Senior Environmental Consultant - ( 2400048F )

Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support.

Based out of Mobile, Alabama, the role of the Senior Environmental Consultant is to support our local environmental remediation team as well as our regional remediation practice. This position will support project management and provide technical support for groundwater and soil remediation projects across multiple industries in the Gulf Region with a primary focus in the power sector. The position requires an independent individual with excellent problem solving and communication skills and environmental remediation experience. Project management experience and professional licensure (e.g. PE, PG) are preferred.

We offer competitive pay, full-benefits, and recognize our employees as our greatest strength. In this role you can grow alongside the best in the industry to enrich your career path by making a positive impact. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is currently seeking to add a Senior Environmental Consultant to our team in a client-facing role supporting growth in the Mobile, Alabama, area with a focus on the power industry. The individual in this position will help grow our power practice in the Gulf Coast Region and work with client account managers to expand our services in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing Stantec’s market profile and position as it relates to remediation services within the US Gulf Coast operating region. You will also oversee and direct projects and project teams in a variety of sectors and markets throughout the complete life cycle of projects, beginning in the pursuit phase.

As a senior consultant, you will leverage your technical skills, industry and market knowledge, and client and partner relationships to win and deliver projects to grow the discipline along with other business developers and leadership.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Complete work in line with Stantec’s Core Values and in accordance with our Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) procedures and Design Delivery Guidelines

• Demonstrate active commitment to Stantec’s code of business conduct and ethics policies

• Engage directly in identifying, pursuing, and winning projects; lead and participate in proposal preparation

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Stantec’s market position with clients, approval agencies, and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider

• Lead technical approach development and delivery for projects

• Collaborate with and manage a community of staff across various sectors, including but not limited to federal, state, and local clients, power, municipalities, and other industrial clients

• Expand our site investigation and remediation practices, in collaboration with other senior managers, in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida with a primary focus on federal and local developers, attorneys, and industrial clients in the Mobile, AL and Pensacola, FL areas

• Engage within ongoing groundwater assessment and remediation activities centric to programs such as Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) facilities

• Establish project objectives and procedures and lead teams on proposals, planning studies, designs, due diligence and remediation projects.

• Prepare workplans and project deliverables including but not limited to sampling and analysis plans, analysis/interpretation of environmental data, site assessments, conceptual site models, quarterly progress reports, site investigation reports and remedial action plans in whole or in part, depending on the size and complexity of the document

• Possess good business awareness and acumen and maintain a strong understanding of project management fundamentals: project scope, cost, schedule, and quality

• Have a clear understanding of current and future market and business conditions, revenue and profit potential, and major clients and competitors within the Gulf Region markets with a focus on Alabama, Georgia, and Florida

• Grow Stantec’s professional relationships with stakeholders and decision makers within key client accounts such as Alabama Power and Georgia Power (Southern Company)

• Grow internal and external networks and identify additional high caliber talent across a range of professional disciplines to join the Stantec team

• Provide mentoring and training for staff

• Participate in conferences and seminars and represent Stantec in business, community, and social situations

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Possess excellent communication skills: verbal, business writing, electronic communications, and presentations

• Display excellent time management skills with the ability to understand project and team roles, scheduling, budgeting, and efficient use of time and resources

• Exhibit entrepreneurial nature and ability to lead others to achieve group results

• Possess strong knowledge of geology, hydrogeology, contaminant transport, and remediation

• Understand state and federal regulations and adapt to client-specific requirements

• Interpret sketches, engineering drawings, and other similar materials

• Lead several projects or tasks concurrently with a sound understanding of overall goals, objectives, and costs to our clients

• Possess strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills and make timely decisions

• Work well as part of a team and independently, including strong interpersonal skills and professionalism

• Review and check the work of others for quality, accuracy and completeness

• Demonstrate strong mentoring and leadership skills and desire to encourage and coach staff

• Hold Registered Professional Geologist licenses in the State of Alabama and/or Florida with ability to obtain reciprocity to other states, preferred but not required

• Demonstrate core competency with Microsoft Office products, groundwater modeling platforms, and geochemical platforms

• Mentor and/or supervise team members (e.g., geologists, engineers or technicians in training)

• Manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously to meet project deadlines

• Travel locally, regionally, and nationally as required for proposal and project needs

• Pass a background security check and drug screen

• Possess valid US driver’s license and good driving record

Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Geology or related geosciences from an accredited university required; master’s degree preferred

• Licensure: Professional Geologist or Engineer license preferred

• Experience: Minimum of 15 years of experience

• 40-Hr HAZWOPER training preferred

• Experience working on heavy industrial, municipal, state, and federal contracts; working within the US South region with knowledge of local and regional geologic conditions preferred

Flexible office and/or field arrangements depending on required activities. Typical office environment includes working with computers and working at a desk for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. The experience will forever shape your future.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

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 : United States-Alabama-Mobile

Organization : BC-1726 EnvSvcs-US Gulf East

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 25 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Nov 18, 2024, 1:54:29 PM

Req ID: 2400048F

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