Senior Acoustical Consultant

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Environmental Services practice seeks a Senior Acoustical Consultant to support our expanding environmental noise, vibration, and acoustics (NVA) practice in the U.S. Gulf or Mountain regions. 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 could be located in the following Stantec offices: Houston (TX), Dallas (TX), Austin (TX), Denver (CO), Oklahoma City (OK), Atlanta (GA), Tampa (FL), or Salt Lake City (UT). This position offers a hybrid work schedule with two days per week in the office.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage noise/acoustics projects and tasks from proposal to completion, delivering projects on schedule, and within scope and budget.
• Supervise junior staff members and contribute to training in field work, analysis, modeling, and report preparation as part of project delivery.
• Conduct and 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 project proposals by developing task scopes and cost estimates.
• 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 acoustic measurement practices, software, and instrumentation is required.
• Experience with acoustical modeling software (CadnaA preferred) and technical tools to support acoustics/noise analyses (spreadsheets, GIS, AutoCAD) is required.
• Experience in managing multiple projects and tasks concurrently in a client-facing role is required.
• 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.
• Experience with natural gas pipeline and compressor station noise studies (e.g., FERC requirements) is preferred.
• Strong work ethic, high ethical and quality standards, and a desire for team success.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Experience as a manager with direct reports is beneficial.
• 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 Work Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in acoustics, engineering, physical sciences, or a related field is required. Coursework in acoustics is preferred.
• A Master’s degree in acoustics, engineering, physical sciences, or a related field is beneficial.
• Professional Engineer license or Board Certification by the Institute of Noise Control Engineering is beneficial.
• Minimum of 7 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.