Senior Natural Resource Economist

OverviewStantec’s economics practice is growing, driven by the increasing demand of our existing clients to incorporate economic analysis into resource management decisions. Stantec brings together engineers, scientists, and planners to assist clients with difficult resource allocation decisions. The team conducts holistic evaluations of societies’ interactions with the natural and built environments across industries including Energy; Water; Transportation; Mining, Minerals & Metals; Buildings; Community Development; Federal Government and Construction Management. Our 35,000 employees work to understand nature’s cycles and systems to help optimize resource allocation decisions for resiliency, efficiency, and sustainability.Stantec is a place to satisfy your passion for economics by collaborating with top technical talents on work that is critical to our clients and the communities they support. Come grow with us! Your OpportunityThis position is a client facing and staff leadership role within our Management Consulting Team (MTC). As a consultant in the MTC, you will have the opportunity to grow our business and manage teams that will create, design, and implement economic analyses that help federal, state, and local government clients make informed resource management decisions. Projects will include cost benefit analyses, national economic development analyses, ecosystem service valuation, and regional economic impact statements. This position is flexible in location and can be remote. Your Key ResponsibilitiesSupport business development in Nature Based Solutions (NbS), Climate Solutions, Coastal Resilience, Ecosystem Restoration, Energy Transition, Sustainability and International Development by telling the economic story 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 as well as nature-based solutions where appropriate. Examples include development of models and facilities to protect built infrastructure from flooding; non-structural solutions like restoration of wetlands to manage storm runoff and act as ecological filters.Train junior staff in technical skills and workload management.Serve as an active member of multiple teams performing tasks such as those described.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 prepared by peers or junior staff to ensure technical accuracy and appropriateness of methods and tools used and solutions 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-specific demands, delivery milestones, quality standards, project management framework, mentoring junior staff, and training activities.Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Manage research teams both technically and operationally.Show working knowledge of, and interest in, industry standard methods of valuing ecosystem services and nature-based solutions.Proficiency with Microsoft Office Excel (including quantitative modeling and analysis, managing large datasets), PowerPoint, Word, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Teams, and other business systems; experience with additional data analysis tools is a plus (SQL Management Studio, Power BI/Tableau, GIS, IMPLAN, Python, R, etc.).Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.Self-starter capable of working independently as well as with a geographically dispersed tense attention to detail, as deliverables are open to public review and scrutiny.Willing to travel as needed (up to 10 to 15 percent, depending on the assignment). Traits and Attributes of Top PerformersIntellectual curiosityLifelong learnersAnalytical problem solversCollaboration and co-creationCreativity and adaptabilityStrategic and systematic thinkingEntrepreneurial mindsetSincere desire to please our clients Education and ExperienceA combination of education and experience will be considered for the successful candidate for this position.A Ph.D. in economics with fifteen+ years of experience in consulting.Work experience could include natural resource economic consulting, or work with federal, state or regional agencies, NGOs and private firms. This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties may be assigned or 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. Pay RangeLocations in NYC & CA (Bay Area) & NJ (RP) - Min Salary $190,500.00 - Max Salary $295,300.00 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 #additional Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, 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, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. 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Created: 2025-09-28