Environmental Lead
Canada, British Columbia
Fulltime: 40 hrs a week
Experience: > 10 years
Mining
Introduction
Our client is seeking an experienced Environmental Lead to support the environmental planning, compliance, and execution of a major capital project within a highly regulated industrial environment. Reporting to the HSSE leadership team, this role will be responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving environmental programs throughout construction, commissioning, and start-up activities.
What are you going to do
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of environmental management programs and field initiatives.
- Provide environmental leadership and support to construction, commissioning, and start-up teams.
- Ensure compliance with federal, provincial, and project-specific environmental permits, management plans, and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and manage environmental monitoring, reporting, verification, and compliance programs.
- Manage environmental consultants and contractors supporting monitoring, remediation, wildlife protection, and habitat management activities.
- Support environmental incident investigations, reporting requirements, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Interface with regulators, authorities, contractors, and project stakeholders to ensure environmental compliance and effective stewardship.
- Oversee environmental aspects of complex marine and civil construction scopes, ensuring quality, schedule, cost, and compliance objectives are achieved.
- Manage contractor performance and multidisciplinary stakeholder interfaces.
- Lead environmental audits, assurance activities, and lessons learned initiatives.
- Support the development and execution of spill prevention, mitigation, and response programs.
Essential skills and knowledge
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Qualified Environmental Professional (or equivalent designation) considered an asset.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive environmental experience supporting industrial, energy, infrastructure, or major capital projects.
- Strong knowledge of environmental permitting, monitoring, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience managing contractors, consultants, and environmental programs throughout project execution.
- Demonstrated success working within large, multidisciplinary project teams.
- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building skills.
- Proven ability to influence outcomes, drive execution, and manage change in complex environments.
- Strong problem-solving, risk management, and decision-making capabilities.
- Commitment to health, safety, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence.
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