Environmental Sciences Team 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.
Dillon’s Environmental Sciences technical group is looking a Team Manager to join our team. In this position, you will be engaged in the management of workflow, support the growth and development of technical skills of those in your team, and work on new and exciting geoscience projects across Ontario.
At Dillon, we operate as one team. This position is available in any one of our Ontario offices.
We offer flexible work hours and remote working options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life .
Responsibilities
What your day will look like
People Management

• Accountable for ensuring effective feedback is occurring within the team.
• Manage capacity of operating teams to meet the business needs, including the addition of capacity hires into the team and skill development.
• Coordinate with advisers and support the career development of all team members.
• Manage and balance work across team members and coordinate with others manager’s for balancing of work across other teams.
• Develop and maintain a healthy team that enhances the effectiveness and capability of the Environmental Sciences Group.
• Coordinate and execute workflow planning to contribute to technical group resource planning.
• Develop and implement an annual plan for your team to aid in the successful growth of the team.

Project Management

• Prepare and review written reports, compile and revise contracts and other supporting documentation
• Manage and complete contaminated sites projects including: Phase I, II & III ESAs, soil and groundwater sampling programs, and/or contaminated site remediation projects.
• Coordinate, manage and build business relationships with: clients, regulators, service providers (e.g., laboratories, sub-contractor) and third-party stakeholders.
• Prepare and manage: health and safety plans for field projects, coordinate field programs, prepare project contracts and agreements, complete sub-contractor selection and oversight and organize/manage field teams.

Learning & Development

• Actively participate in the career development of peers and junior staff including providing technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring.
• Contributions to Dillon's corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.

Qualifications
What you will need to succeed

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science or related experience in the environmental science discipline.

Experience

• Foundational understanding of financial and business metrics .
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication, and organizational skills.
• Team management experience in an Environmental Sciences (or related) industry overseeing activities, performance, and efficiency of team members.
• Committed to a culture of quality including a keen attention to detail.
• 8+ years of experience in environmental consulting or related industrial experience as an environmental professional and project manager.
• Proven Project Management experience and ability to work on multiple or complex projects simultaneously, build project plans, deliver the outcomes on time, schedule tasks, and delegate assignments.
• Demonstrate dedication and motivation to achieve high standards in the performance of duties.
• Excellent client service skills with an aptitude to understand business needs and maintain strong cross-fucntional relationships.
• 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 :

• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.
• Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;

In addition, we offer:

• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership
• 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.
• Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees
• Employee share purchase plan
• A competitive compensation package
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
• Employee and Family Assistance program
• Focus on Innovation
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Flexible work hours and remote working options
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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