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Regional Director - Contaminated Sites
Whitby, ON | Work from home flexibility
Job Description
Contact – Dave Banns (dbanns@theheadhunters.ca)
About the Firm / Opportunity
The Headhunters are looking for more Contaminated Sites Experts. Join a well established environmental consulting firm known for its collaborative culture, technical excellence, and commitment to meaningful environmental outcomes. They’re seeking a strategic, relationship focused Regional Director – Contaminated Sites (Ontario) to help expand their presence, strengthen their technical practice, and support the delivery of complex environmental projects. This hybrid Whitby based role offers the chance to shape a growing regional practice while working closely with a supportive national leadership team.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide senior technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to contaminated sites professionals
- Build and maintain strong client relationships across diverse sectors
- Lead business development initiatives and identify emerging market opportunities
- Support delivery of complex contaminated sites projects and ensure high quality client service
- Contribute to regional planning, forecasting, and growth strategies
- Collaborate with leaders across Canada to advance practice development and corporate initiatives
- Degree in environmental science, geology, engineering, or a related discipline
- Professional designation (QPESA/QPRA) or eligibility
- 10+ years of environmental consulting experience in Ontario
- Strong understanding of provincial regulations, including O.Reg. 153/04 and O.Reg. 406/19
- Demonstrated success in business development and leading multidisciplinary project teams
- Excellent communication, technical writing, mentoring, and decision making skills
- A collaborative mindset and established industry network
- Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel within Ontario
- Flexible hybrid work arrangements and a balanced work week
- Competitive compensation aligned with senior leadership roles ($146,000 - $219,000 base salary)
- Generous 5 weeks’ vacation, sick time, and comprehensive benefits
- Annual professional development support and leadership growth opportunities
- A culture that values autonomy, innovation, and strong client relationships
- Support from a national leadership team invested in your success and the long term growth of the practice
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Only candidates selected to move forward in the hiring process will be contacted.
Meet Your Recruiter
Dave Banns
MBA, Principal
Recruiting Specialty: Engineering & Operations
As Principal, Dave builds and maintains relationships with our partners. Drawing on over two decades of global recruitment and business development experience, his market knowledge is an invaluable resource to organizations of all sizes. Dave has ambitious goals to work collaboratively with current and new clients to develop cutting-edge, proactive workforce solutions. He has a proven record of exceeding clients’ expectations and cultivating sustainable and mutually-beneficial partnerships.
Dave is also a specialized and consultative recruiter with a focus in Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction and Operations positions. He has a reputation among his clients for implementing unique search strategies to attract top talent and build cohesive teams. Dave has a realistic understanding of how his clients’ businesses function in today’s world and what they will need to thrive in the future. Moreover, he has a deep network, refined ability to spot technical talent and match it with the most suitable company culture.
A former teacher, Dave knows how best to coach and guide individuals he works with. He takes the time to fully understand their goals, encouraging them to develop and follow a career path that is unique to their skills, talents and aspirations. Working with them as their consultant, he opens doors, acting as a conduit between great candidates and high-calibre career opportunities.
Dave holds an MBA in Global Management and a BBA in Marketing. His commitment to community is evident through his enthusiastic support of Big Brothers of Canada and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, as well as his past service as a Board member for The Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres, contributing to the HR & Governance, Finance and Nominations Committees. He is an avid traveler and sports enthusiast who enjoys playing beer-league hockey, golf and skiing. He also dedicates his time to coaching his son's rep ice hockey, baseball and soccer teams.