Manager - Environmental Services

Hydro One Networks Inc • To Be Determined, ON

7d • CA$110,500 - CA$143,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Hydro One is the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.5 million customers. With over 110 years of history, the company is focused on providing exceptional customer service and building safe communities. This role is for an existing vacancy and may be located in Barrie, Toronto, or Burlington. The Manager - Environmental Services will implement environmental goals and objectives by providing team leadership and direction in establishing and maintaining effective policy, program, approvals, design, and analysis services. This includes planning, organizing, scheduling, and coordinating work to ensure project deliverables are met. The role involves developing and maintaining environmental policies, standards, templates, and products, supporting management with consolidated information on environmental management for project schedules and labor requirements, and preparing and monitoring the group budget. This position encompasses Environmental Planning & Approvals, Environmental Policy and Programs, and Construction Phase Environmental Support.

Requirements

• Experience in implementing environmental goals/objectives/strategies.
• Experience in providing team leadership and direction.
• Experience in establishing/maintaining policy/program/approvals/design/analysis services.
• Experience in planning, organizing, scheduling, and coordinating work.
• Experience in developing, obtaining approval for, and maintaining environmental policies, standards, templates, and products.
• Experience in supporting management with consolidated information on environmental management.
• Experience in preparing and monitoring budgets.
• Experience in managing the work of a technical team in the delivery of expert environmental/approvals/design/analysis services.
• Experience in organizing, planning, scheduling, directing, and coordinating work, assigning tasks, and monitoring progress.
• Experience in evaluating the effectiveness of a section's environmental capability.
• Experience in interviewing and selecting candidates for staff positions.
• Experience in assessing staff performance and conducting performance appraisal interviews.
• Experience in recruiting, developing, and maintaining staff with necessary skills.
• Experience in providing leadership in the management and development of skills training programs.
• Experience in day-to-day supervision, work assignment, monitoring, and quality assurance of environmental staff.
• Experience in leading the development and implementation of environmental permits, licenses, and approvals processes.
• Experience in leading the development and preparation of environmental estimates, specifications, and instructions.
• Experience in recommending designs to meet health, safety, and environmental requirements/regulations.
• Experience in receiving requests for estimates and studies and assigning staff to develop them.
• Experience in establishing multi-discipline teams for complex projects.
• Experience in partnering with asset managers in the development, scoping, and implementation of environmental projects and programs.
• Experience in ensuring environmental designs and deliverables align with environmental legislation and internal requirements.
• Experience in liaising with peer environmental managers to set common project approval and implementation plans.
• Experience in ensuring performance of acceptance and commissioning tests.
• Experience in providing technical support for reported problems on systems.
• Experience in monitoring environmental work status, providing analysis of progress and issues, and providing feedback.
• Experience in identifying and arranging for necessary permits, licenses, and approvals.
• Experience in defining communications accountabilities and contacts between management and regulatory agencies.
• Experience in monitoring utilization of specific system resources.
• Experience in evaluating problem areas and hardware/software requirements.
• Experience in making recommendations to improve hardware and software efficiency, effectiveness, and reliability.
• Experience in leading the development and maintenance of standard specifications, policies, and procedures for Environmental permitting, licensing, and approval processes.
• Experience in staying abreast of developments in the field of Environment.
• Experience in identifying and integrating industry best practices.
• Experience in monitoring, influencing, and recommending changes in legislation and approval processes.
• Experience in evaluating and maintaining current knowledge of emerging Environmental technologies and commercial services.
• Experience in providing design principles and techniques to improve efficiency and economics of systems.
• Experience in reviewing technical publications and literature.
• Experience in communicating with counterparts in similar fields.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining liaison with Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.
• Experience in explaining relevant issues to government regulators and negotiating with regulatory agency staff.
• Experience in contributing to the development and documentation of Hydro One processes, systems, and practices.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the electricity transmission and distribution industry.
• Knowledge of Corporate HSEMS.
• Experience with continuous quality improvement philosophy and goals.

