Distribution Engineering Manager
About the role
Stantec is seeking a US Distribution Engineering Manager to lead, advance, and coordinate our Distribution Line engineering and design practice across the United States. This is a highly visible national leadership opportunity for an influential industry professional who is motivated to shape strategy, elevate technical and delivery excellence, and build an integrated practice positioned for growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead the U.S. Distribution practice as a single integrated national team, fostering collaboration and resource sharing across regions and offices.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and performance oversight to Distribution line engineering managers and their teams.
- Develop and execute the strategic vision, growth plan, and operational objectives for Stantec's U.S. Distribution line practice.
- Drive consistent utilization, workforce planning, and resource management across the Distribution line organization.
- Mentor team members and provide technical guidance where needed.
- Track and report on progress, performance indicators, and resource needs through regular leadership and project meetings.
- Partner with Operations, Sector Leadership, and Project Managers to balance workload, address resource constraints, and support profitable project delivery.
- Ensure projects are appropriately staffed and executed in accordance with Stantec quality, safety, and technical standards.
- Provide leadership on complex, high-profile, or strategically important Distribution line programs and pursuits.
- Serve as a visible industry leader representing Stantec at client meetings, industry conferences, and professional organizations.
- Leverage market intelligence and industry trends to guide investments, service offerings, and growth priorities within the Distribution line sector.
- Expand existing client relationships and identify opportunities to introduce broader Power Delivery and multidisciplinary services.
- Collaborate with Sector Leaders, Account Managers, and Business Center Leadership to achieve growth, revenue, and profitability objectives.
Requirements
Required:
- Demonstrated ability to lead engineering managers and geographically distributed technical teams.
- Strong knowledge of the U.S. electric utility (specifically distribution) market.
- Strong understanding of electric utility distribution systems ranging from 4 kV through 35 kV, including overhead and underground systems.
- Experience delivering distribution engineering programs involving new business, system expansion, grid modernization, reliability improvement, and asset replacement initiatives.
- Working knowledge of utility distribution design standards, construction methods, and operating practices for urban, suburban, and rural systems.
- Established relationships and credibility within the Distribution industry.
- Demonstrated experience supporting or leading business development, client engagement, capture planning, proposals, and interviews.
- Experience supporting utility programs associated with reliability, hardening, resilience, storm recovery, undergrounding, DER interconnections, and electrification initiatives.
- Proven experience delivering Distribution line engineering and design projects for electric utilities, developers, or EPC organizations.
- Experience managing resource needs, project priorities, technical quality, and delivery risk across multiple concurrent projects.
- Ability to create alignment among teams and leaders operating in different offices and geographic markets.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, motivate, empower, and develop employees and emerging leaders.
- Experience utilizing common utility distribution design and analysis platforms such as CYME, Synergi, DDS, PoleForeman, O-Calc, GIS platforms, or equivalent tools.
- Strong business judgment and the ability to balance people, project delivery, client, and financial considerations.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with operations leaders, sector leaders, account managers, project managers, and technical professionals.
- Ability to travel up to 20 percent and occasionally work outside normal business hours.
- Valid driver’s license.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited university.
- Licensed Professional Engineer in at least one U.S. state is required, with the ability to obtain additional registrations when needed.
- Minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in Distribution line engineering, project delivery, technical leadership, or engineering management.
- Experience in an engineering consulting environment is strongly preferred.
Skills
Desired:
- Project Management Professional certification.
Benefits
Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Pay
$141,500.00 - $212,200.00 Annually
Schedule
Full time