Principal Engineer Operations Leader - Knoxville, TN

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Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a leader for our new Knoxville, Tennessee office to grow and manage of Stantec's services in the Knoxville area. This role will work closely with the Business Center Leadership Team and will also carry hands-on technical roles. The right candidate will have extensive experience managing a variety of Water/Civil projects.

In this role you will have the opportunity to lead an office with the full capabilities of a worldwide engineering firm that can provide anything a client in our region would request. The role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to expand their engineering knowledge, grow into different sectors, and get involved with teams around the country working on interesting projects that directly influence the communities we live in.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Client service, development, relationship management, and growth of existing business
• Opportunity identification and new business pursuits
• Project development
• Mentoring, empowering, and coaching other team members
• Execution and management of complex civil engineering designs
• Technical design expertise for projects as well as supervision and management of work through junior staff to develop and execute the design
• Planning and managing projects to ensure deliverables are on time and within budget
• Monitor staff utilization to ensure team members are working to capacity and meeting targets
• Work with staff to ensure nonchargeable time is valuable
• Leading or participating in the recruitment and hiring of new staff including identifying candidates, reviewing resumes, and participating in interviews - Attracting, growing, and retaining quality staff
• Working with Technical Leads throughout the year to evaluate the performance of training plans and implementation of field standard operating procedures
• Ensure team members are adhering to quality standards, protocols, and all HSSE (Health, Safety, Security, Environment) and Quality requirements within Stantec
• Support and act as a lead for internal and external systems, projects, and safety audits
• Provide feedback on work performance
• Oversee project management development
• Identify training needs for team members and cross-training with other disciplines
• Encourage professional involvement as well as personally participate in the communities we serve and the organizations we support

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Demonstrated ability and desire to work with, and contribute to, a larger team (previous leadership or people management experience, including project-related work, is highly desirable)
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Strong problem-solving, organization, collaboration, and coordination skills

Education and Experience

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or relevant program

Minimum 7 years of experience managing civil engineering projects, and leading engineering design teams

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.

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