Senior programmer Jobs in Halifax, NS

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.

Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.

Your Opportunity

We have an immediate opening for a Senior Hydrogeologist to join our Environmental Services Team in Atlantic Canada. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and ready to engage in providing our clients high-quality products while growing both as an individual and as part of a team.

As a Senior Hydrogeologist, you would play a key role in a wide variety of physical and chemical hydrogeology projects, including groundwater supply development, mining baseline studies and permitting, dewatering, and groundwater protection and management. Your expertise will contribute to diverse initiatives that protect and enhance our most precious resource—water.

Why Choose Stantec?

We are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Stantec has been named by Forbes as one of the World’s and Canada’s Best Employers and America’s Best Employers for Women. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support.

Our people are at the core of everything we do. Driven by a culture of inclusion, we offer employee resource groups, growth opportunities, and flexible work arrangements. We understand that the tools for success look different for everyone, and we’re committed to providing each employee with the support and flexibility they need to thrive.

Stantec supports your career growth with:

Flexible and remote or in-office work arrangements.

Excellent and comprehensive benefits for healthcare and dental.

Wellness plans to support mental, physical, social and financial well-being.

Registered retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan, both with employer contributions.

Formalized career planning and development process.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Promote a strong health and safety culture and actively participate in Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security, and Environment Program

• Develop project budgets, determine project scope, and establish project schedules.

• Plan, coordinate, and support field programs in support of hydrogeological studies including drilling, well construction and testing oversight; groundwater sampling; and water level monitoring.

• Develop conceptual hydrogeologic models and understanding

• Review field information from investigations; prepare reports, including the interpretation of geological/hydrogeological conditions

• Interpret aquifer tests, characterize aquifers based on maps and other spatial data

• Work with multi-disciplinary teams on baseline and impact assessment projects, feasibility studies, groundwater and surface water assessments, groundwater flow and transport models, and contaminant investigations

• Prepare technical reports and client presentations summarizing project work, findings, and recommendations.

• Perform QA/QC of technical documents/deliverables

• Travel as required to various field sites; overnight travel sometimes required

• Demonstrate sound understanding and application of established practices, standards, and guidelines

• Contribute to business development activities, including proposals, pre-qualifications, and relationship building with clients and prospective clients.

• Provide supervision, training, technical direction and mentoring to more junior staff.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Consistently produce high-quality and organized results.

• Demonstrates strong initiative and is capable of independent action with the ability to make informed decisions.

• Strong organizational and time management skills that include balancing immediate and long-term work commitments with varying priorities and deadlines.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with advanced technical report writing skills

• Experience with hydrogeological characterization work including aquifer test design, analysis and technical report writing.

• Experience with hydrogeological modeling software such as MODFLOW, FEFLOW, and/or AQTESOLV.

• Strong business development, client management, communication, and financial management skills are essential.

Education and Experience

Minimum of a Master’s degree specializing in hydrogeology from a Hydrogeology, Geoscience, or Engineering program.

Minimum of 7 years of working experience in consulting or regulatory environment, regularly using and analyzing hydrogeologic data.

Existing professional registration (P.Geo. or P.Eng.).

Valid Driver’s License required

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

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 futureproofing 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.

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Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: Canada | NS | Dartmouth
Organization: BC-1214 EnvSvcs-CA Atlantic Canada
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 08/04/2026 05:04:03
Req ID: 1005272