Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.
Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.
Your Opportunity
The successful candidate will work on challenging and diverse tasks in a consulting and construction inspection role that will require application of technical skills, project delivery, and leadership for construction projects. These projects consist of water pipelines, sitework for municipal water and sewer facilities, sewer lines (involving a range of construction techniques including tunnelling, rehabilitation, and open cut), infrastructure systems including treatment plants, pump stations, and related infrastructure.
We are hiring for multiple roles that can be based in any of the following offices: Toronto, Hamilton, London, or Waterloo.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Provide an on-site presence to represent Stantec and the client by observing and review projects during construction, monitoring conformance with plans, specifications, and other codes and regulations.
- Provide instruction to the Contractor on requests for information and identify deficiencies in the Contractor’s work.
- Monitor the progress of construction activities, ensuring cost, schedule and quality standards are met.
- Be a role model and leader with respect to Health and Safety and ensure construction safety practices on-site through Health & Safety policies and plans.
- Provide updates and make recommendations to Project Manager, design professionals and client as directed.
- Prepare daily and monthly construction progress reports and keep detailed records of daily activities.
- Perform field measurements and keep record of contractor’s material and labor at site.
- Keep record of as-built redline drawings and verify with the contractor on a regular basis.
- Review conflicts, requests for information, construction issues and liaise with the rest of the project team to find solutions and prepare responses.
- Review change orders and field orders for reasonableness of pricing and constructability in a timely matter.
- Assist in obtaining necessary permits and licenses for timely opening of site.
- Assist Contract administrator in review of construction submittals and Contractor progress payment requests.
- Review plans, specifications, requests for information, submittals, construction schedules, shop drawings and pay applications (QA/QC).
- Prepare documents and maintain file management of project-related information including correspondence, reports, and pictures.
- Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Working knowledge of local, and provincial building codes, construction principles, techniques and procedures, occupational hazards and safety precautions.
- Is driven and enjoys working in an environment to understand and solve problems quickly and efficiently.
- Recognizes when technical problems are developing and initiates appropriate corrective actions using sound professional judgment, creativity and innovation.
- Ability to interpret sketches, drawings and other similar material.
- Takes initiative on tasks and in coordinating with other members of the project team, obtaining and sharing necessary information.
- Strong organizational skills and understanding of task assignment and schedule.
- Excellent English language written and verbal communication skills; ability to work efficiently and effectively within a team.
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of programs.
- Ability to solve problems using sound professional judgment, creativity and innovation.
- Working knowledge of critical path method scheduling.
- Thrives in stressful situations and looks for opportunities to ensure project success.
- Must have a valid Ontario driver’s license and vehicle to travel as needed.
Education and Experience
- Technical degree/diploma/certificate in the construction industry or equivalent in related field; or equivalent combination of education and construction experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience of which 2 years in micro tunneling or tunnel boring machine in hard and/or soft ground.
- Experience in vertical projects (in water and wastewater treatment plants) would be considered an asset.
- P.Eng. or CET or NASSCO certification would be considered an asset.
- ACAD skill, or other Computer Aided Design software skills would be considered an asset.
Position will work on-site at construction locations with some office work. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. Must be available to travel for out-of-town projects when needed.
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 place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. At Stantec, we live our corporate values every day.
Pay Range:
- Locations Outside of Lower Mainland - BC & Various locations in Ontario-$68,200.00 - $98,900.00 Annually
- Locations in Lower Mainland - BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$72,300.00 - $104,800.00 Annually
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.
Primary Location: Canada | ON | Toronto
Other Locations: Canada | ON | London
Organization: 1656 Water-CA Ontario West-Toronto ON
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 21/05/2026 09:05:50
Req ID: 1001751
