Job Title: Permitting Technical Manager

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Type of Role: Direct Hire

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Global Edge is a global staffing firm connecting projects worldwide with the industry’s most talented project professionals. We work with high level technical and commercial personnel across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, IT, and more. With offices strategically located worldwide, the Global Edge is known for the highest level of delivery for our clients and contractors.

Our relationships are built on trust, top quality recruitment, and service excellence. We have an unwavering commitment to integrity and a strong global team in place that allows us to continue our mission to redefine excellence within recruitment.

Our team is currently looking foraPermitting Technical Manager for a client in the Oil and Gas industry.

In this role, you will be an integral part of a dynamic Project Team responsible for developing effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and supporting the team in permitting processes, including implementing the Squamish Nation Environmental Assessment Agreement. The successful candidate will report directly to the Senior Regulatory Manager to advance the project through design and construction into operation post-Environmental Assessment.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Manage the stakeholder engagement, and indigenous relations interface in collaboration with the BU to provide technical information supporting project permitting and regulatory affairs.
• Act as the Regulatory technical domain expert on all related biophysical (e.g., water, air, wildlife, soils, marine mammals, etc.) disciplines.
• Engage with stakeholders to articulate technical details related to salient Project components and processes.
• Support achieving Project schedule milestones through a robust and technically grounded engagement strategy.
• Manage responses to all technical Information Requests from Regulators, Stakeholders, and Indigenous groups.
• Advance and execute a comprehensive framework to manage technical information related to project permitting.
• Collaborate with team members on respective overlapping domains to ensure common objectives are established and achieved.
• Manage information exchange between key internal and external team members regarding project permitting and regulatory deliverables.
• Create regulatory and permitting process synergies through collaboration with stakeholders and Indigenous Groups on technical Project details.
• Maintain accountability with internal and external team members on key deliverables to drive a performance-based culture.

QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS):

Education and Certifications:

• Degree in social sciences, environmental studies, natural resource management, geography, or related field of study and 10 years of applicable experience. Suitable experience may also be considered in place of a degree.
• A valid BC driver’s license and passport (some travel to and from Squamish, BC and Houston, Texas).

Experience and Skills:

• Degree in social sciences, environmental studies, natural resource management, geography, or related field of study and 10 years of applicable experience. Suitable experience may also be considered in place of a degree.
• Experience with permitting processes, land/resource management and natural resource operations, including working with Federal, Provincial and Municipal regulatory agencies applicable to the project, e.g., BC Oil and Gas Commission and EAO.
• Strong knowledge of Indigenous Peoples’ history, protocols, values, and governance and working with Indigenous Peoples in Canada, preferably BC.
• Strong organizational skills, managing, tracking, and recording multiple tasks and a heavy workload.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Expertise with a variety of computer programs (e.g., MS Office).
• Motivated and willing to take ownership of tasks.
• Energetic in pursuit of continuous improvement processes.
• Shares knowledge readily and encourages personal development.
• Available for business travel as required by the company.
• Ability to initiate and drive deliverables forward while working in a team setting but able to operate independently.
• Ability to influence outcomes while working with teams located in multiple offices in North America and Asia.
• Understanding of project processes and technical information, including engineering and environmental information.
• Experience in working for a project owner/operator and through the construction phase.
• Experience in supporting the implementation of Impact Benefit Agreements and Indigenous Group Consultation.

The Global Edge Consultants, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Edge Consultants, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00-$150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• On call
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Vancouver, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

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