Senior Manager, Permitting

Senior Manager, Permitting

Come join us in reshaping the future with AtkinsRéalis. AtkinsRéalis is dedicated in engineering a better future for our planet and its people.

This role will be based in Toronto, ON.

Your role within the team:

• Deliver the airport owner’s permitting obligations.
• Manage the Permitting team to effectively coordinate and assure a robust permit to work process across the program.
• Develop and implement revised governance and processes required for effective permitting on a program of this size, scale, and complexity.
• Liaise with the other owner’s departments including corporate safety and security, operations, commercial, and maintenance to coordinate permitting.
• Confirm the contractors’ Permitting plans and implement the assurance regime for the program.
• Work collaboratively with the Program Leads and the other PMO Services functional leads to ensure that Permitting is integrated across the program.
• Provide Management and Executive level reporting and provide advice and subject matter expertise with respect to trends and corrective actions.
• Provide advice and guidance with respect to permitting policy and regulations that impact program delivery.
• Coaching, mentoring, and supporting the career development of staff.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis as an employer?

Because we offer:

• The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients.
• An exciting environment where work-life balance is important.
• A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan.
• A work environment focused on health and safety.

The ideal candidate:

• Typically, a minimum of 15 years of professional experience with 10 in an on-site permitting management and / or leadership role.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in large international airport projects or equivalent infrastructure programs greater than CAD $500M.
• Able to demonstrate significant expertise in permitting including internal airport operational permits and external permits, approvals, and consents.
• Demonstrated experience in managing teams to deliver permitting requirements on complex projects and programs.
• Strong technical capability in all project phases, including design, planning, construction, operations, and maintenance preferably large program/projects.
• Demonstrable experience in managing senior stakeholder relationships and providing strategic level reporting to enable effective decision making.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills including the ability to facilitate meeting / workshops with large groups of stakeholders.
• Recognized degree and professional designation is considered an asset.
• Good working knowledge of health, safety, and security requirements and their impact upon the permit to work process.

Are you up for this challenge? Apply today and join our team to help engineer a Better Future for our Planet and its People.

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