Senior Project Manager/ Technical Lead, Conveyance

Job Description

Senior Project Manager/ Technical Lead, Conveyance

Join to apply for the Senior Project Manager/ Technical Lead, Conveyance role at Stantec. Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. 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.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Senior Project Manager/ Technical Lead, Conveyance to join our Water team. The role will be based in Toronto or Stoney Creek (hybrid).

This position leads and develops designs for technically challenging storm, sanitary and watermain conveyance projects across the Toronto, GTA and Windsor regions. You will work as a technical lead alongside a Project Manager and supporting team, guiding municipal conveyance designs on a broad variety of projects—from small diameter sewers and watermains to large box‑culverts with complex utilities. The role offers opportunity to mentor developing professionals.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Perform civil conveyance design for watermain, storm, and sanitary sewer projects from preliminary design to detailed design, tendering and construction inspection, while minimizing environmental and permitting impacts.


• Prepare and guide engineering calculations, design drawings, technical specifications, and construction documents.


• Develop proposals and technical reports as the technical lead of the project team.


• Manage project deliverables and schedules in partnership with the project manager.


• Undertake quality assurance and quality control of engineering drawings and reports.


• Provide guidance on coordination with construction activities, including input and clarification of the design during construction.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong capability of developing municipal conveyance designs for water and wastewater infrastructure from conceptual level to detailed design and construction.


• Ability to work in a flexible office environment, including remote work from home.


• Strong ability to read and interpret 2D and 3D CAD drawings, as well as geotechnical reports for construction risk and supports.


• Thorough understanding of construction methods (open‑cut, trenchless including microtunneling, jack and bore) for sewer and water infrastructure.


• Understanding of storm and sanitary sewer rehabilitation, such as relining, is considered an asset.


• Demonstrates strong understanding of conveyance system construction elements to select construction methods and define work area limits.


• Guides junior and intermediate designers and supporting team members to develop skills and deliver collective project outcomes, being recognized as a technical leader.


• Collaborates in a project team setting and engages in creative and critical thought.


• Completes tasks to meet project budget and schedule.


• Demonstrates creativity, foresight, and engineering judgment in anticipating and solving problems.


• Strong engineering concepts understanding and ability to communicate ideas to others.


• Project management experience (budgeting, scheduling, coordination between stakeholders) is an asset.


• Effectively communicates project issues with the project manager, team, and clients during execution.


• Strong presentation, technical, and communication skills.


• Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite is required; proficiency in engineering applications such as AutoCAD and MicroStation is an asset.


• Implements industry standards and manuals, including client and regulatory agency requirements; knowledge of City of Toronto Sewer and Watermain Design Criteria and Specifications is an asset.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Environmental or Civil Engineering from an accredited university.


• Professional Engineer or Certified Engineering Technologist registered in Ontario.


• Minimum of 15 years of municipal conveyance design experience, including related co‑op or internship work.

Typical office environment: working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements, including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee. Other duties may be assigned or changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. At Stantec, we live our corporate values every day.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. The final compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. 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, 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 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. These benefits may not apply to union positions.

Primary Location: Canada | ON | Toronto

Organization: BC‑1656 Water‑CA Ontario West

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 16/12/2025 08:12:12

Req ID: REQ25000299