About this role
About the role
In this role you will be responsible for building and maintaining strong client relationships and developing business opportunities to grow the group, as well as providing team leadership, project prioritisation and technical expertise to ensure successful project outcomes. You will also be responsible for ensuring projects meet both the client and Stantec expectations.
You will ensure your teams are fully utilised on projects and will work with the Project Managers and Business leaders to resource projects accordingly.
The Group Leader position is a function, in addition to technical/ project contribution role as Senior Principal Engineer.
Day to day tasks would involve:
People Leadership
- Responsible for the team’s talent management lifecycle including but not limited to; recruitment suggestions, career training and development, employee engagement, succession planning, coaching and mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development.
- Foster a success-oriented environment within the teams by displaying collaborative behaviours and exerting measured and balanced influence.
Technical Expertise and Project Execution
- Responsible for design of complex projects, requiring specialized knowledge, including technical preparation and coordination of the design, specifications, technical documentation etc. to ensure compliance with project requirements.
- Collaborate with stakeholders in client project requirement meetings, coordination meetings with internal and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors in preparation and coordination of project specifications.
Business Development and Client Relationship Management
- Initiate and manage business development opportunities, actively participate in and lead client service through establishing and maintaining strong relationships.
- Lead and/or review proposals for pricing, approach and methodology, variation estimates and submission documents, and review and evaluate subconsultant tender response submissions to ensure they are suitable.
Operational and Performance Management
- Ensure optimal team utilization through effective forecasting, workload management, and delegation of tasks.
To be successful for this role you'll need:
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a demonstrated 15 years' experience in the delivery of multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects
- Charted Professional Engineer (CPEng)
- Strong working knowledge of Australian codes and standards, regulatory requirements, guidelines, current trends and legislation to deliver innovative and practical solutions.
- Demonstrated leadership experience and an ability to drive a high performing team.
- Strong commercial acumen to align performance with overall goals and achieve profitability in an efficient and cost-effective way.
- An ability to influence and negotiate through effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Highly developed client relations and stakeholder management skills
What we offer
Along with a competitive salary 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.
- Option to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave.
- Learning and Talent Development Programs - Including Global programmes, online learning and on-the-job learning
- Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others
- A friendly team environment, with dedicated and enthusiastic staff committed to producing high quality service and deliverables
- Professional Memberships
- Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI)
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs
- Service Recognition Awards
- Employee Assistance Program
About Stantec
The Stantec community unites over 31,000 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.
Culture
Stantec is serious about healthy work-life balance, diversity, inclusion & equity, indigenous relations, innovation, community engagement, corporate sustainability, and social wellbeing. We have employee groups for women, LGBTQI+, neurodiversity, and more! Our employees play sport, fundraise, volunteer, learn, and have fun together.
How to apply
If this position is of interest, submit your application online.
Please note that no agency applications will be accepted at this time.
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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
- The Group Leader is responsible for building client relationships, developing business opportunities, and providing team leadership to ensure successful project outcomes. They will also oversee project execution and ensure compliance with client and company expectations.
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