What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Manager/Senior Consultant position at Stantec?
Stantec is seeking Account Manager/Senior Consultant to support our focus and growth with Key Accounts globally. This leadership position will be a key part of Stantec’s Environmental Services team that provides the full range of expertise needed to grow a wide variety of services with Key Accounts.
Our clients recognize Stantec as a trusted partner in their efforts to reduce risk, becoming more environmentally and socially responsible as they build, acquire, manage, and transition assets. Our commitment to strong environmental and social governance elevates our clients as respected leaders among employees, communities, investors, and customers. By leveraging skilled professionals and fostering seamless collaboration between U.S. and Canadian teams, our Teams deliver high-quality, responsive, and safe solutions that drive consistent, profitable growth. We integrate environmental, health, and safety (EHS) compliance with facility design and construction to optimize production, reduce costs, create safe workplaces, and enhance employee well-being—adding measurable value across all markets.
Your Key Responsibilities
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
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
Primary Location: United States | PA | West Chester
Organization: 1956 EnvSvcs-US East Northeast-West Chester PA
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 10/11/2025 02:11:00
Req ID: 1002898
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
Our clients recognize Stantec as a trusted partner in their efforts to reduce risk, becoming more environmentally and socially responsible as they build, acquire, manage, and transition assets. Our commitment to strong environmental and social governance elevates our clients as respected leaders among employees, communities, investors, and customers. By leveraging skilled professionals and fostering seamless collaboration between U.S. and Canadian teams, our Teams deliver high-quality, responsive, and safe solutions that drive consistent, profitable growth. We integrate environmental, health, and safety (EHS) compliance with facility design and construction to optimize production, reduce costs, create safe workplaces, and enhance employee well-being—adding measurable value across all markets.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Grow key accounts with a focus on environmental services.
- Understand the industry trends and resulting client’s growth strategies, initiatives, needs, and expectations and then translate that understanding into project awards.
- Develop and maintain positive client relationships, including seeking opportunities for new business.
- Communicate the client’s needs and expectations, lead the marketing and pursuit of new opportunities, coordinate projects awarded to Stantec, and monitor project execution to ensure delivery is consistent with the client’s expectations.
- Recruit the industry’s top environmental professionals to grow our team.
- Understand our service offerings and collaborate with our Business Lines to identify opportunities to grow existing services, offer new services that meet client needs and expand our geographic coverage for the client.
- Oversee and manage the development of project scope and budget and oversight of project technical requirements.
- Oversee the designs, reports, specifications, and cost estimates for civil and environmental remediation projects.
- Perform quality assurance/ quality control reviews of environmental deliverables.
- Support and ensure the implementation of Stantec Health, Safety, Security, & Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work and coordinate with HSSE professionals during the execution of all phases of project planning and implementation.
- Work in collaboration with our Technical and Operational Leadership to ensure adherence to project delivery processes, and to achieve client satisfaction, with the ultimate mission of becoming our client’s trusted advisor.
- Metrics of success include expanding the number of client relationships, expansion of geographies served and services delivered, recruitment of new team members and building out of the high functioning account team, sales, net revenue growth, and profitability.
- Demonstrated capability as a client trusted advisor and ability to develop new business
- Skilled in verbal and written communications, including advanced technical writing abilities, regulatory agency negotiations, and requests for proposals responses.
- Skilled at prioritizing, organizing, managing, and performing multiple work assignments simultaneously.
- Some travel will be required; therefore Good driving record and valid driver’s license
- Ability to develop and implement a succession plan throughout career development, namely through the mentorship of mid-level and junior staff.
- Skilled with computer applications and functions, including Microsoft Word, Teams, Excel, Outlook.
- Ability to prepare, read and interpret scientific/technical documents and plans for the affects/impacts to environmental resources.
- Ability to perform work accurately in a detail-oriented environment and meet client schedules, deadlines, and budgets.
- Ability to work with initiative, professionalism, confidentiality, and is able to work independently, multi-task and adapt to change in a very dynamic environment.
- Ability to build high performing account teams, with the strong ability to maintain and establish effective working relationships amongst the team and client.
- Bachelor’s or Masters’ degree environmental engineering, civil engineering, geology or related discipline preferred. Advanced degrees preferred.
- 15 years of experience in a business development role with demonstrated success in client management and growth.
- 15 years’ experience managing projects
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
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
Primary Location: United States | PA | West Chester
Organization: 1956 EnvSvcs-US East Northeast-West Chester PA
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 10/11/2025 02:11:00
Req ID: 1002898
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
