Environmental Sciences Impact Manager

Overview

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.

Your opportunity

Dillon’s Environmental Sciences technical group is looking an Environmental Sciences Risk & Impact Manager to join our team. In this position, you will lead and manage projects while providing strategic risk-based environmental decision making and direction by advising on appropriate risk and impact approaches for various projects and business development initiatives, as well as supporting the team's growth and development.

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

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

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and execute the successful completion of project work.
• Provide technical oversight and peer review on multi-disciplinary environmental projects.
• Preparation and technical review of written reports, compilation and revision of contracts and other supporting documentation.
• Contribution and leadership in the implementation of Dillon’s strategic growth plan and operational business plans within the Environmental Sciences technical group.
• Leadership in the development and enhancement of relationships with existing clients.
• Leadership in the identification and development of new business opportunities with both private and public sector clients.
• Commitment to being part of a learning organization, to providing leadership and contributing to the career development of junior/intermediate staff, including providing technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring.
• Contribution to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees, as well as continued fostering of client relationships.
• Travel to other business locations and Dillon offices for the purposes of client relationship development, opportunity/project research and project delivery, as necessary.

Qualifications

What you will need to succeed

• A degree or technical college certificate/diploma in geology, civil or environmental engineering, hydrogeology, or another relevant environmental science, social science, or engineering discipline or equivalent in IT, Business, Planning, or Finance
• Knowledge of applicable regulations, governance, risk management theories and standards, principles and practice preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License
• Bilingual in French (working level) considered an asset
• CRM or other risk designation considered an asset

Experience

• 7+ years of experience in risk management, analysis or environmental consulting.
• Proven Project Management experience
• Knowledge in several of the following disciplines: civil infrastructure; construction project context; program management; project controls environment; risk management theory, principles and practice will be considered an asset
• MS Excel (VBA macros) experience, MS Access, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint and Software Development experience preferred
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills
• Demonstrated people management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in multidisciplinary teams.
• Data compilation, interpretation and report writing.
• Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of products.
• Knowledge of georeferenced (GIS) related information and products.
• 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;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• 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

• Comprehensive health benefits

• 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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