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Stantec

Senior Environmental Engineer

Stantec

. Serve as a technical and project lead for CERCLA, legacy-mine, active-mine closure, and environmental remediation projects .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $121,300 - $182,100 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in environmental remediation, mine closure planning, and regulatory compliance, with a strong focus on project management and technical leadership. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and develop effective remedial designs and closure alternatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Mine Closure PlanningCERCLA RemediationSite CharacterizationProject ManagementTechnical Writing

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Hard Skills
Environmental RemediationRemedial DesignFeasibility StudiesCost AnalysesData-Gap EvaluationsTechnical Quality AssuranceRegulatory ComplianceMine ReclamationContaminated-Site AssessmentHealth and Safety Management
Soft Skills
Technical LeadershipVerbal CommunicationOrganizational SkillsAnalytical SkillsClient Relationship Management
Industry Keywords
CERCLAEnvironmental ScienceCivil EngineeringGeologyMining RegulationsFederal and State AgenciesMultidisciplinary CollaborationProject ScopesBudgetsSchedules

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as a technical and project lead for CERCLA, legacy-mine, active-mine closure, and environmental remediation projects
  • Lead and support remedial investigations, feasibility studies, engineering evaluations and cost analyses, remedial design, mine reclamation, and active-mine closure projects
  • Develop and evaluate remedial and closure alternatives for mine waste, tailings, waste rock, mine-impacted water, contaminated soil, and associated infrastructure
  • Lead site investigations and characterization programs, including technical approaches, work plans, sampling programs, conceptual site models, and data-gap evaluations
  • Collaborate with hydrogeologists, geologists, geochemists, environmental scientists, risk assessors, and geotechnical, civil, and mining engineers
  • Develop mine-closure plans, remedial designs, technical memoranda, investigation reports, feasibility studies, design reports, drawings, specifications, and cost estimates
  • Manage project scopes, budgets, schedules, staffing plans, technical risks, and deliverables
  • Coordinate with clients, regulatory agencies, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors; participate in regulatory meetings
  • Lead project activities at active and legacy mine sites and remote field locations in accordance with health and safety requirements
  • Conduct technical quality assurance and quality control reviews
  • Mentor junior and mid-level staff and support multidisciplinary project-team development
  • Support client-service management, proposal preparation, and business-development activities

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, civil engineering, geology, or a related engineering/science discipline
  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience
  • Demonstrated experience supporting mine closure, mine reclamation, CERCLA remediation, contaminated-site assessment, or related environmental engineering projects
  • Strong knowledge of site characterization, remediation, mine-closure planning, remedial or closure design, and construction support
  • Experience working with federal and state environmental or mining regulatory agencies as the lead consulting representative
  • Strong knowledge of CERCLA and mine reclamation regulations
  • Ability to independently evaluate technical information, identify data gaps and project risks, and develop practical and technically defensible recommendations
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage project scopes, budgets, schedules, and deliverables
  • Exceptional technical writing, verbal communication, organizational, analytical, and technical leadership skills
  • Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining positive client relationships
  • Demonstrated experience implementing and promoting a strong health and safety culture during field investigations, construction activities, and work at active or legacy mine sites
  • Ability to work independently in office, field, construction, and remote-site environments
  • Ability to work collaboratively and inclusively across multiple disciplines and office locations
  • Experience in the mining, environmental remediation, or industrial sectors is required