Senior Environmental Consultant

Senior Environmental Consultant

**Location:** Philadelphia, PA

**Job Number:** 2400020M

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 are a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that is critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Attention Senior Environmental Consultants looking to advance their career and help grow our Environmental Services to our Energy Clients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We are interested in Leaders to provide strategic leadership to our clients and collaborate with our staff on a variety of projects and actively pursue new opportunities while maintaining existing client relationships. In addition to regularly interacting with clients and participating in business development activities, daily work will also include developing proposals, mentoring staff, driving our quality and health and safety program, and lending your regulatory expertise to deliver to our clients. We are seeking to build a pool of talented individuals. Upon successful submission of your application, you will be considered for current and future opportunities. Stantec will keep your application in our recruiting system as a potential candidate who could possibly fill a position when or if the need arises.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on projects and thought leadership on solutions to environmental challenges for energy projects
• Lead teams that collect and report on tasks including wetland delineations, threatened and endangered species habitat characterizations, land use mapping, vegetation cover classification, and other natural resource-focused surveys
• Coordinate, oversee, and prepare waters and wetlands permit applications for the US Army Corps of Engineers and Pennsylvania and New Jersey DEP, plus Soil Erosion Control Plans to County Soil Conservation Districts
• Coordinate, oversee, and prepare Federal and State SPCC/DPCC Plans for spill coordination with clients
• Develop proposal strategies and lead collaboration with a broader proposal team
• Partner with engineer and design teams to deliver successful energy projects
• Lead business development initiatives with new and existing clients
• Lead the delivery of high-quality service on client projects
• Effectively communicate data collection methods and results to varied audiences
• Recruit, mentor, and support the professional development of staff
• Drive growth of Key Energy Accounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability in business development and revenue growth
• Successful leadership of diverse project teams and management of large, complex projects, particularly energy projects
• Experience with local, state, and federal environmental permitting in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
• Ability to work in a team environment and build a program
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including advanced technical writing abilities
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and perform multiple work assignments simultaneously
• Ability to work well independently and with multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment
• Working relationships with PECO and ACE or other Pennsylvania and New Jersey Energy Utilities
• Experience in growing key accounts

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geology, or a related field is required
• Graduate degree is preferred
• Minimum 10 years of experience

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.

**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.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination based on 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 regulations.