Environmental Sciences Team Manager

Dillon Consulting; Chatham; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dillon Consulting is seeking a Team Manager for its Environmental Sciences group in Ontario. The successful candidate will lead team workflow, manage projects, and nurture technical development within a collaborative environment. This role offers flexibility and remote working options to help maintain a work-life balance while working on innovative geoscience projects.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Remote working options

Employee share purchase plan

Generous retirement savings plan

Student loan repayment assistance

Learning and development opportunities

Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science or related field.
• 8+ years of environmental consulting or industrial experience.
• Proven project management and team management experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage workflow and team development in environmental science projects.
• Coordinate technical resources and manage contaminated site projects.
• Develop annual plans and support career growth of team members.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science

Job description

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you a thought leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Dillon’s Environmental Sciences technical group is looking a Team Manager to join our team. In this position, you be engaged in the management of workflow, support the growth and development of technical skills of those in your team, and work on new and exciting geoscience projects across Ontario.

At Dillon, we operate as one team. This position is available in any one of our Ontario offices.

We offer flexible work hours and remote working options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

Responsibilities

What your day will look like

Management Accountabilities:

• Develop and implement an annual plan for your team to aid in the successful growth of the team.
• Develop and maintain a healthy team that enhances the effectiveness and capability of the Environmental Sciences Group.
• Coordinate and execute workflow planning to contribute to technical group resource planning.
• Manage and balance work across team members and coordinate with others manager’s for balancing of work across other teams.
• Manage capacity of operating team to meet business needs, including the addition of capacity hires into the team and skill development.
• Coordinate with advisers and support the career development of all team members.
• Accountable for ensuring effective feedback is occurring within the team.

Technical Accountabilities

• Manage and complete contaminated sites projects including: Phase I, II & III ESAs, soil and groundwater sampling programs, and/or contaminated site remediation projects.
• Prepare and manage: health and safety plans for field projects, coordinate field programs, prepare project contracts and agreements, complete sub-contractor selection and oversight and organize/manage field teams.
• Coordinate, manage and build business relationships with: clients, regulators, service providers (e.g., laboratories, sub-contractor) and third-party stakeholders.
• Prepare and review written reports, compile and revise contracts and other supporting documentation

Learning & Development

• Actively participate in the career development of peers and junior staff including providing technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring.
• Contributions to Dillon's corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.

Qualifications

What you will need to succeed

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science or related experience in the environmental science discipline.

Experience

• 8+ years of experience in environmental consulting or related industrial experience as an environmental professional and project manager.
• Team management experience in an Environmental Sciences (or related) industry overseeing activities, performance, and efficiency of team members.
• Proven Project Management experience and ability to work on multiple or complex projects simultaneously, build project plans, deliver the outcomes on time, schedule tasks, and delegate assignments.
• Foundational understanding of financial and business metrics.
• Excellent client service skills with an aptitude to understand business needs and maintain strong cross-fucntional relationships.
• Demonstrate dedication and motivation to achieve high standards in the performance of duties.
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication, and organizational skills.
• Committed to a culture of quality including a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and plan work to meet time-based deliverables and adapt to changing expectations.

Why choose Dillon

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

We live our core values:

• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.

In addition, we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan
• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
• A competitive compensation package
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
• Flexible work hours and remote working options
• Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and remote work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
• Learning and Development opportunities
• As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learned through experience, and continuously improve service delivery. The development of self and others is an evident and measured core behaviour within our organization.
• We use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal, and learning opportunities.
• Focus on Innovation
• The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.
• Employee and Family Assistance program
• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership
• Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees

About Dillon

Dillon is a proudly Canadian, employee-owned, professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed, collaborative, and inventive solutions to complex, multi-faceted projects. With over 20 offices and more than 1000 employees across Canada, Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years, we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the past 17 years and has the distinction of having achieved Platinum Club member status in this program.

Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon:

Dillon is committed to the principles of employment equity, inclusiveness, and diversity within our organization. We strive to achieve a workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities and that respects and values differences.

Inclusion is more than a word to us, it is the way we choose to run our business. Please connect with us if you require accommodation in the interview process. We would love to hear from you

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