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Dams Practice Lead / Design Manager - Dams & Hydropower

Stantec 🇳🇿 Christchurch, Christchurch City, New Zealand

Onsite Full-time Lead

Provide technical leadership and manage design delivery for dams and hydropower projects, including site investigations, technical documentation, and coordination with project managers and technical leads. Lead proposals and business development, support commercial targets, build client relationships, and mentor staff while coordinating multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and manage design delivery for dams and hydropower projects, including site investigations, technical documentation, and coordination with project managers and technical leads. Lead proposals and business development, support commercial targets, build client relationships, and mentor staff while coordinating multidisciplinary teams.

Requirements

  • Substantial experience designing and delivering dam, hydropower, or other complex water infrastructure projects is expected, along with the ability to contribute quickly to established projects. Strong communication, client relationship, project coordination, and technical leadership skills are important; project management, design coordination, and risk management experience are advantageous.

Benefits

  • Professional Development and Support
  • Flexible Working Arrangements
  • Additional Leave Purchase
  • Learning and Talent Development Programs
  • Industry Conference and Forum Support
  • Professional Memberships
  • Service Recognition Awards
  • Mentorship
  • Wellbeing and Connection Opportunities
  • Health Insurance
  • Income Continuance Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program

Key Skills

Technical leadership Dam design Hydropower design Site investigations Technical documentation Project coordination Client relationship management Business development Commercial target support Mentoring staff Multidisciplinary team coordination Risk management Design coordination Engineering concepts Water infrastructure expertise Communication skills Proposal writing Leadership Sustainable engineering

About Stantec

Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. 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 i

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