<p>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 talents on work that's critical to our clients and the communities they support.</p> <p>Join a team that has the environment down to a science.</p> <p>Your Opportunity</p> <p>Reporting to the Regional Business Leader (RBL), the BC Operations Leader (BCOL) is primarily responsible for operational excellence for the BC - achieving financial (bottom line) and performance objectives. The BCOL is responsible for attracting, growing and retaining top talent. while ensuring efficient resource management that is responsive to available workloads. The BCOL will prepare and implement annual operating budgets and BC business plans. The BCOL will partner with the BC Practice Leader (BCPL) to ensure financial, talent and growth objectives are met. It is the expectation that all leadership roles have a maximum term of 5 years, with the opportunity to reevaluate at the end of the term and for the purpose of succession and company growth.</p> <p>Your Key Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li> <p>Lead Operations and Drive Business Performance:</p> </li><li> <p>Accountable for continuous improvement and effective management of operational areas within the BC.</p> </li><li> <p>Reviews BC monthly financial statements, inclusive of discretionary spend and ensure any issues are actioned.</p> </li><li> <p>Regularly monitors forecasting, backlog, EVA, WIP, AFDA, DSO and utilization to identify issues and ensure they are addressed.</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for leading the BC's annual budgeting process in collaboration with the BCPL.</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for oversight of the BC budget and achieving net revenue, gross margin, SG&A, and operating income targets.</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for proactively identifying underperformance against established targets and developing and implementing improvement plans for underperforming operations within the BC.</p> </li><li> <p>Ensures efficient resource management that is responsive to available workloads.</p> </li><li> <p>Oversees risk management practice related to office matters including employee relation issues</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for achieving utilization rate and backlog targets including collaboration with other contributing BC's to drive up overall utilization firmwide.</p> </li><li> <p>Partners with other BCOLs and RBLs to drive collaboration and work sharing across the regions.</p> </li><li> <p>People Leadership:</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for developing, attracting, engaging and retaining top talent resulting in increased engagement scores and decreased voluntary turnover.</p> </li><li> <p>Establish employee connectedness to leadership by interfacing frequently with employees</p> </li><li> <p>Partner with BCPL by conducting quarterly office visits and BC Wide meetings to communicate the vision, business strategy and progress against applicable action plans.</p> </li><li> <p>Drive improvement of employee engagement by partnering with Human Resources to identify issues, prepare engagement action plans and follow through on plans.</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for recruiting talent to the BC through internal and external talent scans while ensuring appropriate staff mix with line of sight to current and future talent needs. - Responsible for maintaining the correct staffing level based on current and future workloads.</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for the overall talent management lifecycle including career development, employee engagement, succession planning, coaching and mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development for the BC.</p> </li><li> <p>Responsible for managing performance and compensation in accordance with Stantec's compensation philosophy within the BC through yearly employee performance review (YEPR), rate review, and STIP/bonus -allocation for the BC.</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure compliance with applicable employment legislation and Stantec's people practices and policies by partnering with Risk Management and Human Resources.</p> </li><li> <p>Direct reports may include Supervisors/Team Leads and administrative staff as appropriate.</p> </li><li> <p>Health and Safety:</p> </li><li> <p>Primarily responsible for the health and safety performance within the BC, including the monitoring of leading and lagging indicators and executing on the BC Improvement Plan.</p> </li><li> <p>Accountable for achieving a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of</p> </li></ul>