GIS Manager

GIS Manager - ( 2300026V )

Description

Many of the world’s top engineers, scientists, and geospatial professionals come together in our Water business because they view a community’s interaction with water a bit differently—as a single holistic system, rather than unconnected networks divided by jurisdictional boundaries. Our experts guide our work with scientific rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. Every day, we help communities improve, reuse, and protect this precious resource for future generations. By 2025 we’re hiring 2,000 people (like you) to join our team. Grow with us, H2O U.

Here at Stantec we are pushing the boundaries of innovation and we want to add to our Geospatial Delivery team. We want individuals to join our growing North American based team to support geospatial challenges across Stantec; apply your technical experience and use of geospatial solutions to a wide spectrum of projects. As such, we have an exciting and rewarding role to join our expanding team. We are seeking to add Geospatial Manager / Team Lead within our Pacific geography. Preferred location would be California with other locations in the Pacific Northwest area optional.

Benefits of working at Stantec

• Flexible working – we believe in flexible ways of working including working from home. We also have offices across the entire Western US.
• We have diversified business lines and support professional development, nurturing future opportunities with Stantec. We are passionate about fair and equitable compensation.
• We pay competitively and thoughtfully based on your experience, the market, and our insights.

Your Opportunity

This role as Geospatial Manager / Team Lead will leverage Stantec’s Win, Do, Manage, Grow strategy. Responsible for leading geospatial projects and supporting other pursuits, delivery of geospatial solutions to our clients, and provide day to day leadership to an existing team of geospatial professionals. You will work in alignment with water delivery and local leaders and support Environmental services business to provide operational, technical and people leadership to the geospatial teams, and continue to support our growth and success in the West geography.

Your Key Responsibilities

Business Development &Growth Strategy:

• Lead and/or conduct business development efforts, including market research, client relationships, developing leads, and securing contracts.
• Work with Business Center Leadership to identify priorities and strategic opportunities in the geographic market.
• Actively contribute to win strategies, key pursuits, and successful project delivery
• Actively contribute to the growth Geospatial discipline through business development, key pursuit, and sales strategy.
• Expand our reach and client base utilizing strong marketing, business development, and sales account management plans.
• Increase visibility of Stantec by sharing our knowledge and innovation story through key client engagements to enhance our reputation and drive revenue.
• Participate in Go/No Go Review process as the Geospatial technical lead.
• Partner with local leaders to drive collaboration on pursuits across geographies and business lines.
• Ensure local marketplace reputation through established relationships and support of leadership.

Geospatial Discipline:

• Collaborate with water delivery and local leadership to establish, nurture, and support cross-discipline project design processes, communication, and best practices.
• Inspire, motivate, and hold team members accountable for project delivery, QAQC, discipline excellence and technical quality, documents quality and best practices in the execution of work.
• Collaborate with the water delivery and local leaders to gather feedback and ensure that the geospatial solution delivery is high quality results, making course corrections when necessary.
• Collaborate with local area leadership, including Project Managers, to meets its operation goals and adhere to the PM framework

Project & Pursuit Focus:

• Lead and support technical delivery of geospatial solutions for significant regional and local project pursuits.
• Maintain constant contact with internal and external clients to ensure high quality of deliverables
• Actively participate, including contribution to written content; proposals, independent technical Reviewers, discipline standards as required.
• Conduct risk management related to projects and pursuits including review of contracts, fees, and proposals on pursuits and in coordination with local leaders and risk management team.

People Leadership & Collaboration:

• Act as a highly regarded leader, thought partner and a source of counsel and advice on geospatial solutions.
• Support the overall talent management lifecycle including career development, employee engagement, succession planning, coaching, and mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development for the Geospatial discipline.
• Collaborate with Water delivery leadership and local leaders to ensure the proper staffing of all projects including hiring, staff transitions, and labor sharing.
• Support the Geospatial discipline with developing, attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent.
• Foster employee connectedness by interfacing frequently with employees.
• Participate in regular meetings to communicate the vision, business strategy and progress against applicable action plans.
• Proactively identify opportunities to reinforce and further develop Stantec’s high- performance culture with a focus on innovation, speed, and productivity.
• Foster a success-oriented, accountable environment within the company.
• Uphold a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices, encourages individual integrity, and focuses on customer and service delivery.

Qualifications

Your Preferred Capabilities and Credentials

• Demonstrated technical leadership in various disciplines within Geospatial market.
• Significant knowledge of geospatial concepts/solutions and data management techniques.
• Deep knowledge of Esri software suite; Enterprise, AGO, ArcGIS Pro.
• Experience with developing and implementing strategic growth plans in geospatial services.
• Experience with publishing data and configuring web apps on the ArcGIS Online platform.
• Experience creating solutions using ArcGIS platform applications including Field Maps, Survey 123, Web AppBuilder, and Dashboard.
• Understanding of Python routines using the ArcPy and ArcGIS API for Python libraries.
• Strong project planning and delivery experience.
• Strong ability to motivate staff and promote teamwork within and across multiple office and geographies.
• Broad networks of client and discipline contacts to help grow client base and recruit staff
• Results oriented individual who excels in multi-disciplinary environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• GISP would be preferred.

Education and Experience

A bachelor’s degree in a related field with a minimum of 15 years’ related work, leadership, and consulting experience; or an equivalent combination of education and related experience. Professional registration in related field.

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. Join us and redefine your personal best.

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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The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary: Full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

Primary Location : United States-California-Walnut Creek

Organization : BC-2243 Water-US Delivery

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Manager

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : May 23, 2023, 10:09:09 AM

Req ID: 2300026V

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans