Senior Civil Engineer, Water

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

The role of the Senior Civil Engineer is to work on complex and exciting projects both independently and as a team member. In this position you could work as a technical engineer, project technical lead, project manager or a combination of roles to guide the projects to successful outcomes for the communities we work with. As a senior engineer, people leadership skills are important to work on multi-discipline teams and to mentor younger staff both technically and professionally.

The Stantec Water group provides services to both private and public sector clients.  While you will be focusing on work in the region listed above, the successful candidate will also have opportunities to collaborate with our other teams across North America and support their project needs as opportunities arise.  Recent project work from our local Water team includes the Golden Ears Pump Station, Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Program Management and Parkinson Recreation Center Redevelopment.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible to oversee small and large projects of high complexity, performing technical design tasks, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to other team members.


• Provides technical leadership for civil related projects and may serves as Engineer-of-Record on several projects.


• Perform Project Management and/or Project Technical Lead duties on projects with managing project teams and financial performance of project budgets.


• Perform client account management and development duties to grow the business. Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects. Support marketing and business development professionals in positioning for potential projects, assisting/writing proposals, participating in client interviews and supporting negotiations for project contracts in British Columbia.


• Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.


• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Efficient project management and project technical lead duties on multiple concurrent projects.
• Understand client expectations, budgeting, proposal writing, and producing high quality deliverables.
• Technical expert in many relevant areas of design and understanding of various design and construction methods, codes and standards.
• Strong knowledge of civil systems, means and methods, materials, and industry standards. Thorough understanding of Metro Vancouver design standards is preferred.
• Ability to lead one or more teams through all phases of the project, checking accuracy, quality and completeness.
• Strong communication, presentation and interview skills.
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite of services
• General understanding of software as well as relevant discipline software programs (AutoCAD, Civil3D, PCSWMM, StormCAD, WaterCAD, REVIT, others) is a plus, but not required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of British Columbia (or able to obtain EGBC registration).
• Minimum of 15 years of experience.

Typical office environment working with computers and working at a desk for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. In office a minimum of 2 days per week.