Team Leader – Environmental Services in Markham

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. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.

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.

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 is necessary.

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.