Dams Practice Lead / Design Manager - Dams & Hydropower - ( 260000N8 )
Description
Dams Practice Lead/ Design Manager - Dams and Hydropower
Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
About the role
Stantec’s Water team in New Zealand has an impressive portfolio of successful projects that benefit communities nationwide and beyond, with significant contributions to international work. Our water focus covers the management of drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and groundwater as a collective resource. Dams and Hydropower are a key focus, driving resilience and renewable energy solutions. Stantec are one of the few service providers in New Zealand who offer the whole package across all disciplines needed to deliver a project and have made significant investment in the past few years in developing additional service offerings such as FEM and CFD.
Our Dams and Hydropower team is delivering and supporting significant projects across New Zealand, Australia, Pacific and Globally and is looking for an experienced, motivated Dams Practice Lead/ Design Manager to provide technical leadership across a range of dams and hydropower projects.
You’ll join our experienced, diverse, multidisciplinary team, working alongside senior leaders and technical specialists to deliver complex infrastructure that supports dam safety, dam and hydropower design, renewable energy and resilient communities.
This is a senior position working across New Zealand, reporting to the Market Sector Lead and you’ll play a key role in driving design delivery, fostering strong team collaboration and maintaining a high level of ownership, communication and technical excellence. Working closely with senior leadership and clients, you’ll help strengthen existing relationships, identify new opportunities and contribute to business development activities that support the continued growth of our Dams and Hydropower capability. You’ll also bring multidisciplinary teams together to deliver high-quality outcomes across the full project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide technical leadership and technical expertise in the specialist area of dams and hydropower.