Business Center Practice Leader - Environmental Services

Stantec; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Center Practice Leader for their Environmental Services Team in Quebec. This pivotal role involves driving technical excellence and delivering exceptional project outcomes while fostering a culture of safety, innovation, and collaboration. You will lead diverse teams, mentor emerging professionals, and engage in strategic initiatives that enhance both project quality and client satisfaction. Join a dynamic firm that values sustainability and community impact, and take the next step in your career with a company recognized for its inclusive practices and commitment to employee development.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible work environment

Comprehensive group insurance plan

Pension plans with company contribution

Professional development programs

Employee resource groups

Wellness programs

Candidate referral bonus

Service recognition program

Qualifications

• 15+ years in environmental services, leadership, and consulting experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in environmental projects and permitting.
• Champion health and safety performance and quality control processes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Environmental Planning

Business Development

Risk Management

Mentorship

Technical Excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

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

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 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 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, 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

1. Demonstrate strong leadership in the areas of communication, trust, problem solving, and mentorship.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Coaching/mentoring developing professionals through substantive engagement and communication and foster an inclusive and diverse culture.
5. Identify technical gaps within teams and work with ES leadership and technical leaders to address gaps.
6. Attract key staff to Stantec’s ES team to facilitate growth.
7. Drive technical excellence for projects and proposals within the BC, as well as participate in regular national technical leadership meetings, initiatives, and innovation strategies.
8. 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.
9. Administer risk management and quality assurance related to projects and opportunities, including review of contracts, and identifying risk triggers.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Support the development of the annual business plan, operating budget and contribute to other resource management processes.
13. Develop and manage training programs to support employees’ career development, and the delivery of new services.

Qualifications

Your background

1. Bachelor's degree in a related field.
2. 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.
3. 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

1. Ability to balance project execution and BC leadership.
2. 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.
3. Team player with experience building, leading, and managing large teams.
4. Entrepreneurial minded with a core understanding of business and the challenges of an engineering and environmental consulting services provider.
5. Awareness of professional standards of practice, ethics, and their applicability to Stantec’s business, risk management, and quality frameworks.
6. 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, 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.

Here are just a few of our benefits:

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

Why apply? Over 330 new employees have joined us in the last 12 months because the projects won by Stantec meet the expectations of consulting engineering professionals!

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-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

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