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Your Opportunity
Stantec is looking for an outgoing water professional to lead a team delivering planning and due diligence work for data center projects throughout the United States. The role will focus on water aspects of planning and due diligence reviews including potable/drinking water supply, wastewater disposal, and stormwater management. You will be client facing and lead both marketing/pursuit efforts as well as technical project delivery. The role will work closely with the larger Stantec team delivering multi-disciplined due diligence reviews for data center projects.
Being part of the Water team, you will work with Stantec's industry leading Water professionals which includes over 4,000 Water staff in North America.
Your Key Responsibilities
The candidate will lead and support projects related to due diligence reviews for data centers. The role will be client facing and is expected to build client relationships.
Responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with other Stantec team members to develop project proposals and deliver technical work.
• Leading multi-discipline teams to deliver due diligence reviews. Engage internally throughout the organization with staff in multiple geographies, experience levels, and background/expertise.
• Periodic travel to meet with project stakeholders at potential project locations. Expect approximately 10-30% of time for travel.
• Work with the project team to implement standard operating procedures and project tools to ensure consistent delivery of due diligence projects.
• Developing and managing the approved scope, budget, invoicing, and schedule on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Identifying appropriate resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives.
• Embracing Stantec's internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, quality management, and modeling discipline protocols.
• Maintaining and enhancing our relationship with clients, approval agencies, and industry professionals by providing exceptional service.
• Provide mentoring and training for future leaders to support their career growth, including supervising junior staff.
• Promoting collaboration and teamwork across engineering disciplines, business lines, and geographies.
• Perform other duties as needed.
• Proven project management and technical skills applicable to municipal water infrastructure projects.
• Experienced in organizing, planning, and executing water infrastructure projects.
• Ability to make sound defensible business decisions, and identify, assess, evaluate, and solve complex problems.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate technical information internally and externally in clear, concise manner.
• Experience with client management and building client relationships.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in supervising, teaching, and mentoring other staff.

Education and Experience

• Education: Minimum Bachelor's degree in a scientific or engineering related technical discipline.
• Experience: Minimum 12 years relevant professional experience, with at least 5 years of experience managing and/or coordinating projects.
• Licenses/Certifications: Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred, but not required.

Overqualified? Underqualified? We have multiple openings - we welcome your application.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements
Primary Location: United States | MN | Minneapolis
Other Locations: United States
Organization: BC-1734 Water-US North Central
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 21/07/2026 06:07:35
Req ID: 1006859
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