Environmental Compliance Field Team Leader

Stantec

Environmental Compliance Field Team Leader provides leadership on environmental compliance monitoring for construction projects. Conduct inspections, manage fieldwork, and ensure adherence to regulations.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeMinneapolis • Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $73,000 - $105,900 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide technical leadership and day-to-day oversight of field-based environmental compliance monitoring activities on active construction projects.
Conduct and support environmental compliance inspections on active construction sites to identify and document issues related to stormwater management; erosion and sediment control; wetlands, streams, and other regulated resources.
Provide direction, mentoring, quality control, and direct supervisory responsibility of environmental compliance monitors and junior staff.
Identify environmental compliance risks during construction and coordinate mitigation or corrective actions with construction personnel and project teams.
Serve as the primary field point of contact for environmental compliance on assigned projects.
Promote and enforce HSSE requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Natural Resources, Biology, Environmental Engineering, or related discipline.
5+ years of experience in environmental permitting, multi-disciplinary natural resource assessment, environmental compliance, or environmental monitoring is required.
Demonstrated experience leading or supervising field staff on construction or infrastructure projects.
40-hr HAZWOPER certification, preferred.
Strong practical knowledge of environmental regulations and permits applicable to construction activities.
Ability to interpret permit conditions and translate requirements into clear, field level guidance.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and electronic field data collection and reporting tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Paid time off
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

environmental compliancestormwater managementerosion controlsediment controlwetlands managementenvironmental permittingnatural resource assessmentenvironmental monitoringfield data collectionreporting tools

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringquality controlsupervisory responsibilityrisk identificationcommunicationcoordinationproblem-solvingguidanceenforcement

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental ScienceBachelor’s degree in Natural ResourcesBachelor’s degree in BiologyBachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering40-hr HAZWOPER certification