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Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment

Stantec has opportunities for intermediate-level practitioners to help lead our environmental assessment and permitting projects. Working with our biological, physical sciences, human environment, and engineering teams, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading and contributing to environmental assessments and permitting activities for a variety of projects. These projects will span the power, mining, oil and gas, ports and marine, transportation and municipal infrastructure, utilities, and industrial sectors, including projects in northern Canada. This position is focused on providing technical support for environmental planning studies, management plans, and regulatory permit applications. The successful candidate will also have an opportunity for client-facing roles, as well as leading and managing projects and/or tasks.

This role is located in Whitehorse, Yukon.

Your Key Responsibilities

Manage and deliver small- and large-scale multidisciplinary projects from initiation through completion.

Lead the preparation, coordination, and review of technical and regulatory deliverables, including environmental constraints analyses, effects assessments, permit applications,



environmental management plans, permit compliance documentation, and technical reports.

Provide clients and project teams with strategic regulatory, environmental, and permitting advice to support informed project planning and decision-making.

Apply knowledge of Yukon and other northern regulatory frameworks, agencies, Acts, regulations, and environmental assessment processes to support project delivery.

Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and deliverables while maintaining a strong focus on client service and project objectives.

Build and maintain strong client relationships and contribute to business development activities, including proposal development, pursuit strategy, scope definition, budgeting, networking, and conference participation.

Support and participate in engagement activities with regulators, Indigenous Nations, communities, and stakeholders throughout project planning, environmental assessment, and permitting processes.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across a variety of sectors, including power, mining, oil and gas, ports and marine, transportation and municipal infrastructure, utilities, and industrial.

Provide technical leadership, mentoring,



and guidance to junior staff while collaborating with senior practitioners and subject matter experts.

Foster collaboration across disciplines and offices, including coordination with Stantec's national Assessment and Permitting team.

Implement and oversee Stantec's quality assurance and quality control procedures for project deliverables.

Promote a strong health and safety culture and actively participate in Stantec's Health, Safety, Security and Environment Program.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Knowledge and experience with federal and Yukon and northern regulatory agencies, legislation, regulations, permitting frameworks, and environmental assessment requirements.

Experience supporting or leading federal permitting and review processes, including those associated with the Canadian Energy Regulator (CER) and Impact Assessment Act (IAA) is considered an asset.

Demonstrated project management experience, including managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, subcontractors, and client expectations on projects of varying size and complexity.

Strong technical writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing high-quality regulatory submissions, technical reports, and environmental assessment documentation.

Practical knowledge of environmental mitigation measures, environmental management systems, and best management practices.

Solid interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to interact across a broad range of audiences and technical backgrounds including internal multi-disciplinary teams and external clients and regulatory agencies.

Self-directed, organized, and ab

📌 Intermediate Environmental Planner (Whitehorse City)
🏢 Stantec
📍 Whitehorse City