About this role
Stantec’s Water team in Australia has an impressive portfolio of successful major projects and programs that are already positively impacting our communities across the country. We know that finding solutions to our water issues is critical, and so our diverse network of 400+ water specialists in Australia collaborate across business lines and geographies to ensure the best outcomes are achieved. With exciting projects in the pipeline, we are looking to expand our teams and seek the change-makers, innovators, leaders and collaborators to join us. How will you impact Australia’s water solutions? Grow with us, H2O+U.
Our Water group has secured multiple long-term contracts and significant career defining major projects with key water authority clients across Australia and locally in South-East Queensland. This has created a great opportunity for an experienced Delivery Manager (Project Management) with a passion for delivering water infrastructure solutions to join our Water Group based in our Brisbane or Gold Coast offices.
The Project Delivery team delivers a wide variety of projects from feasibility stage through to concept and detailed design and construction support.
As a Delivery Manager (Project Management) you will actively contribute to the growth of our Queensland Water Group, along with providing your expertise to:
- Successfully deliver complex projects, working within high performing interdisciplinary teams and contributing to the financial success of a business.
- Contribute to decision making and challenge how our projects are being delivered.
- Work closely with our senior team of experienced engineers, project technical leads, design managers and other project managers to continue our excellent project delivery track record.
- Assist in the preparation of bids and proposals.
- Develop strong working relationships with clients by delivering valuable business solutions and understanding the client’s business.
Contribute to a positive team culture and support the development of junior staff.
To be successful for this role you'll need:
- Tertiary Qualifications in Engineering (or associated disciplines).
- Project Management qualifications/certifications preferred (e.g. Project Management Professional) or working towards the attainment of a recognised qualification / certification.
- Consultancy experience is a necessary requirement for this role, with Water industry experience being highly regarded
- Demonstrated delivery capability and track record
- Demonstrated project team leadership skills
- Solid technical understanding of water infrastructure preferred, including some or all of the following:
- Water and sewerage networks.
- Water and wastewater treatment plants.
- Water resources projects.
- Dams and pumped hydro infrastructure.
- General civil heavy infrastructure
- Water and sewerage networks.
- Excellent organisation and time management skills, with a high level of financial competency.
- Strong ability to prioritise tasks and multi-task to ensure deadlines are achieved.
- Proven ability to build and manage relationships with clients to meet their objectives.
- Ideally experience in leading multidisciplinary teams in a consulting environment
Stantec offerings:
Along with a competitive salary and vibrant culture, we offer many other benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing is ongoing.
- Genuine Flexible Working Arrangements – Including work from home opportunities, provision for school term contracts, job sharing and part time employment
- Learning and Talent Development Programs - Including Global programs, online learning and on-the-job learning
- Option to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave.
- Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others
- Professional Memberships
- Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI)
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs
- Service Recognition Awards
- Employee Assistance Program
About us:
The Stantec community unites approximately 30,000 employees working in over 450+ locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy, resources, water, environmental, transport and infrastructure projects to life. Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.
How to apply:
If you meet the above requirements, please submit your most recent CV outlining your relevant experience by following the below link.
To discuss this opportunity further, please apply directly online.
No Agency CV’s will be accepted.
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering.
- Project Management qualifications/certifications (e.g. Project Management Professional) or working towards the attainment of a recognised qualification / certification.
Other facts
About Stantec
Stantec provides professional design and consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, and project management. At Stantec, we offer integrated service delivery. We are one of the few industry leaders that can offer professional services throughout the entire infrastructure and facility life cycle: plan, design, build, monitor, assess, restore, and decommission. Continually striving to balance economic, environmental, and social responsibilities, we are recognized as a world-class leader and innovator in the delivery of sustainable solutions. Stantec supports the delivery of a continuous learning program focused on the principles of sustainable design, for the benefit of personnel, clients, and our community, following through on our goal to make our world a better place. A commitment to continuous learning and the understanding of sustainable design practices is key to Stantec's promise of environmental, social and economic sustainability. Stantec is registered with, and carries out projects funded by all the major International Funding Institutions. Projects are also carried out for private sector clients including utility and large multi-national companies. In 1954, Dr. Don Stanley, an environmental engineer, founded Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd. in Western Canada. Sixty years later, Stantec Consulting Ltd. has grown to encompass over 200 offices in North America and worldwide. The Stantec team of over 15,000 employees has completed more than 60,000 projects for over 6,000 clients in over 100 countries around the world. Our staff have successfully completed projects on six continents from Australia to Zambia for public and private sector clients. Stantec began working internationally in 1967 on a sewerage system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has continued to do so for last 45 years. Stantec Consulting International Ltd. (SCIL) provides the specialized professional consulting services of Stantec to international funding agencies and clients in the government, institutional, industrial and commercial sectors. Corporate headquarters are located in the Stantec Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Additional international offices are located in Barbados; Puerto Rico; Qatar; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates; the United Kingdom; and India. Project offices are located around the world specific to on-going projects.
What you'll do
- As a Delivery Manager, you will successfully deliver complex projects and contribute to decision-making processes. You will work closely with senior engineers and project managers to maintain an excellent project delivery track record.
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