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 An opportunity exists in our Ottawa office for a Land Development Project Manager. As the successful candidate, you will be responsible for the management and coordination of residential, commercial, industrial and institutional development projects varying in status from concept through to construction, as well as pursuing business development activities. You will be the prime contact on your projects with the client, approval agencies and others and you will use your technical and leadership abilities to lead a project team of designers and others.

Your Key Responsibilities- Guiding projects through to completion, whether it is due diligence/feasibility work, preliminary/conceptual design, detailed design, scheduling, tendering and construction.

• Contributing technical direction, design review and detailed design on numerous simultaneous land development files and providing quality review of deliverables.

• Leading and/or independently preparing design reports in support of potential land development projects.

• Liaising with clients, agencies and others to obtain approvals.

• Ensuring that the clients’ needs are met in a timely and cost-effective manner.

• Undertaking business development and promotional activities with new and existing clients in the pursuit of new projects, and the cross-selling of other practice areas, including client outreach and preparing work programs, proposals and fee estimates.

• Project Management, including control and management of the financial aspects of your projects.

Your Capabilities and Credentials- Ability and track record of nurturing and growing client relationships.

• Capability of overseeing projects from design to completion.

• Extensive knowledge of site plan and residential subdivision development is considered an asset.

• Business development, time management, communication and team building skills are essential for you to meet the expectations of this challenging position.

• Self-motivated individual, with strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

• Ability to work independently and demonstrated ability to manage projects and clients is essential.

Education and Experience- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering. With a thorough understanding of civil engineering design, obtained through a minimum of 5 years of experience in land development engineering.

• Registered as a Professional Engineer or Certified Civil Engineering Technologist in Ontario.

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.

Primary Location: Canada | ON | Ottawa
Organization: 1604 CommDev-CA Ottawa ON
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 14/11/2025 03:11:47
Req ID: 1003031