Senior Drinking Water Treatment Engineer

Your Opportunity

We are hiring a Drinking Water Treatment Engineer to support a variety of municipal drinking water treatment projects in Minnesota and the upper Midwest. The role may include a variety of technical engineering/design tasks as well as business development tasks depending on the experience and interests of the selected candidate.

Key Responsibilities

• Become engaged in active project delivery in a client-facing role in the municipal Water and utilities markets in the Midwest United States.
• Support and lead planning and design phase efforts for drinking water treatment facilities.
• Support and lead construction administration efforts on active projects including site visits, submittal reviews, and contractor/client interaction.
• Provide mentorship and leadership for junior staff and also effectively manage multi-disciplined building services teams.
• Engage in work that spans local, regional and national geographies.
• Support Stantec’s reputation for innovation and research through participation in conferences, professional associations, and academic partnerships.
• Support the development of innovative technical solutions for drinking water projects.
• Prepare scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for projects.
• Plan, schedule, conduct, or coordinate detailed phases of engineering work.
• Maintain and enhance our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider.
• Work in a manner to protect the health and safety of Stantec employees, clients, and the public by following company health, safety and security guidelines and policies.
• Lead people by coaching and mentoring to achieve business and performance goals.

Capabilities and Credentials

• Experienced in organizing, planning, and executing drinking water treatment process designs from pursuit through closeout, involving internal personnel, subconsultants, and vendors.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Passion for team building and collaboration.
• Efficient technical leadership of assigned tasks on multiple concurrent projects.
• Understand client expectations, budgeting, proposal writing, and producing high quality deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience, managing, or participating in market and strategic client relationship development campaigns.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in planning, design, and construction in three or more of the following Water Treatment areas:
• - Integrated water master planning
• - Conventional water treatment applications
• - Water supply and storage infrastructure (wells, pump/booster stations, reservoirs, elevated storage)
• - Hydraulic system design and analysis
• - Advanced treatment
• - Disinfection systems
• - Emerging contaminants (Per and Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances)

Education and Experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years’ relevant professional experience, with at least 3 years of experience managing and/or coordinating water treatment infrastructure piloting, planning, design, and construction projects.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Minnesota or ability to achieve within one year of hire.

Pay and Benefits

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) 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).
• Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

Primary Location

United States | MN | Minneapolis

Other Locations

United States | MN | Minnesota

Schedule

Full time

Job Posting

16/07/2026 03:07:21

Req ID

1006768

Additional

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.