Senior Geotechnical Engineer

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Your Opportunity

Stantec's Geotechnical practice has an immediate opportunity for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer. As a geotechnical professional, you will provide comprehensive geotechnical services to Stantec clients with a focus on Project Leadership, Business Development, Staff Mentorship, and Collaboration with other Stantec Senior Leaders.

Does working with clients on great projects with a talented team of professionals while driving top line appeal to you? The role of a Senior Geotechnical Engineer is the “seller/doer” responsible for leading the pursuit and delivery teams on both small and large projects, while mentoring staff, providing technical guidance, and supporting business development efforts. You will leverage your technical skills, industry and market knowledge, and client and partner relationships to pursue and win work that transforms our business and inspires our people to provide a quality design product to our clients while building a culturally strong and high performing business.

Your Key Responsibilities

Maintaining and enhancing our reputation with clients, approval agencies, and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider.

Growing internal and external networks to enhance Stantec’s reputation and identifying additional talent to join our team.

Assists Project Technical Leads and Project Managers in establishing project objectives, procedures, and performance standards, and leading multi-disciplinary teams on proposals, planning studies, feasibility through final designs, and construction services for geotechnical engineering projects.

Manage and lead other team members which could be local or regional, while working on other projects, complete tasks, and delegate specific project tasks to other team members as appropriate.

Conduct and/or review analyses, develop engineering calculation packages, and perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned and under the direction of a Project Technical Lead or Project Manager.

Providing mentoring and training for junior staff.

Developing client relationships to facilitate project activities.

Promoting collaboration and teamwork across business lines and geographies.

Serving as Engineer-of-Record on projects.

Leading project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, subcontractors, and vendors.

Engaging in professional organizations that align with expertise, authoring technical papers, and delivering technical presentations for conference and symposia events.

Assists in providing support services during construction that can include submittal reviews, responses to requests for information, and contract document clarifications.

Assist in the development of new standards and specifications for the work elements designed by your discipline group and interact with other Stantec teams to complete the design package for various sized projects across North America.