About the role

Substation Engineering Manager leading a diverse team in substation design projects across Western Canada. Collaborating with utilities to provide engineering solutions for complex challenges.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, development, and mentoring to the diverse substation team located throughout Western Canada.
Work closely with the Substation Team Leads and the overall Power Delivery department leadership on staffing plans, staff assignments and workload forecasting. Coordinate with other Stantec Power offices on work sharing and cross-office project support.
Build a solid network across the Stantec Energy and Resources business line with your peer engineering leaders and become a go-to person for support on substation design work and project deliverables.
Utilize your advanced skills in substation design and layout engineering to work on substation designs as part of a project team, or by leading design work. Your focus should be on substation layouts for outdoor and indoor substations, prior experience with both greenfield and brownfield substation projects will be advantageous.
Lead or assist estimates and proposal work, both for complex MSAs and individual proposals.
Guide the preparation of all relevant drawing and drafting work, coordinate equipment selection and review vendor specifications.
Conduct checks and quality reviews for design packages in accordance with Stantec’s project delivery framework.
Provide support during construction and guide team members through construction phase and associated engineering support.
Develop and maintain relationships with key engineering representatives in client organizations.

Solid understanding of the design requirements and standards for various utilities across Canada.
Registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) through applicable provincial governing body(s).
Effective Interpersonal Skills – strong written and verbal skills are a must to ensure clear communication between team members, clients, contractors, and other stakeholders.
Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams of engineering and design staff working on utility projects, preferably substation design.
Adapted to leading teams working from various locations, both remote and local.
Experienced in people leadership and driven to help others succeed in their careers.
Prior experience in project management
Solid experience with MicroStation and/or AutoCAD would be an asset.
Excellent Personal Computing Skills, including the Microsoft Office suite.
Hold valid Driver’s License.