global knowledge sharing groups that foster and grow innovative ideas to address water resource management challenges.
• Enhance Stantec’s brand presence and reputation in the industry through active participation in national professional associations/committees.

Requirements

• Skilled leader and collaborative team player capable of building relationships both internally and externally.
• Skilled at inspiring, motivating and holding teams accountable for delivery of innovative water resource management solutions.
• Proven subject expertise; 20 or more years of experience, including supervisory, management or fiscal responsibilities.
• Skilled at building consensus and cooperation with staff and clients at all experience levels.
• Experience and expertise with policy, technical analysis, and integration of diverse expertise to support water resource planning and management projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for working in diverse team environments with staff, clients, and stakeholders.
• Recognized industry leadership in interdisciplinary planning of multipurpose water resources projects.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in related field; master’s or doctorate degree in related field preferred
• Skilled communicator in both oral and written communications.
• Experience in managing staff, prioritizing activities, and assigning tasks to meet project targets, budgets, and deliverables.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance