Business Center Practice Leader - Environmental Services

Business Center Practice Leader - Environmental Services - ( 250000LQ )

Description

Are you considering a new challenge in the environmental field and looking for an engineering firm where you can carry out responsible, sustainable projects? Stantec, with 31,000 experts working in 450 offices worldwide, is the company you'll want to work for. The sum of our expertise ranks us 8th 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 can count on 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, available to all our offices 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 communication, trust, problem solving, and mentorship.
• Champion Stantec’s Safer Together culture and lead health and safety performance of the BC, including monitoring of leading and lagging indicators, communication of health and safety information, and 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.
• 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 delivery of new services.

Qualifications

Your background

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of environmental services work, leadership, technical, financial management, business development, and consulting experience; or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French. Knowledge of English is required to facilitate collaboration with our internal teams outside Quebec or with our clients.

Your keys to success

• Ability to balance project execution and BC leadership.
• Strong technical background in one or several disciplines related to Environmental Planning & Permitting, Characterization of ecosystems, Impact assessments at both provincial and federal levels, Waste Management, Climate Change, and/or Geomatics.
• Team player with experience building, leading, and managing large teams.
• Entrepreneurial minded with a core understanding of business and the challenges of an engineering and environmental consulting services provider.
• Awareness of professional standards of practice, ethics, and their applicability to Stantec’s business, risk management, and quality frameworks.
• Ability to clearly convey and distill complex technical information to a variety of audiences.

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

What we offer

Stantec stands out for its humane work environment and inclusive practices. Here are just a few of our benefits:

• Stimulating projects with interesting technical challenges as part of a dynamic and welcoming team;
• Regular full-time position: 37.5 h/week;
• Competitive compensation, vacation, and leave programs;
• Reimbursement of professional dues;
• Advantageous mileage reimbursement at $0.72/km;
• Comprehensive and flexible group insurance plan with health/wellness credit;
• Wellness and employee assistance program;
• Pension plans: RRSP and Share Ownership Plan with Stantec contribution;
• Candidate referral bonus;
• Service recognition program (Stantec shares);
• Professional development program (mentoring, coaching, training, tuition reimbursement);
• Employee resource groups offering networking and training opportunities (e.g. Fierté@Stantec, Elles@Stantec).

Primary Location: Canada-Quebec-Montréal

Other Locations: Canada-Quebec-Ville de Québec, Canada-Quebec-Saint-Laurent, Canada-Quebec-Chicoutimi, Canada-Quebec-Amos, Canada-Quebec-Val-d'Or, 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: Feb 11, 2025, 6:12:48 PM

Req ID: 250000LQ

Equal Employment Opportunity

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits 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.