Consulting Services – Director, Climate Change

Stonewood Group Inc. is seeking a Director for their Climate Change consulting services based in Toronto, ON. This leadership role involves developing a business strategy for Climate Change initiatives, engaging with senior clients, and implementing strategies to position the firm as a leader in this field. The role is external-facing, focusing on client interaction and advising on Climate Change and resiliency, while also monitoring relevant public policy trends.
Our client is a Canadian, employee-owned multidisciplinary professional services firm that delivers a comprehensive range of technical and strategic services, including consulting, information technology, engineering, process development, project and construction management to the Mining, Metallurgical, Energy, and Infrastructure sectors. The firm has served clients for over 80 years and has project experience in more than 150 countries around the world, delivering solutions that are smarter, more efficient, and innovative.

Our client is widely recognized for its ability to bridge the gaps between research and innovative technologies, and between engineering and reliable operations. The firm is particularly known for working with senior client management to develop business strategies; managing and optimizingproduction; executing projects thatinvolve the scale-up of process technologies; and managing start-ups,commissioning and ramp-ups.

Our client delivers unprecedented business results for its clients through a commitment to quality, lower operating costs, more efficient utilization of capital assets, higher standards for safety and risk management, faster start-ups and continuous performance improvements in all projects and programs.

Scope of Position This is an exciting new leadership role to build a business practice around Climate Change. Climate Change and resiliency considerations are taking a much more prominent role in large multi-stakeholder projects as well as smaller projects across various markets in Canada and abroad. Reporting to the Managing Director of the Environmental Services Group (ESG), this person will take ownership of the company’s Climate Change initiatives, create a business strategy, and implement a Climate Change consulting business.

The role is located in the Greater Toronto Area however, the Climate Change practice will be actively focusing on targets in the key growth markets across Canada and globally. This role is also accountable for leading the implementation of relevant strategies to build a Climate Change consulting business, and to include climate change resiliency in the company’s other projects. Such strategies will position our client to become a leading service provider in Climate Change and resiliency consulting in Mining & Metals, Infrastructure and Energy.

This role is primarily external facing, developing a leading-edge Climate Change practice and service offering for external clients.

Functional Tasks Develop and implement a business plan to build a revenue and profit generating consulting business around Climate Change.

Interact at VP and CEO level of clients to advise them on Climate Change and resiliency.

Identify relevant public policy trends, regulatory impacts (environmental, operational, and financial) and anticipate emerging challenges that may affect business operations.

Monitor and review activities of environmental groups, think-tanks, and other influential external stakeholders.

Communicate developments and provide research and analysis to internal stakeholders.

Assist in the execution and delivery of Climate Change strategies.

High level interaction with external stakeholders, especially members of regulatory authorities, NGOs, community groups, rate-payer associations, etc.

Educate employees and management on Climate Change-related topics.

Assist in the preparation of supporting materials, including communication materials, training documents and technical reports.

Participate in projects with cross-functional teams to address business opportunities or challenges.

Provide environmental expertise for new projects.

Key Performance Deliverables In light of the identified responsibilities, the following are specific deliverables that the position is designed to achieve.

Specific additional measures of performance will be discussed with the successful candidate.

Competency Profile The following competencies listed below define the role of Director – Climate Change:

Strategic Approach Develops a strategic plan to realize the vision. Revises strategy in light of changing circumstances. Takes a long-term view of organizational success. Works to clarify long term organizational goals. Able to stand back from immediate problems in order to focus on more far reaching ideas.

Initiative Proactive. Seizes opportunities and acts upon them immediately. Takes responsibility for own actions and addresses problems before asked.

Influence Articulates the key points of an argument persuasively. Negotiates skillfully and convinces others to own point of view. Directly and indirectly impacts the decisions/opinions of others. Mobilizes people into action.

Results Orientation Focuses strongly on achieving agreed upon outcomes and ensures that key objectives are met. Conveys a sense of urgency and drives issues to closure. Aims to improve upon past performance. Establishes aggressive personal targets and strives to achieve them.

Customer/Client Orientation Strives to provide…