North American Sector Leader - Wastewater - ( 240002I8 )

Description

Many of the world’s top engineers and scientists come together in our Water business because they view a community’s interaction with water a bit differently—as a single holistic system, rather than unconnected networks divided by jurisdictional boundaries. Working throughout the hydrologic cycle, we are delivering sustainable solutions to make sure water is where it should be and available when needed. Every day, we help communities improve, reuse, and protect this precious resource for future generations. By 2025 we’re hiring 2,000 people (like you) to join our team. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

The Sector Leader (SL) is a key part of Water’s business leadership and oversees the development and growth of our North American technical practice in a key area of service to the water industry. Our SLs lead their fields and guide our work with technical rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for solving the world’s greatest water challenges. In this leadership role, you can apply your technical passion, work with and develop top talent in North America and beyond, and lend your voice to our collaborative leadership culture.

SLs leverage their knowledge of industry drivers and market trends, technology, clients and partner relationships to define business strategies; identify key market opportunities; develop our industry brand presence; create technical differentiators for our pursuits; advance our sector specific skill set; recruit, retain, and develop our technical practice; and win and execute work that transforms our business and inspires our people. SLs lead a community of practice that fosters knowledge transfer and engages subject matter experts in pursuits and projects, while cultivating growth and development of up-and-coming experts, encouraging innovation, and providing technical leadership in the sector. The SL supports clients and key accounts on the North American and global scales. The SL reports to the Water Growth Business Leader and regularly collaborates with regional and local leaders and key account managers to grow the capability and capacity of their sector across North America. The SL is also responsible for elevating Stantec's brand and thought leadership in the industry by participating in marque professional conferences, publishing technical papers, conducting webinars and podcasts, cultivating partnerships with academia, and acting as an ambassador for Stantec.

The SL can be located at any of our locations across North America.

Primary Focus Areas

Strategy – Maintain knowledge of sector-related industry drivers, trends, regulations, and technologies across North America and globally. Use understanding of market position, drivers, and trends to identify and prioritize key clients, projects, geographies, and strategic hiring needs within the sector.

Community of Practice – Lead and develop a community of practice that shares knowledge and leverages subject matter experts and thought leadership to position, win, deliver, and innovate in the sector. Attract and recruit top talent to Stantec, and proactively develop our team within the sector through mentorship, coaching and career development.

Positioning and Pursuit – Develop relationships and interface with key clients. Collaborate with regional growth leaders and account managers to connect internal resources (subject matter experts and project technical leads) to strategic pursuits to optimize our technical approach, develop a differentiating position, increase client awareness of our brand, and improve our win rate. Collaborate with regional business development staff to identify new opportunities related to strategic sector growth initiatives, based on industry trends and regulatory developments.

Delivering Excellence : Recruit and retain a distributed team of sector professionals, at multiple levels and with exceptional technical skills, across all geographies. Connect the sector with project delivery experts across applicable disciplines to plan and deliver high quality, innovative solutions. Support the development of digital delivery tools, innovative approaches, and technologies.

Branding : Develop branding strategies and plans to promote Stantec and the sector in the industry. Provide thought leadership and take on leadership roles in national and international professional trade organizations. Manage effective conference participation within the sector, within North America and abroad, to maximize the elevation of Stantec’s brand and thought leadership.

Qualifications

Key qualifications and experience typical of the SL role include the following:

• Ability to lead and inspire teams with a strong commitment to meeting goals and upholding Stantec’s values and policies.

• Experienced and visible industry leader in delivering complex wastewater projects who is knowledgeable of sector technical strategies. Technical proficiency recognized as being at the highest level of their field.

• Thinks strategically about the technologies, regulations, range of market, business and/or economic issues likely to affect the sector. Uses this information to develop strategies for sector development and growth.

• Champions new ideas and initiatives and creates an environment that supports innovation. Leads the implementation of emerging technologies with a focus on potential challenges and proper courses of action.

• Located in North America

• Ability to travel throughout North America and globally.

Education and Experience

• 20 years of experience leading technical delivery for wastewater projects, or an equivalent combination of education (e.g., advanced degree) and experience.

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering, or a related field, from an accredited institution. Masters or PhD degree, preferred.

• Professional licensure or willing to obtain licensure within one year.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be 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. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, 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.

Primary Location : Canada-Alberta-Calgary

Organization : BC-1558 Water-CA Management

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Manager

Travel : Yes, 25 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Jul 12, 2024, 1:33:46 PM

Req ID: 240002I8

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