Senior Lead, Environment

Role Overview

Reporting to the Site Manager, Closure, the Senior Lead, Environment is a key leadership role responsible for advancing closure, reclamation, and long-term stewardship objectives at Pend Oreille Mine, one of Teck’s legacy properties. This position provides strategic leadership for environmental management, regulatory compliance, permitting, stakeholder engagement, and closure planning activities, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, permit requirements, corporate standards, and environmental commitments while driving continuous improvement in environmental performance and risk management.

Working closely with site leadership, corporate technical and legal teams, consultants, contractors, regulators, Tribal Nations, and local communities, the Senior Lead, Environment develops and implements integrated environmental and regulatory strategies that support safe, compliant, and cost-effective closure outcomes. The role leads environmental monitoring, reclamation and remediation programs, regulatory approvals, environmental risk reduction, and long-term stewardship planning while serving as a trusted advisor to site leadership and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to address complex closure challenges.

The preferred location for this role is Spokane, WA; however, other locations may be considered, including Arizona, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, and Washington State in the U.S., as well as Vancouver, Trail, Cranbrook or surrounding areas in British Columbia, Canada.

This is a full-time position requiring frequent travel to Pend Oreille Mine. 

Key Responsibilities

• Be a Courageous Safety Leader, adhering to and sponsoring safety, environmental, and sustainability policies and procedures.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of environmental, regulatory, and permitting strategies.
• Provide leadership and oversight of environmental management programs to ensure compliance with applicable permits, regulatory requirements, company standards, and commitments.
• Lead engagement with regulatory bodies and coordinate permitting, approvals, reporting, inspections, audits, and compliance activities.
• Identify environmental and regulatory risks and opportunities, develop mitigation strategies, and support decision-making.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship on environmental monitoring, water management, reclamation, remediation, waste management, and other environmental programs.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with regulators, Indigenous Nations, local communities, and other partners.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of employees, contractors, and consultants by fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Provide strategic oversight of environmental and regulatory budgets, resource allocation, consultant contracts, and technical studies to support closure, stewardship, and business objectives.
• Collaborate with site leadership, corporate specialists, and multidisciplinary teams to integrate environmental, regulatory, and closure requirements into site planning and execution.
• Provide strategic advice on emerging regulatory requirements and industry trends, and prepare reports, presentations, and recommendations for site and corporate leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resource Management, Hydrogeology, or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of dynamic experience in environmental management, regulatory compliance, permitting, closure, reclamation, or risk management within the mining, natural resource, industrial, or consulting sectors.
• Proven experience developing and implementing environmental and regulatory strategies within complex U.S. regulatory environments, with solid understanding of Washington environmental legislation, permitting processes, and mine closure requirements.
• Experience establishing effective relationships with regulatory agencies, Tribal Nations, local communities, and other stakeholders.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including employees, contractors, and consultants.
• Strong understanding of environmental monitoring, water management, reclamation, remediation, waste management, and environmental risk assessment.
• Experience supporting mine closure, legacy property management, water treatment, or other closure-related environmental programs is an asset.
• Professional designation (P.Eng., P.Geo., P.Ag., R.P.Bio., CHMM, or equivalent) is an asset.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Site Manager, Closure, the Senior Lead, Environment is a key leadership role responsible for advancing closure, reclamation, and long-term stewardship objectives at Pend Oreille Mine, one of Teck’s legacy properties. This position provides strategic leadership for environmental management, regulatory compliance, permitting, stakeholder engagement, and closure planning activities, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, permit requirements, corporate standards, and environmental commitments while driving continuous improvement in environmental performance and risk management.

Working closely with site leadership, corporate technical and legal teams, consultants, contractors, regulators, Tribal Nations, and local communities, the Senior Lead, Environment develops and implements integrated environmental and regulatory strategies that support safe, compliant, and cost-effective closure outcomes. The role leads environmental monitoring, reclamation and remediation programs, regulatory approvals, environmental risk reduction, and long-term stewardship planning while serving as a trusted advisor to site leadership and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to address complex closure challenges.

The preferred location for this role is Spokane, WA; however, other locations may be considered, including Arizona, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, and Washington State in the U.S., as well as Vancouver, Trail, Cranbrook or surrounding areas in British Columbia, Canada.

This is a full-time position requiring frequent travel to Pend Oreille Mine. 

Key Responsibilities

• Be a Courageous Safety Leader, adhering to and sponsoring safety, environmental, and sustainability policies and procedures.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of environmental, regulatory, and permitting strategies.
• Provide leadership and oversight of environmental management programs to ensure compliance with applicable permits, regulatory requirements, company standards, and commitments.
• Lead engagement with regulatory bodies and coordinate permitting, approvals, reporting, inspections, audits, and compliance activities.
• Identify environmental and regulatory risks and opportunities, develop mitigation strategies, and support decision-making.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship on environmental monitoring, water management, reclamation, remediation, waste management, and other environmental programs.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with regulators, Indigenous Nations, local communities, and other partners.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of employees, contractors, and consultants by fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Provide strategic oversight of environmental and regulatory budgets, resource allocation, consultant contracts, and technical studies to support closure, stewardship, and business objectives.
• Collaborate with site leadership, corporate specialists, and multidisciplinary teams to integrate environmental, regulatory, and closure requirements into site planning and execution.
• Provide strategic advice on emerging regulatory requirements and industry trends, and prepare reports, presentations, and recommendations for site and corporate leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resource Management, Hydrogeology, or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of dynamic experience in environmental management, regulatory compliance, permitting, closure, reclamation, or risk management within the mining, natural resource, industrial, or consulting sectors.
• Proven experience developing and implementing environmental and regulatory strategies within complex U.S. regulatory environments, with solid understanding of Washington environmental legislation, permitting processes, and mine closure requirements.
• Experience establishing effective relationships with regulatory agencies, Tribal Nations, local communities, and other stakeholders.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including employees, contractors, and consultants.
• Strong understanding of environmental monitoring, water management, reclamation, remediation, waste management, and environmental risk assessment.
• Experience supporting mine closure, legacy property management, water treatment, or other closure-related environmental programs is an asset.
• Professional designation (P.Eng., P.Geo., P.Ag., R.P.Bio., CHMM, or equivalent) is an asset.