Environmental Specialist - Toronto, Canada - CT Real Estate

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    What you'll do

  • Manage and consult with external environmental consultants, contractors, lawyers, regulatory authorities, landlords and franchisees/dealers on environmental projects
  • Ensuring sites are compliant with respect to applicable environmental regulations
  • Manage environmental projects including Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessments, risk assessment, decommissioning, remediation, spill response and long-term monitoring
  • Responsible to review work scopes from both a technical and business standpoint and ensure the objectives and schedule requirements of the project are met
  • Manage the tender process including proposals, tender documents and invoices for all projects relating to the role
  • Manage a team of professionals including engineers, contractors, consultants, lawyers, regulatory authorities on complex projects with many stakeholders
  • Consulting with the corporation's design and construction, acquisition, disposition, and Petroleum teams to enable them to better fulfill their mandates
  • Review environmental reports and proposals to ensure the technical content meets the objective and evaluate financial component in terms of efficiency, compliance, and cost
  • Review environmental components of legal agreements including, leases, purchase and sale agreements, access, settlement, and remediation agreements. Represent the Corporation as required in legal proceedings pertaining to environmental compliance including dispositions, mediations, and trials
  • Provide regular updates to senior leaders and key stakeholders on the status of projects and budgets. Present project specific information quarterly to senior management and business unit leaders
  • Develop and maintain external relationships with key industry personnel including regulatory authorities, municipal personnel, legal counsel, industry professionals, Landlords, Dealers, Retailers etc.
  • Visit sites and attend meetings with internal staff, consultants, contractors, regulatory authorities, etc.
  • Interacting with the Agents and Dealers to provide advice and ensure good operational housekeeping practices are being performed and all facility infrastructures are being maintained
  • Research issues, identifying and developing best management practice solutions. Resolving environmental issues of concern and keeping corporate staff, Agents, and Dealers informed of environmental matters
  • Assist in monitoring the Legislative landscape to ensure environmental compliance amidst shifting regulatory changes
  • What you bring

  • Years of experience 5-10 years in an environmental project management role
  • Professional Engineer/Geologist designation or a post secondary degree or diploma in Environmental Science or related field is preferred
  • Experience and technical knowledge of Phase I and Phase II ESA practices, remediation technologies, risk assessments, equipment decommissioning, and tendering practices across Canada
  • The ability to carefully manage a budget to achieve maximum results
  • Knowledge and understanding of environmental legislation in all provinces
  • Ability to work individually, part of a team on large and small projects, and meet budgets and strict deadlines
  • Comfortable on site and dealing with contractors
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
  • Proficiency in Word, Excel, Access & Power Point
  • Good organizational skills
  • Availability to travel throughout Canada
  • Hybrid

    At Canadian Tire we work flexibility embracing 'Hybrid' whereby individuals utilize a combination of working at a CTC campus and or virtually in service of outcomes. Determined by managers, decisions around work location will be made based on business and team needs and grounded in a desire to support individual well-being and personal needs. Our goal is to empower teams and individuals to make the right decisions for them, and we expect that to look different for everyone.

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    About Us

    Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ("CTC") is one of Canada's most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging Join us, where there's a place for you here.

    Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

    We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

    Accommodations

    We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.