Consultant, Operational Readiness

We are trusted advisors providing objective insight and facilitated solutions for successful project outcomes. Our capital planning and operational readiness and transition planning team of experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and deliver capital projects that help them achieve their organization’s objectives.

Our clients are undergoing organizational change that creates uncertainty and risk. Client Solutions translates our client’s change strategy into a project implementation plan, bringing insight and offering solutions so they make informed decisions that lead to successful project outcomes.

Our team believes that project success is the sum of two parts – an operationally ready facility and an operationally ready organization. Combining project management best practices and change management principles, we are uniquely positioned to help clients succeed with both.

Join a smart, creative, and inspired team who are passionate to bring transformational project solutions to life. Gain the opportunity to collaborate with individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise across Stantec’s 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Client Solutions advisory practice is currently seeking a Consultant to join our industry leading capital planning and operational readiness team of management consultants.

This position offers the successful candidate the opportunity to work within a dynamic environment and collaborate closely with our unique integrated team of project delivery and healthcare operations specialists, and to interact with a diversity of individuals in architecture, engineering, interior design, energy, and sustainability across Stantec’s Canadian and USA offices.

We are seeking to expand our team who are working on numerous major P3 and traditional delivery capital and operational readiness projects primarily in the healthcare, education, and commercial real estate sectors. This is a full-time position, located in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) with some travel required. The candidate will work in collaboration with our team in an active, client-facing capacity drawing on their capital planning and redevelopment knowledge and experience to become a trusted advisor to our clients.

You will work closely with senior members of our team and engage with clients on a wide variety of major, high-profile projects from the planning stage through execution to occupancy.

Your Key Responsibilities

1. Develop planning documents, project schedules, and reports, and presentations for clients using our proven planning processes and tools.
2. Assist with the preparation and conducting of facilitated planning sessions with clients, project teams, and stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives and the path forward.
3. Assess project performance by conducting review sessions with clients, project consultants, advisors, and contractors against project plans and prepare performance reports to clients.
4. Assist with the identification of key issues and risks to the project outcome.
5. Revise and update project planning documents in all stages of the project.
6. Prepare written reports and participate in verbal presentations to clients.
7. Support and assist with development of proposal responses and promotional materials.
8. Contribute to Client Solutions’ business goals through participation in group planning and brainstorming sessions.
9. Contribute to documented best practices.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

1. Good understanding of the capital planning process for major redevelopment projects.
2. Good understanding and application of project management processes and principles.
3. Familiarity with Ontario’s Ministry of Health Capital Planning Process, P3 project procurement and delivery, and municipal planning approval processes in Ontario.
4. Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office suite and the use of PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio for management reporting.
5. Strong familiarity with project scheduling software (MS Project and/or Primavera).
6. Ability to combine technical expertise with business acumen.
7. Effective and expressive communicator, both verbally and written, who is clear and concise.
8. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
9. Innovative, creative, critical thinker.
10. Self-starter, team player and effective collaborator with others.
11. Efficient time manager adept at managing multiple projects with competing deadlines.
12. Comfortable working in both a group environment and individually, virtually, and in-person.
13. Comfortable being hands-on working with software tools in flat, project team structures.

Education and Experience

1. An undergraduate degree (Architecture, Engineering, or a related field) from an accredited university or college.
2. Minimum 5 years’ experience with project capital planning.
3. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or willingness to obtain.

The successful candidate must be:

1. Able to travel between Stantec offices and client sites within and outside of the GTA.
2. Able to occasionally work extended hours based on project demands and deliverable deadlines.
3. Willing to travel within Ontario and occasionally to other parts of Canada or the USA to support consulting activities.
4. In possession of a valid driver’s license in Ontario.

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.

We offer the freedom to take initiative in a dynamic environment and the opportunity to develop your skills and competencies while working with our team of professionals considered industry leaders.

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.