Project Manager, Water

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.
 

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Chicago, Illinois Water Team has an opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Civil Engineer with project management and municipal experience, particularly in water infrastructure solutions. Our people are Stantec’s most valuable resource, and in joining our team you will be able to leverage your career experiences and expertise within a culture that values inclusion, celebrates shared success, and applauds ambition. 

If you’re a team player who desires a highly collaborative work environment, has excellent client and communication skills, and a strong background in design and construction engineering experience, then we are the right place for you. Our Project Managers have strong and proven leadership, management and business development skills to support growth, lead project teams, and mentor junior staff. 

You will be required to manage multiple projects simultaneously and will be responsible for collaborating with the local office and remote project teams and subcontractors, managing scope and deliverables, developing and managing project budgets, and performing internal and external project status reporting.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Working in a manner to protect the health and safety of Stantec employees, clients, and the public by following company health, safety, and security guidelines and policies.
• Execute project delivery and direct supervision over professional and technical staff.
• Execute internal, client, subcontractor, and public communications.
• Day-to-day management of multiple water and multi-disciplinary engineering projects in developing plan sets, specifications, budgets, and schedules to meet or exceed our clients’ expectations. This may include working with project team members from various office locations.
• Lead, coordinate, and delegate proposal, contract administration, and project management efforts.
• Collaboration with other company business lines, internal discipline groups and sub-consultants.
• Professional engineering design and project oversight including Quality Assurance and Quality Control.