Senior Water Resources Project Manager
Stantec · Denver
Your OpportunityStantec is seeking a Senior Water Resources Project Manager to help grow and deliver our Colorado water resources practice from our Denver office. This is an opportunity to play a meaningful role in the continued growth of Stantec's Mountain West Water Resources sector by helping shape project delivery, mentor future leaders, strengthen client relationships, and grow our technical capabilities.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on, client-facing leader who can manage complex water resources work from planning through detailed design and into construction. Work may include stormwater and flood control infrastructure, watershed and master planning studies, drainage improvements, resiliency projects, dam and reservoir-related infrastructure, conveyance systems, and other water resources projects supporting communities throughout Colorado. This person will bring strong technical judgment, practical field awareness, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams while mentoring the next generation of engineers and project managers.
This is a role for someone who enjoys pursuing work in a dynamic market and executing work with a team of technical resources for studies, final design documents, and construction-phase services while developing trusted relationships with Colorado clients, agencies, and teaming partners.
Your Key Responsibilities- Lead and deliver water resources projects and programs across Colorado from planning and preliminary engineering through detailed design, permitting, and construction support.
- Serve as Project Manager responsible for scope, budget, schedule, risk management, quality, and client satisfaction.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with Colorado water resources clients, regulatory agencies, and project stakeholders.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate technical resources to successfully deliver complex projects.
- Provide technical leadership and oversight for planning studies, engineering analyses, design development, and construction-phase services.
- Support business development activities including strategic pursuits, proposals, interviews, and development of new client relationships.
- Mentor engineers and project managers for the development of technical and project delivery capabilities across the Colorado practice, whiles supporting adjacent regional objectives.
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.