Expect to get out what you put in - Mechanical Engineering Technician Stantec Employee Review

3.0
Nov 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stable work environment Interesting and challenging projects Opportunities to travel Access to many smart people you can learn from Great place to train early in your career and if you don't let yourself get railroaded by utilization crazed mangers you can make an excellent career here.

Cons

Atmosphere varies tremendously from office to office Extremely corporate management structure. Because of the company structure there is a gigantic middle management. They are well paid and protective of their status. You only penetrate that group by toeing the corporate line, waving the company flag and making the manager above you look good. Technical skills mean very little as far as advancement. There is a level above this though where the very smart people reside in senior management. If you don't firmly but gently manage your career you will likely find yourself under utilized as far as skills and overworked as far as weekly hours. You can easily become burned out and angry. You can easily find yourself on the street if you break any corporate rules. It is not unusual to find an empty desk on Monday morning and find out someone got turfed for violating one of the many, many, many safety or conduct rules. Little explanation will be forthcoming about what really happened. This is to be expected in a large company where lawyers are writing the guidelines with an eye towards law suites

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5.0
Feb 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Seems caring of its individual employees

Cons

Very large and spread out company so communication can be difficult

2.0
May 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hybrid Work and access to useful engineering tools

Cons

Projects are inconsistent in organization and structure (some good some bad). High (and strict) utilization requirements of >93% for entry level and mid level engineers results in overtime with overlapping work loads to avoid any downtime between projects. No development or mentorship strategy around work assignments, the main goal is to keep utilization up. Stantec has been very focused on cutting costs by offshoring, limiting conference attendance, reducing volunteer hours, no tuition reimbursement, multiple layers of approvals to attend in-office CPR training, etc. Very corporate environment and top heavy management with over 240+ “Vice Presidents” currently at the company. Difficult to get raises/promotions besides annual raise. Typical raise is ~3-5% with a good review depending on where your current salary is in relation to the pay range for your career level.

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