# Director - Mining Environmental Governance

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Montreal, QC
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,500 - $194,600
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Join our team as a Director - Mining Environmental Governance and contribute to projects that define tomorrow's infrastructure, networks, and environmental solutions. As a leader in this field, you will develop a specialized team and work on multidisciplinary projects covering the entire lifecycle of mining sites.

Your impact:

- Develop and direct a specialized team in mining environmental governance, strengthening its capabilities, quality, and influence with clients.

- Lead external audits and verifications as part of the Towards Sustainable Mining initiative, supporting clients with self-assessments and improvement plans.

- Evaluate compliance with the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management, Canadian Dam Association, International Commission on Large Dams, and applicable protocols, providing concrete recommendations.

- Manage mining environmental risk and project management, including financial, scheduling, client communication, and deliverable quality aspects.

- Prepare or revise audit reports, technical and scientific reports, and environmental authorization requests, presenting findings to senior management and facility operators.

- Drive growth by developing business opportunities, collaborating with other WSP units, and mentoring intermediate and junior professionals.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline related to environmental governance and the mining sector.

- At least 15 years of relevant experience in the mining sector, including significant experience in tailings governance, management systems, auditing, or compliance verification.

- In-depth knowledge of the Canadian Mining Association's Tailings Management Guide, the Towards Sustainable Mining initiative, and the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management.

- Expertise in compliance evaluation, gap analysis, risk management, and recommendation formulation for senior management and facility operators.

- Proven ability to build and lead a specialized team, mentor professionals, and establish high-quality expectations.

- Experience managing complex projects, including financial management, scheduling, client communication, and multidisciplinary coordination.

- Ability to develop trust relationships, grow business opportunities, and mobilize WSP units around integrated solutions.

- Availability for travel to mining sites and effective intervention with clients and teams on-site.

Why choose WSP?

- Proudly Canadian, among the best employers in Canada

- A global community of brilliant minds, with your next idea, mentor, or opportunity always within reach

- Unlimited possibilities start here, adapting your role to your ambitions, as your growth fuels ours

- Flexibility and real balance, recognizing the importance of life balance and encouraging you to prioritize yours

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## Skills

### Required
- Environmental Governance
- Mining Sector
- Tailings Management
- Compliance Verification
- Risk Management
- Team Leadership
- Project Management

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