Transmission and Distribution Leader

This role is based in Chicago, IL and requires full-time, regular employment with travel.

About the role

The Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Leader provides strategic leadership for Stantec’s US Power Delivery practice, coordinating multidisciplinary resources across transmission, distribution, substation, grid modernization, and related projects nationwide. The position drives sustainable revenue growth, strengthens client relationships, and partners with internal leaders to ensure delivery excellence, workforce utilization, and profitable growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, organization, and deployment of Power Delivery resources across the United States.
• Monitor workload, capacity, utilization, and project demands to optimize staffing and delivery performance.
• Coordinate staffing assignments across Regions, Business Centers, and the Delivery Center (including the Global Delivery Center) to meet client commitments.
• Partner with project managers and technical leaders to proactively identify resource gaps and develop workforce solutions.
• Support project delivery excellence through technical leadership, quality management, and risk management practices.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing Power Delivery team while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and safety-focused culture.
• Support employee engagement, retention, recruitment, succession planning, and career development initiatives.
• Champion knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement across teams.
• Act as a seller-doer by developing and maintaining executive-level relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
• Support account planning, opportunity identification, capture strategies, and proposal development activities.
• Expand existing client relationships and identify opportunities for cross-selling Stantec’s broader capabilities.
• Collaborate with Sector Leaders, Account Managers, and Business Center Leaders to drive growth within strategic accounts.
• Participate in industry conferences, professional associations, and client events to strengthen market presence.
• Develop and execute client engagement strategies that increase repeat business and improve client satisfaction.
• Support achievement of annual revenue, net revenue, backlog, utilization, and profitability targets.
• Monitor practice performance metrics and recommend corrective actions when necessary.
• Assist with forecasting workload demand, hiring requirements, and investment priorities.
• Drive consistency in project execution, resource management, and operational processes.
• Support development and implementation of growth strategies for priority markets and clients.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends, regulatory changes, utility investment programs, grid modernization initiatives, electrification, renewable integration, and emerging technologies.
• Provide strategic insights regarding market opportunities and client needs.
• Elevate Stantec’s brand through thought leadership, technical presentations, publications, and industry engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
• 20+ years of progressive experience in Power Delivery, including transmission, distribution, substations, grid modernization, or related infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidiscipline engineering teams and complex project portfolios.
• Proven success developing client relationships and winning project work.
• Strong understanding of utility planning, engineering delivery, project execution, and resource management.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams.
• Established relationships with investor-owned utilities, public power organizations, cooperative utilities, renewable developers, or data center clients.
• Experience managing large account programs and strategic client portfolios.
• Track record of growing backlog, revenue, and client market share.