Senior Manager, Permitting

slihrms; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work culture

Competitive compensation

Professional development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Canada is seeking a Senior Manager, Permitting to lead a high‑profile on-site permitting program in Toronto. You will manage the permitting team, coordinate governance, and liaise with safety, operations and commercial functions to ensure robust permit to work processes for a CAD $500M+ program.

You will provide executive level reporting, guide permitting policy, and coach staff while integrating permitting across the program and aligning with project milestones.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience.
• 10+ years on-site permitting management/leadership.
• 5+ years in large international airport projects CAD $500M+.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the owner's permitting obligations.
• Manage the Permitting team to coordinate and assure a robust permit to work process across the program.
• Develop and implement revised governance and processes required for effective permitting on a large scale program.
• Liaise with corporate safety, security, operations, commercial and maintenance to coordinate permitting.
• Confirm contractors' Permitting plans and implement the assurance regime for the program.
• Work with Program Leads to ensure Permitting is integrated across the program.
• Provide Management and Executive level reporting and advise on trends and corrective actions.
• Provide guidance on permitting policy and regulations impacting program delivery.
• Coach, mentor and support staff development.

Skills

Permitting leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

H&S knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Professional designation (asset)

Job description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is dedicated in engineering a better future for our planet and its people. AtkinsRéalis i s hiring a Senior Manager, Permitting to join our growing team, based in Toronto. The Senior Manager, Permitting will support a transformative large scale airport program and will be part of a high-performing project team based in the west end of Toronto.

Your role

• Deliver the owner's permitting obligations.
• Manage the Permitting team to effectively coordinate and assure a robust permit to work process across the program.
• Develop and implement revised governance and processes required for effective permitting on a program of this size, scale, and complexity.
• Liaise with the other departments including corporate safety and security, operations, commercial, and maintenance to coordinate permitting.
• Confirm the contractors' Permitting plans and implement the assurance regime for the program.
• Work collaboratively with the Program Leads and the other PMO Services functional leads to ensure that Permitting is integrated across the program.
• Provide Management and Executive level reporting and provide advice and subject matter expertise with respect to trends and corrective actions.
• Provide advice and guidance with respect to permitting policy and regulations that impact program delivery.
• Coaching, mentoring, and supporting the career development of staff.

About you

• Recognized degree and professional designation is considered an asset.
• Minimum of 15 years of professional experience with 10 in an on-site permitting management and/or leadership role.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in large international airport projects or equivalent infrastructure programs greater than CAD $500M.
• Demonstrated experience in managing teams to deliver permitting requirements on complex projects and programs.
• Demonstrable experience in managing senior stakeholder relationships and providing strategic level reporting to enable effective decision making.
• Able to demonstrate significant expertise in permitting including internal airport operational permits and external permits, approvals, and consents.
• Good working knowledge of health, safety, and security requirements and their impact upon the permit to work process.
• Strong technical capability in all project phases, including design, planning, construction, operations, and maintenance preferably large program/projects.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills including the ability to facilitate meeting / workshops with large groups of stakeholders.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

Be rewarded.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Additional information

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Worker Type Employee

Job Type Regular

At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.