Environmental Manager - Eastern

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Position Summary
The Environmental Manager Role is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and ongoing management of environmental compliance programs within the environmental management system across the organization. This role reports into the Environmental Director.

This role helps ensure the organization meets its environmental regulatory obligations, minimizes environmental risks, and maintains effective compliance processes across construction, operating retail stores, distribution centres, transportation operations, and other operational facilities, working collaboratively with Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Real Estate, Facilities, Legal, Sustainability, and other cross-functional partners.

The successful candidate will combine strong environmental regulatory knowledge with operational expertise, risk-based decision-making, and the ability to influence stakeholders across a large, geographically dispersed organization.

Key Responsibilities
1. Environmental Regulatory Compliance & Obligations

Support the identification, interpretation, and implementation of applicable federal, provincial, and municipal environmental legislation, regulations, permits, and compliance obligations.

Support monitor emerging environmental regulations and legislative developments, assess potential business impacts, and coordinate appropriate implementation plans.

Provide guidance to business partners on environmental compliance requirements affecting retail stores, distribution centres, transportation operations, and other facilities.

Support regulatory reporting, registrations, permitting, record keeping, and other mandatory environmental submissions.

Support Environmental Director and operational teams to interpret regulatory requirements and establish appropriate compliance controls.

2. Retail & Supply Chain Environmental Compliance

Support environmental compliance programs across a large network of retail stores, warehouses, distribution centres, and transportation operations.

Oversee or coordinate compliance activities related to key environmental obligations, including:

Hazardous building materials

Hazardous waste and controlled materials handling, storage, transportation, and disposal

Refrigerants, leak prevention, and associated regulatory reporting

Spill prevention, response, and environmental incident management

Storage tanks, fuel systems, and related environmental requirements

Wastewater, stormwater, and other facility-related environmental obligations

Support collaboration with operational teams to embed environmental requirements into standard operating procedures, vendor processes, and day-to-day business activities.

Support environmental compliance considerations for new facilities and stores, renovations, operational changes, and supply chain initiatives.

3. Environmental Risk Management & Assurance

Identify, assess, and prioritize environmental compliance risks across retail and supply chain operations.

Support development of and maintain risk-based compliance monitoring programs, operational controls, and performance measures.

Coordinate environmental compliance audits to evaluate adherence to regulatory requirements and internal standards.

Support tracking of compliance gaps, corrective actions, and remediation plans to ensure timely resolution and appropriate escalation.

Support environmental incident investigations, root cause analysis, and the development of preventive actions.

Support and maintain appropriate documentation and evidence to demonstrate regulatory compliance and organizational due diligence.

Support interactions with environmental regulators, including inspections, inquiries, notices, and corrective action requirements.

4. Compliance Program Development & Continuous Improvement

Support continuously improvement of environmental compliance policies,…