Manager - Environmental Services

**Job Summary**
The Manager, Environmental Services - Environmental Strategic Projects Team (South) will lead a team of approximately 10 professional staff accountable for the delivery of environmental requirements associated with major capital transmission projects and programs throughout Ontario. In this capacity, the Manager will be responsible for managing, and helping to grow, a high-performance, collaborative team capable of successfully delivering large, complex and dynamic projects on time and on budget, and working with multi-disciplinary project teams to achieve and maintain social license.

Key areas of accountability relate to ensuring the team's strategic and successful completion of Environmental Assessments, permits and approvals, due diligence, compliance, and monitoring activities for capital projects with considerations of long-term operational success. It will also require building relationships and closely collaborating with internal lines of business, such as Project and Program Delivery, Community Relations, Indigenous Relations, Facilities and Real Estate, Transmission System Planning, Engineering, Lines, Forestry, Construction, and other teams as applicable. As such, knowledge of the utility sector is an asset. Similarly, external relationship development and collaboration with regulators, Indigenous communities, stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and associations is critical. The role will require dynamic approaches and comfort working within various project delivery models, including Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) frameworks.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Environmental Strategic Projects within Environmental Services, the Manager will provide leadership and specialist environmental support to senior management and staff throughout the company. The Manager will also be expected to support or lead advancements in other key areas to benefit the Environmental Services team, which may relate to policy, working groups, innovation, pursuits, accounting, productivity savings, etc. This position will support transmission projects in southern Ontario and will require travel throughout the region to support staff in the execution of project development and construction phases, which will include, but not be limited to: attending Community Open Houses, meeting with Indigenous community leaders and representatives, local stakeholders, elected officials, and project team members and managers to explore and advance project opportunities and supporting the resolution of project challenges and introducing workable solutions.

**Responsibilities**
- Lead a team of professional staff to deliver environmental requirements on capital projects throughout the entire project lifecycle (planning, design, and construction), including, but not limited to: complex environmental assessments, permits, approvals, specifications and monitoring.
- Oversee budget estimates and the timely delivery of project reports per scheduled delivery dates, while ensuring quality control.
- Provide coaching, mentoring, counsel, and guidance necessary to staff to ensure conformity to regulation, and company policies.
- Monitor, evaluate and maintain current knowledge of environmental legislation, best management practices, technologies, developments in other jurisdictions and changes to current environmental approval processes to identify risk and opportunities for the company and to projects and programs.
- Effectively engage and interact with the public, regulatory bodies, Indigenous communities and other stakeholders and interested parties with respect to company projects through correspondence, meetings, and other communications.
- Attend and participate in project meetings at level appropriate to support Environmental Lead Planners and balance knowledge and awareness of project status and issues with creating an environment for staff growth, development and autonomy.
- Maintain and review consulting service contracts to procure external services, including EA, natural sciences, consultation, cultural heritage, noise and air quality, soil and groundwater assessment and remediation, contaminant management and other technical disciplines as necessary.
- Provide environmental advice required to deliver the approved capital and operations/maintenance corporate work programs in accordance with established scope, budget and timelines.
- Track deliverables to support corporate projects and initiatives and consult, influence and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of parties to enable the company to meet its business objectives.
- Assign duties and help make decisions regarding staff and organizational changes. Provide guidance relative to staff problems and disciplinary issues and implement effective change management. Review and authorize expense and time reports. Manage professional development plans, provide performance feedback and asse