Environmental Compliance Monitoring Team Lead

Stantec

Resource Team Leader overseeing environmental compliance monitoring services across various infrastructure projects. Leading staff development and coordinating operational activities with project managers.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeMinneapolis • Minnesota, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $102,000 - $153,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mentor a team of professionals with responsibility for staff development, performance management, and engagement.
Promote Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Safer Together culture, including implementation of HSSE policies and support of stop work authority.
Set, manage, and monitor performance and career development goals for direct reports, including safety, utilization, project delivery, and professional growth objectives.
Serve as the Resource Team Leader for environmental compliance monitoring services, with responsibility for staffing logistics, scheduling, and utilization across active projects.
Coordinate staffing needs with project managers, sector resource team leaders, and other compliance leads to ensure appropriate coverage and efficient use of resources across projects and regions.
Maintain awareness of trained environmental compliance resources and support cross team and cross region work sharing to meet project demands and utilization targets.
Address personnel, staffing, or project delivery issues as they arise and facilitate engagement with regional leadership and HR as appropriate.
Provide supervisory management, including recruiting support, onboarding, training coordination, and integration of new staff into compliance programs.
Meet regularly with other team leaders to review and address current and forecasted workload, utilization, hiring needs, and operational priorities for the overall group.
Contribute technical oversight and guidance related to environmental compliance requirements applicable to construction activities, including stormwater, wetlands, waterways, species protection, and other regulated resources.
Support coordination with permitting and compliance managers to ensure construction teams understand permit conditions, compliance obligations, and documentation requirements.
Assist with identifying and mitigating environmental compliance risks during construction in coordination with internal teams, contractors, and external consultants.
Support client facing environmental compliance programs, including staff augmentation and third party compliance monitoring efforts, as a trusted internal and external liaison.
Contribute to technical project work within your area of expertise, including project delivery support, compliance program development, and operational process improvement.
Assist leadership with forecasting and achievement of key financial targets, including reviewing and approving timecards and expense reports as assigned.
Identify and pursue new opportunities for growth and business development within the environmental compliance sector. Assist with proposal development and strategic pursuits.
Travel to project sites and other offices as required to support field teams, onboarding, and project delivery needs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong people leadership and supervisory management capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary, field-based teams across multiple concurrent projects.
Strong practical knowledge of environmental regulations and permits applicable to construction activities.
Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal teams, clients, contractors, and regulators.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, field-oriented environment with variable project demands.
Must have a valid driver’s license and ability to meet motor vehicle record requirements.
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Natural Resources, Biology, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline.
Minimum 8 years of experience supporting environmental permitting and/or construction phase environmental compliance on infrastructure projects.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Prior experience in staff leadership, program coordination, or operational management roles preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.
Field work may include exposure to the elements and active construction environments.

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Hard Skills & Tools

environmental complianceenvironmental regulationspermittingproject deliverystaff augmentationcompliance program developmentoperational process improvementrisk mitigationstaff developmentperformance management

Soft Skills

people leadershipsupervisory managementcommunicationorganizationproblem-solvingteam coordinationengagementstaff integrationforecastingbusiness development

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental ScienceBachelor’s degree in Natural ResourcesBachelor’s degree in BiologyBachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering