Senior Structural Design Manager

About the role

Stantec's New England Transportation group has an immediate need for a highly motivated Senior Structural Design Manager with 15 years of bridge design and transportation project delivery experience. The position is flexible between our Burlington and Boston, MA offices and hybrid work.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Stantec’s Southern New England Structural Team Lead.
• Contribute to initiatives to help advance our project design, operations, and business development.
• Maintain and enhance our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider.
• Establish project objectives, procedures, and performance standards.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams on projects from positioning to proposals, planning studies, feasibility through final designs, and construction services.
• Represent Stantec and the project design team as a technical leader.
• Identify appropriate resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives.
• Manage contract tasks, track, and manage costs and schedule, and implement measures necessary to stay on schedule and within budget.
• Lead by example with active support of internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, and quality management.
• Develop client relationships to facilitate project activities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop team members through coaching, performance oversight, and ongoing professional growth support.

Requirements

• Experience with the role of deputy design manager, design manager, and or quality manager on mid to large scale projects.
• Experience leading the design and construction support of complex transportation projects.
• Experience developing, negotiating, and managing project scopes, schedules, and budgets.
• Business development experience required.
• Marketing skills required.
• Ability to lead, motivate, mentor, and develop a team of technical and professional staff.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues in a dynamic and energetic environment.
• Design-Build or other alternative project delivery experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Post graduate degree preferred.
• MA Licensed Professional Engineer (PE).
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive engineering and project management experience with bridge design and transportation project delivery.

Skills

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in project management software.
• Experience with project delivery methods such as Design-Build.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Health savings account.
• Flexible spending account.
• 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.
• Paid family leave.