Senior resources team leader, cultural resources

Stantec is seeking an experienced Senior Resource Team Leader to provide operational, technical, and people leadership for a growing cultural resources practice serving clients throughout Stantec’s Northeast region which includes Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and New England. Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, this role combines cultural resources expertise with responsibility for mentoring front-line supervisors, coordinating resources across teams and offices, supporting successful project delivery, and advancing strategic growth across the region.

The successful candidate will manage and support Resource Team Leaders working collaboratively with all levels of staff in delivering archaeological, historic architectural, and other cultural resources services across the Northeast. The role will facilitate workload sharing, staff development, collaboration, and achievement of safety, quality, utilization, sales, and project delivery objectives primarily in the Northeast but with opportunity to work across regions and business operating units. The position will also support regional business development and client relationships and contribute to technical project work within the candidate’s area of expertise.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead by example in promoting Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) SaferTogether culture and compliance with applicable policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.
• Provide supervisory leadership and mentorship to Resource Team Leaders and staff, establishing priorities, addressing personnel or project issues, and supporting performance, engagement, and career development.
• Meet regularly with Resource Team Leaders to review team priorities and performance and guide mid-year and annual reviews in accordance with company policy.
• Coordinate current and forecasted workload, staff availability, assignments, and work sharing across teams, business centers, regions, and business operating units to support utilization, backlog, and project delivery objectives.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, training, succession planning, and collaboration across disciplines, sectors, offices, and regions.
• Serve as a technical resource lead and/or Principal Investigator for complex cultural resources investigations and contribute to project delivery and project management within the candidate’s area of expertise.
• Ensure high-quality, consistent technical delivery through disciplined project execution, appropriate quality and independent reviews, and collaboration with technical discipline, area, and excellence leaders.
• Build and maintain client and professional relationships, remain informed of emerging technical, regulatory, market, and economic issues, and support regional growth.
• Coordinate staffing for hard backlog and business development opportunities and lead technical proposal elements, including scope, budget, schedule, staffing, and delivery approach.
• Assist business center leadership in forecasting and achieving financial targets, including utilization, backlog, and project performance, and review and approve timecards and expense reports.

QUALIFICATIONS

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong people leadership, staff management, mentoring, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, organization, and coordination skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through front-line supervisors, establish priorities, build engagement, and contribute effectively within a broader leadership team.
• Meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Archeology and Historic Preservation (48 FR §44716).
• Demonstrated experience leading all phases of cultural resources investigations and managing complex compliance projects under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and applicable state regulations and guidance.
• Strong technical writing, professional judgment, client service, and written and verbal direction skills.
• Disciplined approach to technical excellence, quality, project execution, financial management, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to develop productive professional networks, champion new ideas, and create an environment that supports innovation and collaboration.
• Ability to communicate safety expectations to field staff and support safe execution of office and field activities.
• Experience with digital field data collection tools such as GPS, ESRI Field Maps, Survey123, and ArcGIS Online; ArcGIS proficiency is preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and a good driving record.

Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in anthropology, archaeology, or a related discipline from an accredited university is required.
• Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible experience in cultural resources consulting, archaeological compliance, project delivery, and staff or team leadership.
• Demonstrated experience managing field crews, senior technical staff, project managers, and/or front-line supervisors.
• Experience working throughout the Northeast United States with established knowledge of regional cultural resources, regulatory requirements, agency coordination practices, and state-specific guidance.
• Experience in one or more relevant markets, including renewable energy, electric transmission and distribution, utilities, transportation, and oil and gas.
• Demonstrated positive professional relationships with clients, agencies, regulators, and industry partners.
• Understanding of company HSSE, project delivery, quality, and risk-management processes 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. #StayInquisitive

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.

Join a team that’s naturally committed to the 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) 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.