Responsibilities

• Manage the work of a technical team in the delivery of expert environmental/approvals/design/analysis services involved in the design, construction, installation, reliability analysis, implementation and provision of technical support for projects and programs consistent with the Corporate HSEMS.
• Organize, plan, schedule, direct and coordinate work, assign tasks and monitor the progress of work to conform to schedules.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the section's environmental capability through various means (capability assessments, quality control, etc.) and recommend changes to enhance performance.
• Interview and select candidates for staff positions. Assess the performance of staff and conduct performance appraisal interviews, as required. Initiate effective recommendations on hiring, firing, transfer and promotion of staff etc.
• Recruit, develop and maintain staff with the necessary type and quality of skills to deliver required environmental services levels in the context of LOB goals and objectives and overall Hydro One Networks' strategies, plans and objectives.
• Provide leadership roles in the management and development of skills training programs required to enhance staff capability.
• Perform day-to-day supervision, work assignment, monitoring and quality assurance of environmental staff within the assigned environmental team. Be responsible for the work of staff assigned to specific projects or sub-projects, assigning and checking their work and giving guidance and direction as necessary, in a working environment which has the philosophy and goals of continuous quality improvement.
• Lead the development and implementation of environmental permits, licenses and approvals processes to meet legislative requirements, to enhance the reliability and performance of the power system and to meet other business needs.
• Lead the development and preparation of environmental estimates, specifications and instructions on projects involving complex approval processes.
• Recommend designs to meet all health, safety & environmental requirements / regulations.
• Receive requests for estimates and studies from internal and external customers and assign staff from within the team to develop the estimates.
• Establish multi-discipline teams for complex projects.
• Work under the direction of the Senior Manager and the respective project manager from other LOBs, review the required work scope and communicate environmental requirements to the appropriate staff.
• Partner with asset managers in the development, scoping and implementation of environmental projects and programs within the framework of Government legislation, Corporate and business unit policies and procedures.
• Work closely with others to ensure environmental designs and deliverables are aligned with environmental legislation and internal requirements and constraints by other environmental disciplines.
• Liaise with peer environmental managers and others to set common project approval and implementation plans and understandings, clarify roles, accountabilities and communication channels on an as needed, project-by-project basis.
• Be accountable for ensuring performance of acceptance and commissioning tests and accept/inspect facilities, as required.
• Provide technical support for reported problems on newly installed or operating systems.
• Monitor environmental work status of the team, provide analysis of progress and issues and provide feedback to the Senior Manager, team members, project managers and others.
• Identify and arrange for all necessary permits, licenses and approvals required by company activities, operations and maintenance programs.
• Define communications accountabilities and contacts between company line management and regulatory agencies, as required by local programs and projects.
• Monitor utilization of specific system resources. Evaluate problem areas and hardware and software requirements. Make effective recommendations to improve hardware and software efficiency, effectiveness and reliability.
• Lead the development and maintenance of standard specifications, policies and procedures for Environmental permitting, licensing and approval processes provided within the environmental team.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field of Environment. Identify and integrate industry best practices as they relate to Environmental practices and industry standards.
• Monitor, influence and recommend needed changes in legislation and approval processes.
• Make changes to environmental processes, standards and templates, as required.
• Evaluate and maintain current knowledge of emerging Environmental technologies and commercial services to ascertain suitability for use in the delivery of required systems.
• Provide design principles and techniques to improve efficiency and economics of systems.
• Review technical publications and other literature.
• Communicate with counterparts in similar fields, to exchange views and discuss the merits of improved design and technology.
• Prepare and monitor short and long term budgets.
• Establish and maintain liaison with Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies such as the MOECC, MNRF, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agencies, and Environment Canada plus Municipal authorities other applicable regulatory parties on regulatory matters concerning the environment.
• Explain relevant issues to government regulators and negotiate and attempt to influence the regulatory agency staff in matters such as the granting of EA approval, Director's Instructions, Certificates of Approval, legislative exemptions (for example) and general acceptance of the company's actions and plans.
• Contribute in the development and documentation of Hydro One processes, systems and practices, including new concepts, working culture (people acceptance), philosophy, operating and maintenance of standards and environmental policy.

Benefits

• Extensive offering of programs to promote a culture of safety, wellbeing, inclusivity, and sustainability.
• Compensation based on the principle of pay-for-performance compensation philosophy.
• Annual adjustments and incentive payments depend on how well you and the company perform (subject to plan terms).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed