Job Description

Senior Climate Resilience Planner / Project Manager- Northeast - ( 230003K1 )

Description

We create great places and the connections that get people and goods moving-whether by car, bus, train, plane, or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall transportation experience. Join our team and help us keep communities connected.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other\'s talents, do exciting work, and make a positive impact on the world around us. Climate change presents a new set of challenges, with extreme weather impacting infrastructure, the environment, and our communities. We have learned that our greatest influence on improving climate outcomes stems from the innovative climate solutions we provide to our clients. Come join us in creating the resilient and sustainable communities of tomorrow!

Stantec\'s Northeast Transportation team is seeking a highly qualified Senior Planner and Project Manager with expertise in climate resilience planning. You will lead and collaborate on a wide array of projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. You will contribute to a broad portfolio of resilience planning efforts including but not limited to comprehensive resilience plans, risk assessments, and climate adaptation planning. You will exchange ideas, best practices, and lessons learned with Stantec\'s local and national experts in resiliency planning, modeling, and design. You will coach and mentor developing planning professionals seeking to diversify and expand their climate action skills. You will help develop and execute our resilience strategy in the Northeast market and support national pursuits.

This role is location flexible between our Northeast offices and hybrid work.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Climate Resilience Planner and Project Manager, you will join a growing and enthusiastic team of planning professionals. You will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to forward-looking programs, policies, and plans. You will partner with our climate and environmental scientists, digital solutions developers, GIS experts, funding specialists, engineers, and planners to develop action-oriented resilience plans for our municipal and agency clients.

In this role, your understanding of community and infrastructure resilience, hazard mitigation, climate adaptation, risk assessment, and stakeholder engagement will allow you to lead tasks, teams, and projects across the region and nationally depending on your interests.

We are seeking an individual with the desire and ability to:

Expand and enhance our resiliency planning practice in the Northeast market.

Lead and support regional and national pursuits and projects.

Manage multiple planning projects in a time-sensitive, fast-paced team environment.

Support staff development and workload planning

Motivate and inspire teams to work together to achieve project goals.

Organize the teams\' efforts to consistently deliver quality plans on schedule/budget.

Represent Stantec at industry events, client and agency meetings.

Guide the development and delivery of inclusive and equitable stakeholder outreach and engagement..

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Passionate about climate resilience and sustainability projects and initiatives

Excellent leadership, communication, organizational and collaboration skills

Self-starter with energetic and ambitious can-do attitude who can quickly collaborate and engage with colleagues, across the US and across disciplines, to contribute to a growing regional and national practice with limited supervisory support

Proven track record for delivering quality planning deliverables on-time and on-budget

Proven and demonstrated high quality technical writing skills.

Proficient in MS Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Adobe Suite experience desirable

Growth mindset with a strong desire to stay knowledgeable on trends and best practices

Demonstrated experience using publicly available climate data and models as the basis for climate change vulnerability assessments

Familiarity using FHWA framework and VAST for regional or statewide resilience improvement plans

Experience preparing multimodal resiliency plans and/or climate resilient corridor studies

Knowledge of state and federal resilience focused funding programs/sources; grant writing experience desirable

Education and Experience

Bachelor\'s degree or Masters Degree in planning, public policy, climate or environmental science, engineering, or related field.

Certifications in AICP, CFM, ENV SP, PMP, PE or related a plus

Minimum 10 years relevant experience

This role is location flexible between our Northeast offices and hybrid work; may require some field work. Each of our regional offices offer a welcoming environment with flexible workstations, on-site amenities, and in-office events. Must have valid driver\'s license.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees 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.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : United States-Massachusetts-Burlington

Other Locations : United States-Connecticut-New Haven, United States-Maine-Portland, United States-Vermont-South Burlington, United States-Rhode Island-Providence, United States-Connecticut-Hartford, United States-Massachusetts-Boston, United States-New Hampshire-Auburn

Work Locations :

Burlington MA

Organization : BC-1794 Transpt-US Northeast

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Sep 26, 2023, 12:28:41 PM

Req ID: 230003K1

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, 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 local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans

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