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Your Opportunity
Stantec's Environmental Services practice seeks a Senior Acoustics/Noise Consultant to support our expanding U.S. environmental noise, vibration, and acoustics (NVA) practice. In this role, you would collaborate with our scientists and engineers supporting clients in a variety of sectors, including renewable energy, power generation, data center, oil and gas, site development and planning, transportation, industrial, and federal markets. The NVA team provides support throughout project development, from conceptual design phases to post-construction evaluations. Specifically, the NVA team provides a full suite of specialized technical services including planning, design, noise/vibration monitoring, noise modeling, permitting, public outreach, expert witness, and post-construction studies.
This opportunity location is flexible, within our established U.S. office locations.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Manage noise/acoustics projects and tasks from proposal to completion, delivering projects on schedule, and within scope and budget.
- Conduct, and/or oversee staff completing, field measurements, technical analyses, modeling, and reporting.
- Analyze and interpret acoustical modeling results, evaluate noise mitigation measures, and document the results of acoustical analyses through development of technical reports.
- Present at public meetings and appear as expert witness for acoustics projects.
- Contribute to training of junior staff in field work, analysis, modeling, and report preparation.
- Support the expansion of NVA team acoustics service offerings.
- Support client relationship, business development and marketing activities.
- Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of the latest trends, software, and technology.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Experience in environmental acoustics/noise assessments is required.
- Experience with natural gas pipeline and compressor station noise studies (e.g., FERC requirements) is preferred.
- Experience with acoustic measurement practices, software, and instrumentation is required.
- Experience with acoustical modeling software (e.g., CadnaA, or similar) and technical tools to support acoustics/noise analyses (spreadsheets, GIS, AutoCAD) is required.
- Experience in managing multiple projects and tasks concurrently.
- Experience reviewing local, state, and federal environmental regulations and permitting requirements is required.
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, specifically Word, Excel, and Outlook, is required.
- Willingness and ability to travel periodically for field work, including multi-day trips to various locations within the United States, is required.
- Strong work ethic, high ethical and quality standards, and a desire for team success.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills.
- Experience with vibration, underwater noise (hydroacoustics), transportation noise (e.g., TNM modeling), and building acoustics is beneficial.
- Familiarity with scientific programming languages for data processing and analysis (e.g., Matlab, Python) is beneficial.
Education and Experience
- Minimum bachelor's degree in acoustics, engineering, physical sciences, or a related field. Master's degree is beneficial. Coursework in acoustics is preferred.
- Professional Engineer license or Board Certification by the Institute of Noise Control Engineering is beneficial.
- Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience with technical specialization in acoustics and noise assessments is preferred.
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 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.
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Pay Range: Locations in MN, VT, & Various CA, NY Areas - Min Salary $ 107,100.00 - Max Salary $ 160,700.00
Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, NJ Areas - Min Salary $ 117,800.00 - Max Salary $ 176,800.00
Locations in WA, DC & Various CA, MA areas-$126,400.00 - $189,600.00 Annually
Locations in NYC & CA (Bay Area) & NJ (RP)-$134,900.00 - $202,500.00 Annually
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) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
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: United States | GA | Alpharetta
Organization: 1726 EnvSvcs-US Gulf East-Atlanta GA
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: Replacement
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 20/10/2025 12:10:08
Req ID: 1002671
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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. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
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