Senior Natural Resource Economist

Senior Natural Resource Economist - ( 2300049B )

Description

Many of the world's top engineers and scientists 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. Working throughout the hydrologic cycle, we are delivering sustainable solutions to make sure water is where it should be and available when needed. 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. Grow with us, H2O U.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is actively growing our economics practice and we are looking to hire economists at a variety of different levels. Stantec's economists work together with top engineers, scientists, and planners to conduct holistic evaluations of societies' interactions with the natural and built environments. With Business Lines in the following industries : Energy; Water; Transportation; Mining, Minerals & Metals; Buildings; Community Development; Federal Government and Construction Management, our 28,000 employees work to understand natures' cycles and systems, to help optimize resource allocation decisions for resiliency, efficiency, and sustainability. Stantec is a place to satisfy your passion for economics by collaborating with top technical talents on work that is critical to our clients and the communities they support. Come grow with us!

This position is a client facing and staff leadership position with our Management Consulting Team (MTC). As a consultant within the MTC, you will have the opportunity to create, design, and implement economic analyses that help our federal, state, and local government clients to make informed resource management decisions. Projects will include cost benefit analyses, national economic development analyses, ecosystem service valuation, and regional economic impact statements. This position is flexible as to location and can be remote.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead economic research to estimate the economic and financial feasibility of civil works projects utilizing federal guidance methods of assessment including but not limited to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance in circulars (A-11, A-94) and the Federal Principles, Requirements and Agency-specific guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources.
• Evaluate economic and financial feasibility of both traditional structural projects, as well as nature-based solutions where appropriate. An example structural project is development of models and facilities to protect built infrastructure from flooding; a non-structural solution might include restoration of a wetland designed to manage storm runoff and act as an ecological filter through physical and biological treatment.
• Support business development in Climate Solutions, Coastal Resilience, Ecosystem Restoration, Energy Transition, Smart Cities, Sustainability and International Development by telling the economic story of projects such as groundwater remediation, wetlands restoration, water quality regulations, carbon offsets, and air quality regulations.
• Provide advice on business development, employee development, training of junior staff, and workload management.
• Serve as an active member of multiple teams performing tasks such as evaluating client-specific situations and requirements and presenting to clients.
• Grow and maintain client relationships and lead business development efforts in responding to client requests, RFQs, and RFPs.
• Serve as an independent reviewer of analyses prepared by peers or junior staff to ensure technical accuracy and appropriateness of methods and tools being utilized as well as solutions being evaluated.
• Serve as the project manager for client engagements, ensuring delivery of high-quality services on time and within budget.
• Meet performance goals and objectives as assigned regarding client-specific demands, stated delivery milestones, quality standards, project management framework, mentoring junior staff, and all training activities.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Traits and Attributes of Top Performers

Education and Experience

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. Join us and redefine your personal best.

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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 : Regular 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. Regular full-time and part-time 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 / casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

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 : United States-Louisiana-New Orleans

Other Locations : United States-Florida-Tampa, United States-California-Sacramento

Organization : BC-2248 Water-US M&T Consulting

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Jan 6, 2025, 3 : 12 : 14 PM

Req ID : 2300049B

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Salary : $91,100 - $136,600