Practice Leader - Dams - ( 2400043I )
Description Stantec's Water team in Australia has an impressive portfolio of successful major projects that are positively impacting our communities across the country. Our diverse network of 400 water specialists in Australia collaborates across business lines and geographies to ensure the best outcomes are achieved. With exciting projects in the pipeline, we are looking to expand our teams and seek change-makers, innovators, leaders, and collaborators to join us. How will you impact Australia's water solutions? Grow with us, H2O+U.
Stantec's Dams and Hydropower team has an impressive portfolio of successful major dam projects. Dams play a critical role in finding solutions to our water issues, including water security and flood management. Our diverse network of dam, geotechnical, and associated water specialists in Australia and New Zealand collaborates across geographies to ensure the best outcomes are achieved. We are seeking change-makers, innovators, leaders, and collaborators to join us. How will you impact our dams business in Australia and make a difference to the communities we serve?
Please note this position can be based in Brisbane, Sydney, or Melbourne.
The Opportunity: Within Stantec, the Dams & Hydropower market in Australia comprises the following sub-sectors/practice areas:
Dams Dam Safety Hydropower Reporting to the Market Leader, these Practice Leaders form the leadership team for dams and hydropower in Australia.
As the Dams Practice Leader, your focus will be on developing and maintaining a sustainable business offering to our clients in all aspects of dam engineering design. It is recognized that projects in the Dams sub-sector will typically be larger assignments, and it will be important to work closely with other Practice Leaders to ensure:
A consistent strategic approach is applied to client management. Dam safety inspections or reviews can develop into dam engineering design packages. Dams typically form an integral component of hydropower projects, including pumped hydro energy storage projects. A balanced variety of project size and scope is achieved across the national dams and hydropower resource pool. The Market Leader and Practice Leaders within the Dams and Hydropower market partner and work collaboratively across Australia and New Zealand to fulfill the functions outlined below and lead the Dams and Hydropower team as one regional resource pool:
Developing strategic business opportunities to shape the market and broader Water Business Centre (BC). Supporting the ML in strategic pursuits. Ensuring technical delivery consistency within their market. Identifying staff within the BC who have skills within their Practice and nurturing them. Identifying candidates within the industry who have the skills, experience, and cultural fit to strengthen the Stantec team. Linking needs within the market to skills in other Australian and New Zealand BCs and within Stantec globally. Supporting various leadership roles within the BC to deliver technical excellence for our clients. Supporting sustainability literacy training and developing systems and processes to embed sustainability in projects. About you: Tertiary qualification in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering, with relevant professional experience in the dams industry. Nominally 15 years of related work, technical leadership, and consulting experience; or an equivalent combination of education and related experience. Highly developed interpersonal skills to develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external clients. Highly developed consulting skills to liaise with clients and stakeholders to achieve mutually successful project outcomes. Stantec offerings: Genuine Flexible Working Arrangements. Learning and Talent Development Programs. Professional Registration and Memberships. Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI) and Salary Packaging. Employee Resource Groups. Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others. Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs. Service Recognition Awards. Qualifications Tertiary qualification in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering, with relevant professional experience in the dams industry.
Primary Location: Australia-New South Wales-Sydney
Other Locations: Australia-Queensland-South Brisbane, Australia-South Australia-Adelaide, Australia-Victoria-Melbourne, Australia-Western Australia-Perth
Organization: BC-3002 Water-AU Australia
Employee Status: Regular
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Travel: No
Schedule: Full-time
Job Posting: Nov 4, 2024, 9:43:37 PM
Req ID: 2400043I
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