Senior Resources Team Leader, Cultural Resources

Stantec•Hartford, CT

20h

About The Position

Stantec is seeking an experienced Senior Resources Team Leader to provide operational, technical, and people leadership for its growing cultural resources practice serving clients across the Northeast region, including Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and New England. Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, the role combines cultural resources expertise with responsibility for mentoring front-line supervisors, coordinating resources across teams and offices, supporting project delivery, and advancing regional growth. The successful candidate will manage and support Resource Team Leaders and collaborate with staff at all levels to deliver archaeological, historic architectural, and other cultural resources services. The role supports workload sharing, staff development, collaboration, and safety, quality, utilization, sales, and project delivery objectives, primarily in the Northeast, with opportunities to work across regions and business operating units. The position also supports regional business development and client relationships and contributes technical project work in the candidate’s area of expertise. The Senior Resources Team Leader promotes Stantec’s HSSE SaferTogether culture and leads staff and Resource Team Leaders through performance management, mentoring, workload coordination, recruiting, training, and career development. The role contributes to complex cultural resources investigations and project management, oversees quality and project execution, coordinates proposal and staffing efforts, supports business center financial targets, and maintains client and professional relationships.

Requirements

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 support 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.
Valid driver’s license and a good driving record.
Master’s degree in anthropology, archaeology, or a related discipline from an accredited university.
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.
Demonstrated positive professional relationships with clients, agencies, regulators, and industry partners.

Nice To Haves

ArcGIS proficiency is preferred.
Experience in one or more relevant markets, including renewable energy, electric transmission and distribution, utilities, transportation, and oil and gas.
Understanding of company HSSE, project delivery, quality, and risk-management processes is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Promote 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, establish priorities, address personnel or project issues, and support 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, stay informed about 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.
Review and approve timecards and expense reports.