Practice Leader – Water Treatment and Desalination

About the Role

The Practice Leader – Water Treatment and Desalination is responsible for leading Stantec’s pursuits and delivery capability in Water Treatment, including seawater desalination, working with our multi‑disciplinary teams located across Australia. The PL must partner with other PLs in their market, both in Australia and New Zealand, and collaborate with the Technical Delivery Leader – Water and relevant Discipline Leaders to share materials, approaches, best practice, and consistency so the business can operate as a homogeneous ANZ business. Reporting to the Market Leader – Treatment Water, Australia, the Practice Leader is tasked with applying strategic thinking that considers global and market trends such as climate change, net‑zero pathways, and emerging contaminants like PFAS; developing strategic business opportunities; supporting the Market Leader in pursuits; ensuring technical excellence through project delivery; maintaining consistent technical delivery across the market; identifying technical leaders within the Business Centre; and supporting leadership roles to deliver technical excellence for clients. • Apply strategic thinking, accounting for global trends and emerging contaminants such as PFAS on the Water Treatment practice. • Develop strategic business opportunities to shape the Business Centre. • Support the Market Leader in strategic pursuits. • Ensure technical excellence of the Practice through project delivery. • Maintain consistent technical delivery within the market. • Identify technical leaders operating within the Business Centre. • Support various leadership roles to deliver technical excellence for clients. • Connecting employees across Stantec through the Developing Professionals Group.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸strategic planning
• ▸business development
• ▸project delivery
• ▸technical leadership
• ▸consistent delivery
• ▸client excellence

What You Bring

To be successful you will need a relevant tertiary qualification, preferably post‑graduate, and roughly 15 years of related work, technical leadership, and consulting experience or an equivalent mix of education and experience. Professional registration in a related field is required, together with experience in seawater desalination, multiple water‑treatment planning and delivery projects ranging from small facilities to large city plants, conventional and advanced treatment technologies, and a solid understanding of regulations, guidelines, and risk‑management systems for drinking water. • Professional Registration and Memberships.

Requirements

• ▸professional registration
• ▸post‑graduate
• ▸technical leadership
• ▸desalination
• ▸water‑treatment
• ▸risk‑management

Benefits

We offer an attractive salary and vibrant culture along with many benefits to support professional development and wellbeing, including flexible working arrangements, learning and talent development programs, up to four weeks of additional leave, professional registration and memberships, salary continuance insurance and packaging, employee resource groups, connections through our Developing Professionals Group, mental health and wellbeing programs, and service recognition awards. • Genuine Flexible Working Arrangements – part‑time, school‑holiday contracts, work‑from‑home or remote options. • Learning and Talent Development Programs and training. • Purchase up to four weeks of additional leave. • Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI) and Salary Packaging. • Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs, including Employee Assistance Program. • Service Recognition Awards.

Work Environment

Hybrid