Senior Environmental Planner

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Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Prairies and Territories Environmental Services group is currently seeking a Senior Environmental Planner to work with our Assessment and Permitting team in Yellowknife, NT. The Yellowknife office offers a collaborative, high-energy environment where you'll work alongside talented professionals locally and across Canada.

This role supports environmental review and licensing, an increasingly critical component of development projects across Canada and globally. We are looking for a motivated, collaborative team player who is passionate about making a positive impact on the environment. There’s no end to the scope and significance of your work, and to where it can take you at Stantec. The successful candidate will provide support to all stages of a project’s lifecycle including assessment, permitting and approval requirements, construction support, and post-construction support. Projects will include small to large-scale provincial and federal environmental assessments for the power and energy, infrastructure, oil and gas, transportation, and mining sectors. With a working knowledge in federal, provincial, and municipal jurisdictions, you will be joining a multidisciplinary team in Environmental Services at Stantec who works closely with our multidisciplinary teams (e.g., ecosystems, water resources, cultural resources, and site investigation and remediation teams).

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated and accountable, has good attention to detail, has great communication skills who thrives working in a team environment, and a creative thinker with demonstrated problem solving skills and a drive to support clients and internal teams to find solutions. The successful candidate will support projects to meet their regulatory requirements and facilitate the completion of deliverables concerning the regulatory approval processes and compliance.

Your Key Responsibilities

Lead and assist with environmental impact assessment and permitting projects in Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Collaborate with Stantec colleagues on pursuits and project delivery that involves assessment and permitting

Provide environmental regulatory knowledge and expertise to a wide variety of projects

Assist project teams in the preparation of technical documents that support regulatory application development and submission

Support the identification and assessment of environmental features, constraints, alternatives, potential effects, mitigation measures, and avoidance opportunities

Liaise with local, provincial, and federal agencies regarding permits and approvals

Share knowledge and experience to help develop more junior staff

Seek out and develop relationships with new and existing clients

Lead quality proposals and projects from inception to completion

Comply with health and safety and quality management processes

Participate in team and independent based work

Take part in on-the-job learning and professional development opportunities