Change & Claims Specialist

When you care deeply about the work you do, it’s rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects.  

Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community. 

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization’s objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

Your Opportunity 

Stantec is seeking a Manager of Cost Advisory & Estimating to join our Program & Construction Management group in North America. The ideal candidate will bring experience across a broad range of sectors, including transit, highways, infrastructure, and buildings, with the ability to lead, oversee, and guide multidisciplinary cost advisory, estimating, and scheduling services for complex projects and programs.

This key role requires a highly motivated leader with strong communication, team leadership, business development, and collaboration skills, along with a commitment to technical excellence, continuous improvement, and developing people within a large multidisciplinary environment.

As Manager, you will lead Stantec’s Cost Advisory & Estimating team and oversee the delivery of cost advisory, estimating, scheduling, and related services for multidisciplinary projects and programs across Canada and the U.S., ranging from small assignments to multibillion-dollar initiatives. You will help set the standard for quality, collaboration, and growth across the practice.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to resolve outstanding claims on the project.
• Prepare and present various reports, minutes, and records regarding contract documents and contractor change request issues.
• Review documentation and perform analysis, including review of schedule, cost estimates, contract documents, specifications, and special studies.
• Assist in presentation of contractor claim submittals, supporting documentation, contract documents and specifications.
• Distribute documents and maintain controlled distribution lists.
• Coordinates daily onsite construction activities liaising with contractors, design professionals, clients, and relevant external parties.
• Provides input to the development of project schedules, coordinates the work according to approved schedules, reports schedule deviations and provides recommendations on any schedule modifications.
• Reports deviations from contract documents and codes. Follows through with responsible party until resolution.
• Maintains records of activities including work completed and inspected.
• Meets, reviews and reports to the project team on construction status, issues, and concerns.
• Monitors the progress of construction activities ensuring cost, schedule and quality standards are met.
• Communicates with and makes recommendations to Project Manager, design professionals, client, owner, developer, or contractor, but does not direct the means or methods of construction.
• Reviews plans, specifications, requests for information, submittals, construction schedules, shop drawings and pay applications (QA/QC).
• Prepares final documentation for closeout process.
• Prepares documents and maintains file management of project-related information including, but not limited to, correspondence, reports, videos, and pictures.
• Participates in the implementation of safety controls and promotes a safe workplace.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.