Business Center Practice Leader - Environmental Services

Business Center Practice Leader - Environmental Services - ( 240001QF )

Description

Are you considering for a new challenge in the environmental field, and are you looking for an engineering firm where you can carry out responsible, sustainable projects, and where teams collaborate with each other while fostering each other's professional development? Stantec, with 30,000 experts working in 400 offices worldwide, is the company you'll want to work for. The sum of our expertise ranks us 7th among the 225 largest design firms worldwide according to Engineering News-Record!

Stantec in Quebec is a team of 1,600 people, spread across 15 business locations, who are proud to have a positive impact in their communities and who can count on a strong and dedicated local leadership. We are committed to providing a healthy, inclusive, and flexible work environment.

Your Opportunity

Join Stantec as a Business Center (BC) Practice Leader (BCPL) for our Quebec, Canada based Environmental Services (ES) Team.

Reporting to the Regional Business Leader of ES for Canada East, you will focus on driving technical excellence and delivering project excellence with our local and regional clients.

The BCPL leads by providing innovative project and design solutions, exceptional quality and execution that exceed client expectations with a continued focus on health and safety excellence. The BCPL works closely with other BC leaders to deliver professional services to clients, while championing safety, quality, innovation, and risk management processes.

The position will be flexible (%office, %work from home), our preference is for a technical leader based close to our offices in Quebec City and we will consider candidates near any other office in Quebec. Travel will be required to other Stantec offices, to the field and / or for customer meetings.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong leadership in the areas of communication, trust, problem solving, and mentorship.
• Champion Stantec's Safer Together culture and lead health and safety performance of the BC, including the monitoring of leading and lagging indicators, communication of health and safety information and the investigation of incidents.
• Lead, challenge, and inspire technical staff in multi-disciplinary teams responsible for : Environmental Permitting, Characterization of ecosystems, Impact studies, Waste Management, Climate Change and Geomatics.
• Coaching / mentoring developing professionals through substantive engagement and communication and foster an inclusive and diverse culture.
• Identify technical gaps within teams and work with ES leadership and technical leaders to address gaps.
• Attract key staff to Stantec's ES team to facilitate growth.
• Drive technical excellence for projects and proposals within the BC, as well as participate in regular national technical leadership meetings, initiatives, and innovation strategies.
• Champion Quality Control processes, including internal and external auditing adherence to the Project Management Framework, and supporting training and development of Quality Reviewers and Independent Reviewers.
• Administer risk management and quality assurance related to projects and opportunities, including review of contracts, and identifying risk triggers.
• Promote innovation relevant to the BC's technical disciplines, including sponsoring ES strategic initiatives and tools (e.g., digital tool development) and driving the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit program.
• Support and contribute to the development and execution of the national business strategy for ES, with accountability for priorities and key performance metrics, including the BC's topline revenue, utilization, gross margin, and operating income. This includes working with national sector leads, clients, account managers and regional sector staff to identify opportunities for growth.
• Support the development of the annual business plan, operating budget and contribute to other resource management processes.
• Develop and manage training programs to support employees' career development, and the delivery of new services.

Qualifications

Your background

Your keys to success

What we offer

Stantec stands out for its kind work environment and inclusive practices, which have earned it several local and international distinctions, including the Prix Employeur 2023 de Montréal Centre-Ville and the Bloomberg ranking on gender equality. Stantec also stands out for its competitive benefits, career development programs and employee resource groups.

Why choose Stantec

300 new employees have joined us in the last 12 months because Stantec's winning projects meet the expectations of consulting engineering professionals!

If you see yourself in this position, apply today or contact your recruiter Marco Vanderwey on LinkedIn! Join us today and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary : Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, 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-Quebec-Ville de Québec

Other Locations : Canada-Quebec-Saint-Laurent, Canada-Quebec-Chicoutimi, Canada-Quebec-Amos, Canada-Quebec-Val-d'Or, Canada-Quebec-Montréal, Canada-Quebec-Trois-Rivières

Organization : BC-1670 EnvSvcs-CA Quebec

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Apr 26, 2024, 11 : 19 : 05 AM

Req ID : 240001QF

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, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, 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 local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability / Protected Veterans