Senior Environmental Project Director (Upstream Oil and Gas Industry)

Senior Environmental Project Director (Upstream Oil and Gas Industry)

No promise is more important than that of taking care of our environment, and we want to help you keep that promise.

Join our global network of engineers, scientists, verifiers, planners, and environmental specialists working together to create a better world. Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural, and social environment of the communities where we operate.

GHD is seeking a

Senior Environmental Project Director to provide leadership, governance, and quality assurance in complex environmental programs related to projects in the oil and gas industry. This role is for an experienced individual who has demonstrated the ability to deliver projects that are compliant, rigorous, reproducible, and well-documented for clients.

In this role, you will contribute to implementing a structured project delivery framework that integrates quality assurance and quality control, regulatory compliance, documentation, and verifiable approval of deliverables in daily activities.

As a

Senior Project Director you will act as a trusted advisor to clients. You will be called upon to work at the intersection of technical delivery, regulatory compliance, and program governance. You possess strong knowledge of provincial and federal environmental regulations, consent orders, and cleanup criteria, and you know how to integrate quality assurance, verification, and documentation controls from the outset so that compliance is an integral part of project execution.

To succeed in this role, you will need to demonstrate judgment, agility, and leadership to guide multidisciplinary teams in complex or ambiguous contexts while maintaining schedules, deliverable quality, and regulatory compliance.

Hybrid Work Policy:

At GHD, we favor a hybrid work model that combines in-person collaboration and flexibility. You will be invited to work in the office three days a week to contribute, collaborate, and thrive in a dynamic environment. This position can be based in one of our offices in the Greater Toronto Area, Mississauga, Markham, Edmonton, Montreal, Brossard, Laval, Quebec City, Halifax, Fredericton, St. John’s, Calgary, or Vancouver.

You will work with a dynamic and high-performing team, and this position offers a variety of tasks. You will be called upon to:

• Approve project planning and ensure execution that meets needs, including scope, schedule, resources, risks, and stakeholder communications.
• Lead monthly project status reviews to confirm regulatory status, schedule adherence, technical progress, risks, and contractor performance; assign corrective actions and document their closure.
• Ensure documentation and traceability of deliverables: ensure results are tracked, transmission logs are recorded, and revision tracking is maintained for key deliverables such as plans, analytical data sets, reports, submissions, meeting minutes, and corrective actions.
• Ensure that communications, approvals, and deadline tracking are defined in the initiation and planning stages and actively followed to meet reporting obligations on time.
• Oversee supplier and contractor governance, including the use of pre-qualified suppliers, review of work plans and procedures, and verification mechanisms in line with deliverable requirements.
• Ensure compliance with deliverable verification and quality requirements before external use; ensure that reviews and revisions by competent persons, as well as director approval, are completed and well-documented in the project workspace.
• Collaborate with the program manager for escalations, decision-making rights, and alignment with program governance and performance indicators.
• Promote a culture focused on health and safety, compliance, and continuous improvement, where controls are integrated into ways of working rather than added after the fact.

What you will bring to the team

• Demonstrated leadership in managing complex or high-risk projects in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of project governance, assurance and verification processes, and documentary controls.
• Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams, suppliers, and contractors.
• Excellent planning, reporting, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience with PMBOK-aligned tools, such as communication and deliverable models, SDP/WBS-based planning, and structured project status reviews.
• Experience with integrated data pipelines and dashboards to support compliance and provide visibility into performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, geology, environmental sciences, or a related field.
• Holding (or in the process of obtaining) an engineer’s license from the Order of Engineers (OIQ) or a geologist’s license from the Order of Geologists of Quebec (OGQ) will be considered an asset.
• More than 10 years of experience in environmental consulting related to the upstream oil and gas industry, including environmental rehabilitation, site assessments, report writing, data management and interpretation, project coordination, and client relationship management.
• Strong understanding and practical knowledge of the California environmental regulatory framework.
• Hold the ASP Construction certification.
• Ability and willingness to travel to meet clients, if necessary.
• Experience in recurring and high-volume programs where standardization and automation are used to improve efficiency.
• Familiarity with analytical dashboards and data management practices that support compliance tracking and decision-making.
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*As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievements and recognize the strength of a diverse workplace. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation measures for disabled candidates throughout the recruitment and selection process.