Water Resources Engineer

2 weeks ago

St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Stantec Full time

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 Key Responsibilities:

Stantec is currently seeking a Water Resources Engineer to join our growing team in Atlantic Canada. This position offers an exciting blend of challenge and opportunity, with the flexibility to be based out of either our Dartmouth, NS or St. John's, NL office. As the successful candidate, you will use your technical abilities to lead and/or complete the surface water resources component(s) (stormwater, sanitary, and potable water) of a wide variety of projects in a dynamic design team setting. You will report directly to the Team Lead and will have both technical and business development responsibilities. Responsibilities include:  

  • Undertake detailed studies, modelling and design tasks on a wide variety of water resources projects, from planning and conceptual design through preliminary / detailed design, implementation, and operational support.     
  • Stormwater related projects may include master drainage plans, floodplain delineation, highway drainage design, erosion studies, drainage infrastructure design, and stormwater retrofit flood studies. 
  • Sanitary Sewer related projects may include master plans, servicing studies, and preliminary designs
  • Potable Water related projects may include master plans, servicing studies, and preliminary designs
  • Hydrologic / hydraulic modeling to support floodplain analysis and design of flood mitigation measures, assessment and design of culverts and storm sewer networks, design of low impact development practices, and preparation of drainage and stormwater management design briefs and master plans. 
  • Coordinate with senior water resources engineers, hydrologic / hydraulic modellers, and project leaders to ensure that project needs are met, and priorities are understood. 
  • Develop surface drainage and storm sewer hydrologic / hydraulic models to assess performance, investigate deficiencies and generate/evaluate feasible remedial solutions.
  • Undertake technical analysis, including developing new methods and techniques, to complete complex or unique water resources studies.
  • Mentorship of junior technical staff and review of work to ensure high degree of accuracy.
  • Undertake field investigations in support of drainage infrastructure assessments and designs.
  • Prepare technical memos and reports, proposals, and other documentation for clients, review agencies, and the public.
  • Communicate results / interpretations via technical reporting and presentations.

This position includes exposure to a variety of projects and sectors, so experience with different sectors and clients would be considered an asset. Career growth opportunities stemming from the position include the potential for a leadership role locally and/or corporately.


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) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, 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 time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

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