Senior Water Resource Team Leader

Description

• Provide supervisory management to team leads and support their teams, including providing opportunities for staff engagement, identifying growth/development needs, and recruiting new hires.
• Provide guidance and support to direct reports with the development of priorities for them and their teams. Example performance goals include safety, utilization, sales, project delivery, and more. Example career development goals include technical advancement, project management, increased exposure and experience to different aspects of our business that align with the team member’s career aspirations and business needs, etc.
• Meet regularly with your team leads to review and address current and forecasted workload, utilization, sales/BD, hiring needs, and other areas important to the performance of the team.
• Assist leadership with identifying needs and implementing training and staff development initiatives. Support career development for your individual team members.
• Lead the midyear and annual performance review process for direct reports and complete pursuant to Stantec policy. Support and guide team leads through the process for their direct reports.
• Work with your team leads to address personnel or project issues as they arise and facilitate engagement with regional leadership and HR as appropriate.
• Assist with forecasting and achievement of key financial targets (e.g., individual and overall team utilization), including reviewing and approving timecards and expense reports.
• Coordinate appropriate level of support for hard backlog and business development opportunities with other business developers. Where applicable, support members of the team in achieving their sales/marketing & business development /client relationship development goals, as appropriate to their roles.
• Lead and mentor a team of water resources professionals.
• Collaborate with technical leads on the team’s technical advancement, quality processes, project delivery, and project management.
• Assist leadership with staff onboarding, integration and collaboration between disciplines, sectors and regions.
• Coordinate with team leads on staff workload, availability, and resourcing and facilitate communication, collaboration and work sharing across teams. Support team leads in achieving their teams’ utilization and project delivery goals. Facilitate communication with other teams, business centers, regions, and business operating units where appropriate to assist in meeting utilization goals and other KPIs.
• Leading by example, promote Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) SaferTogether culture, and implementation of and compliance with HSSE policy.
• Set, manage, and monitor performance and career development goals.
• Travel to project sites and other offices as required and approved.
• Contribute to technical project work within your area of expertise (e.g., project delivery, business development, project management).

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability and desire to work with, and contribute to, a larger team.
• Minimum 10 years of proven staff/leadership experience.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, mentoring, and leadership skills.
• Strong problem solving, organization, and coordination skills.
• Minimum 10 years of experience working in water resources engineering, science, or planning.
• Working from a Stantec office at least 3 days per week to promote inperson interactions, mentorship, collaboration, and innovation is preferred.
• Strong people leadership and management capabilities.
• A degree or diploma in a discipline related to water resources (e.g. engineering, environmental science, environmental policy, etc.)

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance