Construction Observer, Water Infrastructure

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they're facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we're helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world's most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations.

Your Opportunity

Stantec''s Transportation practice has an opportunity for a full-time Construction Observer who is excited about the civil, transportation, environmental, and water resources fields to join our team in the Southwest United States. This opportunity is for you if you are excited about:

• Working for a global and Top 10 Design Firm and being part of a team of over 30,000 employees engaged in a culture where safety is paramount, sustainability and resiliency are valued, and differences are invited, embraced, and celebrated.
• The ability to work on a broad range of projects.
• Leading and training junior staff on how to effectively observe, document, and report on construction progress and quality. The successful candidate will work on challenging and diverse tasks in a consulting and construction quality assurance role that will require application of technical skills, project delivery, and leadership for construction projects. Your role will be to observe and record activities associated with the Contractor's construction progress in a fast-paced environment. The selected candidate will need to be self-directed, capable of independent tasks as well as supporting multidisciplinary complex teams, and should demonstrate a passion for involvement in the civil construction industry with an enthusiasm for successful completion of projects that meet our clients' needs.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Under limited supervision, review project submittals, submittal review comments, and RFI and RFI responses, and incorporate them into the quality control inspection plan.
• Review, analyze, and document any construction issues potentially resulting in a scope, time, or cost impact to the work of the Contractor, which may result in a change to the contract.
• Maintain attention to detail during a project's construction and identify minor problems before they develop into larger problems.
• Attend, as necessary, Client and Contractor Weekly Progress Meetings, including review of progress to the planned schedule.
• Assist with documenting compliance and non-compliance with established quality control and quality assurance procedures.
• Assist with the preparation of a project punch list for deficient or uncompleted work by the construction contractor.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Understands underground utility construction for water, sanitary sewer, and stormwater infrastructure, as well as the different methods used during their construction.
• Understand single-point field inspection of the construction contractor's work, representing the Construction Manager in the field.
• Develop an understanding of written reports documenting QA/QC inspections, non-compliance notices, and corrective actions.
• Develop an understanding of project-specific quality control and quality assurance documents and standards for projects that are under development.
• Develops rapport and trust with others.
• Effectively understands and meets client needs.
• Strong organizational skills, along with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and demonstrate a flexible approach to work assignments.
• Positive attitude, good energy, and proven passion.
• Demonstrating competency in using Microsoft Office and iOS applications to create field work reports.

Education and Experience

• Education: A technical 2-year degree/diploma/certificate in a related program; or equivalent combination of experience and education. Prefer a degree in construction management or a professional discipline-specific field from an accredited institution.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of construction observation and documentation experience.
• Acquires specific experience through on-the-job consulting projects and executing standard tasks.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam, and iOS applications to produce field work reports.

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.

Primary Location: United States | NM | Albuquerque Other Locations: United States | NM | Las Cruces Organization: BC-1817 Transpt-US Southwest Employee Status: Regular Business Justification: New Position Travel: Yes Schedule: Full time Job Posting: 23/06/2026 08:06:40 Req ID: 1006450

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