Your Opportunity As part of the Prairies and Territories Infrastructure Business Center, the Bridges and Structures Manager reports directly to the Operations Lead (BCOL) and leads developing, managing, and expanding the operations and practice of the Bridges and Structures team to serve the project delivery needs of the Infrastructure Business Operating Unit (BOU). This includes supporting their supervisors in recruiting, developing, and assigning qualified individuals to Infrastructure and other BOU projects. The Manager will have responsibility for training and career development of their direct reports in conjunction with BOU strategic direction. The Manager will have a critical role in promoting a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and blended project teams.

The Manager will be responsible for overseeing the staff in offices across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

Your Key Responsibilities The Bridges and Structures Manager’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Essential Functions

Responsible for robust client relationship management, focus and business development collaboration

Ensures Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) have the highest priority in all activities.

Executes project work in their assigned project role, at a high level of proficiency with a reputation of high quality and budget and schedule compliance. Often holds a Discipline Lead role on projects, leading the efforts of team members to complete the project in alignment with the project guiding documents such as a Project Execution Plan (PEP). Possess strong understanding of the fundamental aspects of project delivery in Stantec.



The Manager supports on executing project work and engaged on high profile projects.

Collaborate with BCOL and other Team Leads to recruit, retain, mentor, and coach project managers.

Collaborate with BCOL, Project Controls Leadership, and Team Leads to identify, develop and mentor future PMs and PIRs within the region.

Support the development and training with respect to Oracle dashboard, Integrated Project Management (IPM) and Project Update Review Service (PURS), preparing estimates to complete, PM change management and other critical activities in partnership with the Project Controls Team.

Identifies overall goals and establishes priorities for their group in conjunction with their direct reports. Inputs into Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with associated leading and lagging performance indicators.

Responsible for workload capacity / backlog and workload forecasting of the team members that report to them including adherence to budgeted utilization targets.

Facilitates team meetings and connects with individual team members as needed to promote employee engagement, continuous improvement, and technical growth.

Collaborates with BC’s, other BOUs and as needed.

People Leadership

Act as a highly regarded leader, thought partner, and a source of counsel and advice for their team.

Be personally involved in key client relationships, strategic project pursuits,



and major project leadership within the team.

Supports development and implementation of targeted discipline training programs and budgets with specific focus on maximizing the effectiveness of the discipline team to support projects across Infrastructure.

Responsible for team members’ development and guidance, including monitoring and evaluating performance, and providing coaching for high performance.

Holds team members accountable for performance and initiates performance improvement plans as required.

Works in conjunction with the BCOL and Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to address employee related concerns.

Responsible for implementing best practices, goal and objective setting, training, career development, and recommendations for salary review.

Client Focus And Business Development Collaboration

Responsible for exceeding client expectations through strong account management across the region and supporting lead accounts for major clients in the region.

Achieve minimum client- and proposal-specific marketing and business development (M&BD;) sales goals, including internal cross-selling initiatives, target 25% of time.

Lead and participate in pursuits and campaigns for major opportunities for the region.

Actively contribute to win strategies and successful project execution. Become involved at a hands-on level in key pursuits as needed and on projects should issues impacting client satisfaction or project management best practices elevate.

Responsible for developing and managing the marketing and business development (M&BD;) plan for the team including cross selling.

Project Delivery

Assists

📌 Bridges & Structures Manager, Prairies & Territories (Winnipeg)
🏢 Stantec.
📍 Winnipeg