City : Burnaby

Category : Regular Full time

Industry : Materials & Construction

Employer : Stantec

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 Opportunity

Our Water sector brings together many of the world’s top engineer’s scientists and planners who see water a bit differently. Our teams view each project they undertake as an integral component of a holistic system. We use this approach to provide our clients with comprehensive solutions that address the challenges, and sometimes differing priorities, that come with this valuable resource. Whether a project’s objective is to: control and use water; improve its quality and habitat potential; or, protect our communities from its natural variability; our teams take a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates and optimizes every facet of design for the natural system. We’re helping communities increase their resiliency during flood conditions and protecting the water resources of our environment for future generations to enjoy. Stantec is supporting a hybrid work arrangement allowing staff to balance working from home and the office.

Stantec is seeking a Senior Hydrotechnical Water Resources Engineer to join our growing British Columbia Water Resources team.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Leading engineering design for: River infrastructure including: water intakes; outfalls; dams and weirs; fishways; flood protection, erosion control; river training; and protective works.
• Watercourse crossings such as bridges, pipelines, roads and other linear infrastructure.
• Fish habitat and watercourse restoration using bioengineering techniques.
• Flood inundation and flood hazard mapping.
• Managing projects, administering contracts, and controlling budgets.
• Proposal writing and business development initiatives.
• Contract document preparation, including detailed design drawings and specifications.
• Construction contract administration and site inspection services.
• Mentoring and on-the-job training to junior staff.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Demonstratable understanding and experience using of HEC-RAS (1D and 2D) and other hydraulic modelling software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Desire to grow in your career in a challenging environment that fosters self-improvement through leadership, mentoring and a diversity of experience.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Civil or Water Resources Engineering; a Masters in Engineering may be favorably considered.
• 10 years consulting experience, directly related to river engineering, water resources and municipal infrastructure.
• Registration as a professional engineer with EGBC or qualifications to obtain this registration at the start of employment
• This position provides a flexible work arrangement.

Pay Range:

• Locations in Lower Mainland - BC - Min Salary $ 128,800.00 - Max Salary $ 193,100.00

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.

Primary Location: Canada | BC | Burnaby

Organization: 1117 Water-CA British Columbia-Burnaby BC

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: Yes

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 24/09/2025 10:09:17

Req ID: 1001120