Team Leader - Environmental Services

52215 - To Be Determined - Regular

Hiring salary range: $4,102.00 - 5,508.40 / Bi-weekly

Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.5 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

The role will be reporting out of either Toronto or Markham.

Reporting to the Manager, Environmental Services (Customer Connections), the Team Lead, Environmental Services provides senior environmental planning expertise and leadership for major customer connection, transmission, station, and other strategic infrastructure projects across Ontario. The role leads environmental delivery for a diverse portfolio of complex projects, including data centre connections, transmission and station expansions, battery energy storage systems, generation connections, and other customer-driven initiatives.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of Environmental Planners supporting Customer Connections projects. Responsibilities include setting priorities, coordinating workloads, providing technical direction, ensuring quality deliverables, and supporting staff development throughout project planning and execution.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Determining environmental requirements for customer connection requests and infrastructure projects.
• Leading environmental screening, due diligence, risk assessments, permitting strategies, and regulatory approvals.
• Managing Class Environmental Assessment (EA) and environmental permitting programs.
• Overseeing consultants, budgets, schedules, contracts, and technical deliverables.
• Coordinating permits, agreements, approvals, and environmental commitments.
• Ensuring compliance with environmental legislation, regulatory requirements, corporate standards, and project commitments.
• Supervising, directing, and monitoring the work of assigned technical staff.
• Maintaining expertise in provincial, federal, and municipal environmental legislation, regulations, policies, and best management practices.
• Developing and implementing environmental strategies, programs, and actions that support corporate and business unit objectives.
• Liaising and negotiating with government agencies, Indigenous communities, property owners, public stakeholders, and internal business partners to secure approvals, agreements, and project outcomes.

Candidates must have demonstrated experience leading complex environmental assessments and permitting programs for transmission, station, or other linear infrastructure projects. Experience managing multidisciplinary technical studies, environmental approvals, Indigenous and stakeholder engagement, environmental permitting strategies, and construction-related compliance activities is essential. The successful candidate will have proven experience leading teams, mentoring staff, managing competing priorities across multiple projects, and delivering practical environmental solutions that support customer commitments and project success.

Job Description

• Supervise, direct and monitor a team of Environmental Planners, providing technical direction, coaching, performance management, workload prioritization, and resource planning to support the successful delivery of environmental programs and projects. Oversee departmental budgets, schedules, consultant performance, and operational effectiveness.
• Interpret, recommend and develop business unit wide and field specific environment actions to meet relevant corporate and line of business plans, policies, targets, measures, programs and operating procedures.
• Provide interpretation, advice, guidance, and recommendations to business unit personnel regarding environmental legislation, regulatory requirements, permits, approvals, and compliance obligations applicable to electricity infrastructure projects. This includes, but is not limited to, the Environmental Assessment Act, Environmental Protection Act, Ontario Water Resources Act, Conservation Authorities Act, Species Conservation Act, 2025 (formerly the Endangered Species Act, 2007), Fisheries Act (Canada), Migratory Birds Convention Act, Heritage Act (Ontario) Ontario Energy Board Act, and applicable municipal, provincial, and federal regulations and approvals.
• Demonstrated expertise leading and managing multidisciplinary environmental studies and technical assessments for major infrastructure projects, including natural heritage, fisheries, hydrogeology, surface water, cultural heritage, archaeological, land use, agricultural, visual impact, noise, and Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) programs. Strong understanding of study scope development, procurement, cost estimating, consultant management, and integration of technical findings into environmental assessment, permitting, and project delivery processes.
• Lead environmental regulatory and stakeholder engagement strategies by establishing and maintaining relationships with provincial and federal regulators, government agencies, and other key stakeholders. Represent the company in regulatory discussions and negotiations, and provide strategic advice to management on emerging environmental issues, regulatory requirements, compliance obligations, and approvals strategies.
• Oversee environmental permitting and approvals programs for company projects, operations, and maintenance activities. Lead the identification, acquisition, and management of required permits, licences, approvals, exemptions, and authorizations, while coordinating regulatory engagement and ensuring timely, compliant project execution.
• Direct environmental reporting, due diligence, and performance monitoring activities, including environmental management programs, compliance reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives. Prepare and deliver reports, briefings, presentations, and training on environmental risks, opportunities, regulatory requirements and project issues to support informed decision-making and organizational capability development.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of environmental information management systems, ensuring environmental records, documentation, and reporting processes meet regulatory, corporate, and environmental management system requirements. Establish governance, controls, and reporting frameworks that support compliance, risk management, operational excellence, and informed decision-making.
• Lead stakeholder engagement on environmental matters, representing the company with regulatory agencies, Indigenous communities, municipalities, and other key stakeholders. Communicate environmental requirements, programs, and commitments, and influence outcomes that support regulatory approvals, environmental compliance, and project delivery.
• Perform other duties as required.

Education

• Requires an advanced knowledge of environmental sciences, environmental engineering, urban biology, regional planning or a related field (or equivalent) and the completion of four years of university training to obtain a degree.
• Knowledge and experience in environmental services supporting the route/site selection planning and construction of new transmission lines and stations and maintenance activities.
• Knowledge and experience of environmental legislation and approval processes, e.g. Environmental Assessment Act, Electricity Act and the Provincial Policy Statement.
• Knowledge of occupational health and safety legislation, processes and procedures.
• Possess a high level of initiative, good communication skills (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills. Requires proficient written and spoken English to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders and prepare comprehensive reports and make presentations to senior management and potential customers.

Experience

• Experience successfully leading the delivery of environmental requirements for capital projects.
• Experience supervising and/or leading teams of professional staff.
• The ability to provide strategic environmental assessment advice early the planning phase of a project with limited information.
• Working with internal Lines of Businesses (LOBs), Indigenous Communities, other stakeholders and the public on planning and constructing new and upgraded transmission facilities.
• Requires experience or understanding of various aspects of operating, servicing and maintaining the electrical system in order to understand the management of the associated environmental issues such as archaeology, cultural heritage, natural heritage, stakeholder engagement and contaminated lands.
• Requires an understanding of environment legislation in order to provide advice, interpretations and recommendations concerning environment programs and procedures.
• Requires experience with data analysis and management.
• Requires experience in dealing with government regulators, external agencies and the public.
• Requires experience supervising and directing the work of technical staff. A period of over 6 years and up to and including 8 years is considered necessary to gain this experience.
• Valid Ontario driver’s licence required.

At Hydro One we understand that the success and strength of our business rests with our people. When we develop their skills, we are investing in both their success and ours. To secure the best talent, we seek to create a workforce that reflects the diverse populations of the communities where we live and work and to create a culture based on safety, innovation and inclusiveness.

"Employer of the year 2026"

Deadline: November 2, 2026

The base salary for this role considers a variety of factors, including candidates' knowledge, skills, experience, education, and any applicable collective agreement requirements for union-represented positions. Hydro One provides an extensive offering of programs to promote a culture of safety, wellbeing, inclusivity, and sustainability to enable our employees to be the best version of themselves. For management roles, compensation is based on the principle of pay-for performance compensation philosophy, and the amount of annual adjustments and incentive payments depends on how well you and the company perform (subject to plan terms). We encourage open dialogue about compensation with our Talent Acquisition Team, who can provide more detailed information specific to this role.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Hydro One uses AI tools to assist in the screening and assessing candidates for this role. Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making.

We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Hydro One; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.