Posted 9 days ago
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Team Lead
@ Stantec
Edmonton, Alberta
Overview
Stantec is hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer and Team Lead for its Buildings team to manage a mechanical engineering group and act as technical design expert on projects of varying scale. The work covers HVAC and building mechanical design, staff leadership, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and clients. The posting requires Alberta P.Eng licensure, 12 years of building mechanical experience, and 10% to 20% travel.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the mechanical engineering team and project assignments
- Lead HVAC and mechanical building system design and selection
- Conduct staff performance reviews and mentor junior staff
- Prepare design deliverables, calculations and specifications
- Perform site visits and respond to submittals and RFIs
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
- Alberta P.Eng licensure required
- Minimum 12 years building mechanical engineering experience
- Experience leading large, complex building projects
- Strong knowledge of ASHRAE and applicable codes
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-29
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-29
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 12+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Office, Construction site, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | P.Eng |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | mechanical engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Tuition support, Stock or equity, Wellness |
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Stantec
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Full company description
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. 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 are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible. Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN. Recruitment fraud notice: All legitimate Stantec career opportunities are posted exclusively at www.stantec.jobs and candidate applications and employment offers are managed through our secure applicant tracking system. Stantec will only contact candidates using official email addresses ending in @stantec.com and does not send job offers as email attachments. Stantec never requests application fees and money transfers in the recruitment process or banking information via email. We also do not send payments for the purchase of office supplies or equipment. Any communication offering employment outside of our official recruitment process should be considered fraudulent.
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- People associated on LinkedIn
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- Reported office locations
- 10160-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2L6, CA
- Other recorded names
- Stantec
- Specialties
- consulting
- planning
- architecture
- engineering
- environmental
- interior design
- landscape
- surveying
- and project management
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Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business Consulting and Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | consultingplanningarchitectureengineeringenvironmentalinterior designlandscapesurveyingand project management |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 586 |
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Your Opportunity
Stantec is seeking a highly motivated Senior Mechanical Engineer / Team Leader to join our growing, multidisciplinary Buildings team.
If you are an experienced leader, strong communicator, and skilled problem-solver with a high level of attention to detail, we have an opportunity for you to make an impact on a team committed to delivering innovative, high-quality building designs.
In this role, you will draw on your strong technical knowledge, leadership capabilities, and extensive industry experience to lead the mechanical engineering team and deliver projects of varying scales and complexity. You will serve as both a technical leader and people manager while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary design teams, clients, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the Mechanical Engineering Team Lead, managing team workload, project assignments, staffing needs, and overall resource planning.
- Conduct staff performance reviews and actively support employee career development and professional growth.
- Mentor and develop junior and intermediate design staff through project work, technical guidance, training, and coaching.
- Effectively delegate work to engineering and production support staff.
- Develop project scopes, budgets, schedules, staffing plans, and design approaches for projects of varying sizes and complexity.
- Work within established project budgets and schedules to help project teams achieve financial, quality, and delivery objectives.
- Serve as the mechanical engineer and technical design expert on assigned projects.
- Perform field investigations and apply advanced mechanical engineering knowledge to develop solutions to complex engineering challenges.
- Prepare and support project deliverables including basis-of-design narratives, engineering calculations, cost estimates, drawing documentation, system designs, and technical specifications.
- Lead the design and selection of HVAC, plumbing, and other mechanical building systems.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary design teams, clients, building officials, contractors, manufacturers, and other project stakeholders.
- Communicate with manufacturers and contractors to resolve technical challenges and develop practical, constructible solutions.
- Perform construction site observation visits and review and respond to project submittals, RFIs, and other construction-phase documentation.
- Develop contract documents that meet applicable codes, client requirements, project standards, and Stantec quality assurance requirements.
- Identify and resolve design conflicts and technical questions while providing recommendations that improve project outcomes.
- Serve as a quality control reviewer and participate in project peer reviews.
- Support the continued growth, technical excellence, and operational performance of the mechanical engineering team.
- Travel occasionally as required, approximately 10%-20%.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Demonstrated experience building, leading, mentoring, and managing engineering teams.
- Strong technical knowledge of HVAC and building mechanical systems, equipment, materials, means and methods, and industry standards.
- Working knowledge and application of applicable mechanical and plumbing codes, energy codes, ASHRAE standards, and other relevant building codes and standards.
- Strong understanding of all phases of project design and document production, including the relationship between drawings, specifications, calculations, and construction documents.
- Ability to review the work of others for technical accuracy, completeness, coordination, and quality.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting project budgets and schedules.
- Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary project team environment.
- Strong analytical, creative, and critical-thinking abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong client-facing and interpersonal skills.
- Presentation and interview experience is preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, and one or more HVAC load calculation software platforms.
- Experience with large and complex building projects required. Resumes should be tailored to demonstrate such including project, total square footage, and systems completed.
- Experience with mission critical, advanced manufacturing, higher education, and/or healthcare facilities is considered beneficial.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited engineering program.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng) licensure is Alberta required. License in additional provinces is considered an asset.
- Minimum of 12 years of professional building mechanical engineering experience, including experience delivering large and/or technically complex projects.
- Previous experience in a technical leadership, team leadership, or engineering management role is strongly preferred.
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.
Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.
Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.
Join us and design your place with Stantec.
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