An exciting leadership opportunity has become available in the Environmental Services & Advisory team in the South Coast of NSW. Reporting to the NSW Group Leader, Environmental Services, the Team Leader will provide leadership to a team of environmental professionals to ensure alignment to company strategy, initiatives, vision, and culture.  You will be the advocate of the business both internally within Stantec and externally to clients and professional organisations within the region.

The Team Leader position is a function, in addition to an employee’s substantive technical/ project contribution role.

Day to day tasks would involve:

Support the Group Leader with monitoring and reporting on the performance of the team. Work with partner Team Leaders (TLs) and project delivery teams in other regions to drive collaboration and work sharing across the BC. Initiate, plan and lead a diverse range of projects from inception to completion. Provide environmental assessment, approvals and advisory services using a wide variety of investigation and analysis techniques. Preparation and negotiation of bids and proposals.

Working with your Group Leader, you will:

Be responsible for the health and safety performance within their team, including the monitoring of leading and lagging indicators. Be responsible for team utilisation by effective resource planning and forecasting, networking, business development and delegation and development of backlog. Be responsible for the team’s talent management lifecycle including but not limited to; recruitment suggestions, career development, employee engagement, succession planning, coaching and mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development. Foster a success-oriented environment within your team by displaying collaborative behaviours and exerting measured and balanced influence. Promote a happy, supportive, and inclusive culture aligned with the core values to support the strategic intent of the business. Ensure all team members have a clear path towards their relevant Chartered Status and/or any Professional Registration requirements, where appropriate.

To be successful for this role you'll need:

Relevant tertiary qualification in Environmental Science, Planning, Management or Engineering. A minimum 6-8 years of professional work experience in environmental services. Ability to foster and grow a collaborative spirit between staff working within the region, BC and across the broader Stantec service lines. Willingness to commit to face-to-face management and mentoring of team members. A broad range of skills covering people management, business development and project delivery. Highly developed interpersonal skills to develop and maintain positive relationships with the team as well as internal and external clients. Highly developed consulting skills to liaise with clients and other stakeholders to achieve mutually successful project outcomes. Well-developed problem solving and negotiations skills to resolve queries.

In your application, please include your CV and a brief paragraph outlining your interest in the role.

Applications close on Monday 20th January 2025.

For more information, please contact Jenn Kelly - Jenn.Kelly@stantec.com 

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