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Imagine Next!At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. Job Description:\nParsons is seeking a Principal Environmental Planner with extensive MTO transportation infrastructure experience to provide leadership for our environmental planning practice in Ontario. This position may be based in Toronto, Markham, Oakville, or London, with hybrid work flexibility.\nPosition Overview\nThe Principal Environmental Planner will provide strategic leadership for environmental planning services, major transportation projects, client relationships, business development, technical excellence, and staff development. This individual will oversee a portfolio of MTO assignments while helping grow Parsons' environmental planning practice across Ontario.\nKey Responsibilities\nLeadership & Team Development\nLead and develop environmental planning staff through mentoring, coaching, recruitment, and succession planning.\nSupport resource allocation, workload management, and capability development.\nFoster collaboration across planning, natural sciences, engineering, and project management teams.\nPromote consistent quality assurance procedures, tools, and best practices.\nClient Management & Business Development\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with MTO and key transportation sector clients.\nLead business development, opportunity identification, capture planning, and strategic positioning efforts.\nOversee proposals, interviews, pursuits, staffing plans, schedules, and budgets.\nRepresent Parsons at client meetings, industry events, and professional organizations.\nSupport contract negotiations and project growth initiatives.\nProject & Technical Leadership\nProvide senior oversight for environmental planning, EA, permitting, consultation, and approvals activities.\nGuide project teams in applying MTO Class EA requirements and Environmental Reference for Highway Design standards.\nProvide technical review and quality assurance for major environmental deliverables.\nAdvise project teams and clients on complex environmental, regulatory, Indigenous consultation, and stakeholder issues.\nOversee project performance, including quality, schedule, budget, risk, and client satisfaction.\nMonitor changes to legislation, MTO policy, and industry practices and incorporate them into project delivery strategies.\nQualifications\nDegree in Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, Geography, Planning, or a related discipline.\n15+ years of progressive environmental planning or EA experience, including extensive MTO highway project experience in consulting.\nDemonstrated leadership on major transportation infrastructure assignments.\nEstablished relationships within MTO and the Ontario transportation market.\nStrong knowledge of MTO Class EA requirements, Environmental Reference for Highway Design, and environmental legislation.\nProven experience leading teams, developing staff, managing resources, and supporting business growth.\nExperience with transit, rail, municipal EA, or federal impact assessment processes is an asset.\nValid Ontario G driver's licence.\nThis position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions-and to help them see what's next!Salary Range: $117,500 - $167,500This job posting is for a current addition or replacement opportunity within Parsons.We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. 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