Sr Operations Program Manager Jobs in Idaho (NOW HIRING)

Communities everywhere need clean water, and the challenges to deliver it are growing more complex. At Stantec, our water professionals collaborate to create innovative solutions guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Join us to deliver transformational projects that benefit future generations and help communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

We are seeking a Senior Treatment Plant Operation Management Professional who is passionate about wastewater treatment and optimizing plant performance and advancing the future of water.

You will play a key role in process design optimization, startup and commissioning, plant optimization, piloting efforts, and short-term operations leadership. You will serve as a subject matter expert, collaborating with project teams and plant staff to deliver high-quality results. In addition, you will support business development by partnering with local leads to visit plant sites, engage with staff, and identify new opportunities.

• Lead process design optimization and provide technical expertise for wastewater treatment projects.
• Support startup and commissioning activities, ensuring smooth transitions from construction to operation.
• Drive plant optimization and piloting efforts to enhance efficiency and performance.
• Serve as a short-term operations lead, guiding teams and supporting plant operations as needed.
• Collaborate with local leads to visit plant sites, meet with plant staff, and identify business development opportunities.
• Evaluate plant operational data to evaluate treatment performance to assist in troubleshooting performance challenges or optimizing plant operations and SCADA control.
• Identify recommended sampling and analysis to maintain compliance and performance.
• Inspect equipment, coordinate maintenance, and ensure safe, reliable operations.
• Maintain accurate records / documentation and contribute to internal and client reporting.
• Provide mentorship and foster positive relationships with team members, plant staff, and clients.
• Provide early and conceptual planning and design input for process and operations considerations.
• Provide input into operations and maintenance complexity and levels of staffing for various opportunities and design efforts.
• Lead or support development of standard operating procedures and operations and maintenance manuals for treatment facilities.
• Coordinate and provide condition assessment for various levels of planning or asset management efforts.

• Significant experience in treatment plant operations, with increasing responsibility and diversity of experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of process optimization, startup, commissioning, and plant operations.
• Experience with SCADA systems and laboratory analysis.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to travel to plant sites throughout the region.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Relevant certifications in water or wastewater treatment operations preferred.
• High school diploma or equivalent required; additional technical training or certifications are an asset.
• Experience with demonstration trials for new and innovative technologies.

You will join a team of passionate professionals committed to making a difference in water management. At Stantec, you will have the opportunity to collaborate, grow, and contribute to projects that matter to communities and the environment.

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

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 | ID | Boise
Organization: BC-2002 Water-US Northwest
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 27/07/2026 02:07:55
Req ID: 1006930

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