Senior Water Resources Project Manager

Job description

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 Water Resources sector is seeking a highly motivated Senior Water Resources Infrastructure Leader to join our rapidly growing team in Texas and help deliver and win projects in a multi-disciplinary team environment for dams, levees, floodwalls, and other major water infrastructure.

Stantec’s Dams and Levees practice pursues and executes flood control, water supply, hydropower, mining, and navigation projects of varying size and complexity across North America and throughout the world.

This is a senior-level position that will use their industry knowledge, client relationships and technical expertise to assist in setting the vision and strategic direction of our Dam and Levee practice in Texas and will also be connected to Stantec’s experts around the nation.

This position can sit in any one of our Texas office locations – Austin, Plano, Houston or San Antonio.

The Senior Water Resources Infrastructure Leader is a doer-seller role involving identifying, developing, pursuing and winning opportunities with new and existing clients to grow our business, as well as leadership in the execution and delivery of technically complex dam and levee infrastructure projects from concept through construction.

The successful candidate will be someone with strong leadership and communication skills, market knowledge, successful history of client relations and business acumen.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Work 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.
- Provide project management, leadership, and delivery oversight for on-going dam and levee projects throughout the US, with a focus on Texas.
- Contribute to the development of a national business strategy for dams and levees with a focus on Texas.

Support setting the vision and direction of the Dam and Levee practice.
- Leading and implementing business development strategies for key clients and strategic dam and levee pursuits.
- Sustain and grow revenue within the Dams and Levees practice to achieve top line growth.
- Develop long-lasting partnerships with our clients and understand our client's needs to facilitate full-service offerings.
- Develop an annual business plan and account management plans for key clients and maintain accountability to the execution of strategic initiatives.
- Prepare scopes of work, cost and project estimates, job budgets, and schedules for dams and levees projects.

Plan, schedule, conduct or coordinate detailed phases of dam and levee engineering work.
- Maintain and enhance our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider.
- Maintain consistently high standards of delivery, quality, flexibility, and innovation.
- Leadership and involvement in related professional societies, including preparation and presentation of papers at professional society conferences and seminars.
- Coordinate with Stantec leadership and client contacts routinely to explore future opportunities, budget planning, and staff resourcing needs.
- Talent recruitment and development.
- Ability to travel as needed to fill role responsibilities.
- Other duties or responsibilities as assigned.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Market knowledge and successful project delivery experience in Texas and demonstrated understanding of dam and levee infrastructure projects.
- Strong business development skills with an entrepreneurial orientation, including experience developing and maintaining productive relationships with clients.
- Demonstrated business development success in responding to Requests for Qualifications, Requests for Proposals and Statements of Qualifications for dam and levee projects.
- Strong leadership, team building, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex dam and levee infrastructure projects with an emphasis on technical and project delivery excellence.
- Familiarity with state and federal dam and levee guidance and regulations, such as TCEQ dam safety guidelines, USACE design standards (Engineering Manuals), US Bureau of Reclamation manuals, FERC guidelines, etc.
- Passion for dam and levee related projects.
- Demonstrated experience with preparation of dams and levees design plans and specifications for bidding and construction purposes.
- Ability to solve complex problems using sound professional judgment, creativity, and innovation.
- Ability to check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule.
- Ability to lead project teams, engage in creative and critical thought, and effectively communicate ideas, design issues and solutions to others.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to conduct effective client and agency presentations and written technical report preparation, as well as effective skills working in diverse team environments with staff, clients, and stakeholders.
- Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Project).
Education and Experience
- Minimum Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering with at least 15 years of professional experience in complex dam and levee projects and other related areas; Master’s Degree a plus.
- Licensed Professional Engineer required.

Existing Texas PE or ability to obtain a Texas PE within six months of hire required, with ability to obtain reciprocity in multiple states.
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.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us.

Join us and redefine your personal best.

**Pay Transparency:** 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.

**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 | TX | Austin
**Organization:** BC-1773 Water-US Gulf
**Employee Status:** Regular
**Travel:** No
**Schedule:** Full time
**Job Posting:** 16/06/2025 07:06:09
**Req ID:** REQ2500024N
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