Water Resources Engineer - River Restoration

Water Resources Engineer or Fluvial Geomorphologist – River Restoration

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If you’re passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

Your Opportunity

Stantec's River Services Team delivers stream restoration, geomorphological assessment, watershed studies, environmental assessments, and floodplain analysis across Ontario and Canada. Working alongside specialists in ecology, landscape architecture, hydrogeology, and engineering, we help our clients develop resilient, practical, and sustainable solutions for natural watercourse systems.

We are seeking a Water Resources Engineer or Fluvial Geomorphologist to join our Waterloo, ON team (hybrid work arrangements may be considered). This role is ideal for someone passionate about natural systems, enjoys solving technical challenges, and is motivated to continue developing their expertise and professional skills while working on collaborative, multidisciplinary project teams.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a member of the River Services team, you will contribute to river restoration, fluvial geomorphology, watershed, and water resources projects from planning through implementation. You will apply your technical skills to support project delivery, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and support trusted relationships with clients and regulators. Key responsibilities include:

• Undertake technical assessments, modelling, analyses, and detailed design for stream restoration, river engineering, floodplain management, and watershed projects for public and private sector clients.
• Lead and participate in field investigations, including geomorphological assessments, environmental monitoring, data collection, and post-construction monitoring.
• Prepare technical reports, design briefs, calculations, specifications, and construction drawings to document analyses and support project implementation.
• Collaborate with clients, regulatory agencies, and multidisciplinary project teams to support successful project outcomes.
• Support the management of project scope, schedule, budgets, and quality to achieve project objectives.
• Take ownership of the quality and accuracy of technical and written work product.
• Support delegation and coordination of workload amongst team members.
• Prepare and contribute to project proposals and budgets.
• Provide construction administration, site observations, and implementation support for River Services projects.
• Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team environment.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Demonstrated experience supporting the planning, assessment, design, and implementation of stream restoration and water resources projects.
• Knowledge of hydrologic and hydraulic modelling, natural channel design principles, surveying techniques, and design software such as Civil 3D.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to clients, regulators, and project teams.
• You have a valid driver’s license and can travel away from home for up to a week and do fieldwork under challenging conditions (e.g., challenging terrain, poor weather).
• Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks while contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• You commit to thrive in a proactive organization that prioritizes client service.
• Project management experience would be considered an asset.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Geoscience, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in stream restoration, fluvial geomorphology, and/or surface water resources projects.
• Professional designation as a P.Eng. or P.Geo. in Ontario, or eligibility to obtain registration.

Education and Experience

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

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.

About Stantec

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 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. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, 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 time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.