Principal, Planning

Stantec Community Development Team Manager

Strong communities don't just happenthey're built. They're creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and readied to face tomorrow with optimism. We're driving the future of community development. Our experts lead their fields, collaborating on projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. We're a place where you can apply your passionand find endless opportunities to help make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

The Stantec Community Development group is seeking an experienced and ambitious Team Manager for our growing national Resilience Planning practice. As the Resilience Planning Team Manager within our Community Development business line, you will have the opportunity to lead mission-driven work, supporting multiple company strategic initiatives in line with climate adaptation and resilience services. The need for climate adaptation planning is only increasing, and the right candidate will focus on leading, mentoring, and motivating an ambitious team to meet market and client needs while delivering technical excellence. The manager oversees the growth and direction of business as well as the management and leadership of a growing national multi-disciplinary team.

In addition to team management, the Resilience Planning Team Manager's responsibilities include project management, task management, client relationship management, and technical oversight. Candidates must have a proven track record of successful project management / task management for resilience-related projects and have direct experience completing technical work in areas such as vulnerability assessment, hazard mitigation, community planning, climate change adaptation, environmental justice, and research and planning related to federal (e.g., FEMA, USDOT, HUD, USACE, and NOAA), state, and local agencies.

We help communities understand, communicate, and reduce their current and future hazard risks and vulnerabilities, including the impacts of climate change. In this role, your strong understanding of risk and vulnerability assessment, climate adaptation and hazard mitigation, and stakeholder engagement, you will lead tasks, teams, and projects for risk assessment, hazard mitigation planning, adaptation planning, and related support to provide exceptional deliverables, achieve client satisfaction, and maintain profitability for the projects we execute. In addition, you will collaborate with our national resilience leaders.

Your Key Responsibilities

Develop, lead, mentor resilience community development planning team, a team that facilitates the advancement and support the full range of resilience project life cycle activities from risk identification, adaptation planning / alternative analysis, solution design and implementation to long-term monitoring.

Research markets, develop and implement marketing and business development efforts that contribute to the top-line revenue of Stantec's Community Development business line while measurably contributing to Stantec's overall market share of resilience work.

Facilitate across Stantec's business lines, participating in targeted business sector resilience capacity and capability building, supporting local business center's ability to identify, prioritize, compete for and win transformational and strategic resilience / climate adaptation work.

Drive on-time, on-budget delivery of community resilience planning efforts including, but not limited to : hazard mitigation planning, climate adaptation planning, risk assessments, disaster resilience and recovery, infrastructure resilience planning, and benefit-cost analysis.

Support national and regional growth campaigns.

Identify, develop, and maintain public and private client relationships and play a key role in winning and delivering new projects.

Define and manage project objectives, scope, schedule, budget, contracts, subcontracts, and multi-disciplinary project teams to ensure client and project team satisfaction in alignment with Stantec's PM Frameworks and maintain compliance with ISO 9001 certification.

Manage technical support for resilience, hazard mitigation planning, or climate change adaptation projects within the municipal, regional, state, tribal, and federal markets.

Prepare plans, reports, presentations, and functional tools to meet project needs.

Interact with and develop excellent relations with internal and external clients and stakeholders to determine and meet project requirements.

Guide delivery of stakeholder outreach and engagement such as development of public presentations, facilitation, and community engagement.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Proven experience leading and growing teams while maintaining excellent delivery of services.

Highly familiar with U.S. federal agency programs related to resilience, hazard mitigation planning, and vulnerability assessments that contribute to and drive the advancement of resilient projects to implementation.

Highly familiar with U.S. federal (ie. FEMA, FHWA, HUD, USACE, EPA, NFWF, etc.) and state, local and NGO programs and initiatives specifically designed to support hazard mitigation planning and resilient infrastructure improvement implementation.

Demonstrated success as a self-starting "doer / seller" who can quickly collaborate and engage with colleagues across the US and across disciplines, growing a national practice.

Proven track record for delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the performance expectations of the client.

Robust knowledge of Federal and state emergency management, climate, and resilience-related laws and regulations, as well as best practice standards and guidance.

A task-oriented self-starter, who can grasp new concepts quickly.

Excellent technical writing skills.

Excellent leadership, communication, organizational and collaboration skills including effective management of staff and projects.

Certifications in AICP, CFM, ENV SP, PMP, PE or related.

Passionate about mission-driven community resilience with the eagerness to work in a time-sensitive, fast-paced team environment!

Nice to Have : Recognized as resilience industry leader and expert with ability to attract strategic clients, hires and partnering opportunities.

Must have good driving record and valid driver's license.

May occasionally visit study areas and / or be exposed to outside elements and inclement weather conditions.

The ideal candidate must have proven experience leading teams and developing business, project management proven success (budget, time, quality deliverables 0 will request samples).

Your experience supporting development of resilient and forward-looking programs, policies, and plans will compliment Stantec's multi-disciplinary technical expertise and national resilience team to build communities that thrive in the wake of shocks or stresses. Some travel will be required (approximately 25%), such as meeting attendance with clients.

Master's degree or equivalent in planning, climate science, engineering, or related field.

Minimum of 10 years of experience in resilience, hazard mitigation and / or climate adaptation, or equivalent experience.

Minimum of 5 years team supervisory experience.

Office environment with prolonged sitting and computer work, or combination of office and field. Some travel will be required (approximately 25%), such as meeting attendance with clients.

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.

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, 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 innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what's possible.

Pay Range :

Locations in CO, HI, MD & Various CA, NJ Areas - Min Salary $ 108,000.00 - Max Salary $ 162,000.00

Locations in WA, DC & Various CA areas - Min Salary $ 115,900.00 - Max Salary $ 173,800.00

Locations in NYC & CA (Bay Area) & NJ (RP) - Min Salary $ 123,700.00 - Max Salary $ 185,600.00

Pay Transparency : In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary : Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) 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