Overview

Be among the first 25 applicants. Stantec’s economics practice is growing to meet increasing demand to incorporate economic analysis into resource management decisions. Our team of engineers, scientists, and planners works to help clients with difficult resource allocation decisions, emphasizing resiliency, efficiency, and sustainability. We are staffing up our economics team to support this work.

Stantec’s economists collaborate with professionals across industries to conduct holistic evaluations of how societies interact with natural and built environments. Our Business Lines include Energy; Water; Transportation; Mining, Minerals & Metals; Buildings; Community Development; Federal Government; and Construction Management. We employ approximately 35,000 people focused on understanding nature’s cycles and systems to optimize resource allocation decisions. Stantec offers opportunities to engage in meaningful economics work and grow with a team of top technical talent.

Your Opportunity

This position is client-facing and involves staff leadership within our Management Consulting Team (MTC). As a consultant in the MTC, you will help grow our business and manage teams that design and implement economic analyses to support federal, state, and local government clients in making informed resource management decisions. Projects will include cost-benefit analyses, national economic development analyses, ecosystem service valuation, and regional economic impact statements. The role is flexible in location and can be remote.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support business development in Nature Based Solutions (NbS), Climate Solutions, Coastal Resilience, Ecosystem Restoration, Energy Transition, Sustainability, and International Development by communicating the economic value of projects such as groundwater remediation, wetlands restoration, water quality regulations, carbon offsets, or air quality regulations.
• Manage research teams to evaluate economic and financial feasibility of traditional structural projects and nature-based solutions where appropriate. Examples include models and facilities to protect built infrastructure from flooding or restoration of a wetland to manage storm runoff and serve as an ecological filter.
• Train junior staff in technical skills and workload management.
• Serve as an active member of multiple teams and perform tasks as required.
• Maintain and grow client relationships and lead business development efforts in responding to client requests, RFQs, and RFPs.
• Serve as an independent reviewer of analyses to ensure technical accuracy and appropriateness of methods and tools used as well as the solutions evaluated.
• In many cases, serve as the project manager for client engagements, ensuring delivery of high-quality services on time and within budget.
• Meet performance goals and objectives regarding client demands, delivery milestones, quality standards, project management framework, mentoring junior staff, and training activities.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to manage research teams both technically and operationally.
• Apply knowledge of industry-standard methods for valuing ecosystem services and nature-based solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel for quantitative modeling and analysis, PowerPoint, Word), Adobe Acrobat Pro, Teams, and related business systems. Experience with SQL, Power BI/Tableau, GIS, IMPLAN, Python, R, or similar tools is a plus.
• Exhibit excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Be a self-starter capable of working independently as well as with a geographically dispersed team.
• Maintain meticulous attention to detail due to public-facing deliverables.
• Travel as needed, up to approximately 10–15% depending on assignment.

Traits and Attributes of Top Performers

• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to challenge assumptions.
• Lifelong learning mindset to continually develop new skills and tools.
• Analytical problem-solving abilities to model complex systems and assess economic and financial impacts.
• Collaboration and co-creation across disciplines and cultures.
• Creativity, adaptability, and strategic thinking to guide decisions and drive innovation.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and a drive to create value for clients.
• Sincere desire to please clients with rigorous, error-free, unbiased advisory services.

Education and Experience

A combination of education and experience will be considered for the successful candidate.

• Ph.D. in economics with fifteen+ years of experience in consulting.
• Experience in natural resource economics or work with federal, state, regional agencies, NGOs, or private firms.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities and 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.

Primary Location: United States | CA | Walnut Creek

Organization: 2248 Water-US M&T Consulting-Walnut Creek CA

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 12/09/2025 02:09:51

Req ID: 1002279

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color, 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, training, terminations, or any other condition of employment. Stantec complies with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance and Sales

Industries

• Business Consulting and Services

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