Water Resources Engineer or Fluvial Geomorphologist – River Restoration Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks,

and recreation facilities.

The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home. 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 team-oriented and inclusive team environment.

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.

📌 Water Resources Engineer - River Restoration (Waterloo)
🏢 Stantec.
📍 Waterloo