Senior Project Manager​/Business Development Professional – Environmental Services Mining

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental and engineering talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support.

Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Our Environmental Services group is looking for an experienced environmental sciences or environmental engineering practitioner to join our team as a Business Development Professional and Senior Project Manager working across the Mountain Region (11 states in the Western US). Stantec is experiencing growth in the mining industry as we expand our work in mine planning, critical minerals development, and mine closure.

Come help mold your future and join our team as we transition from a trusted advisor in the US West into a source of comprehensive services supporting our mining clients nationwide.

• Help set the vision and lead the expansion of our mining business in the western United States.
• Support the achievement of continuing regional growth for the Mining Sector.
• Manage and grow multiple key client accounts within the Mining sector.
• Develop and maintain a broad range of client relationships throughout the sector.
• Identify, pursue, and lead business development opportunities consistent with the strategic plan.
• Drive revenue growth opportunities for the entire range of Stantec services and champion an integrated services approach.
• Work with regional business leaders, regional growth leaders, technical discipline leaders, sector leaders, and other business developers to achieve business performance targets.
• Support growth of a team of high performers. This will include supporting recruitment and retention of subject matter experts, project managers, and other account managers.

• Identify trends and develop a long‑term view of the sector market and key client account base. Work to position the company in key portions of the regional market to provide for sustainable growth.
• Develop and implement “win” strategies, including client contact, proposal preparation, and preparation of and participation in client interviews.
• Support setting the vision and executing the implementation of our mining sector strategic plan by growing the western US within a collaborative team environment.
• Innovate and enhance our capabilities, geographic footprint, and integrated approach.
• Use critical thinking, good business sense, and organizational values to make collaborative decisions in situations involving varying levels of risk and ambiguity.

• Guide the permitting and planning process and oversee all aspects of a variety of mining‑related projects, including client contact, budget control and invoicing, schedule, personnel allocation/planning, public interest facilitation, technical approach, and subcontractor management.
• Mentor and develop staff in technical practices, regulatory strategy, and project management efforts.
• Coordinate with clients, regulatory/resource agencies, local governments.
• Manage technical studies and ecological resource assessments that are performed by subject matter experts for mining projects such as traffic analyses, air & noise analyses, socioeconomic analyses, wetland delineations, habitat assessments, and other natural resource surveys.
• Manage permitting/compliance projects related to mining projects.
• Oversee and/or perform research, conduct environmental analyses (field and desktop), develop recommendations, and prepare technical reports under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or other federal, state, and local requirements (laws, regulations, policies, and ordinances).
• Provide quality assurance and quality control for all final products to ensure technical accurateness and regulatory compliance.

• Work with other business lines within Stantec to build…