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Environmental Scientist, Program Manager
stevescandlen@gmail.com 403 809 1608 1808 36th
Ave. SW, Calgary, AB
Distinguishing Qualifications
 Portfolio/Program Management: Currently manage a portfolio of 100 – 120 projects, with 30 project
managers, at $20M annually. Responsible for meeting overall metrics (budget, schedule, and manpower
targets) while maintaining superior quality and meeting health and safety requirements.
 Project Management: Growing and leading large teams to deliver complex projects in several industries,
including chemicals, nuclear, manufacturing. Developing project organizational structures on teams of 50+
people to support all necessary disciplines to deliver and add value on tight schedules.
 Risk Management: Implementing and managing corporate risk policies for North America, working with legal
department and liaising with staff to promote awareness. Making decisions on risk acceptability, coaching the
development of mitigation plans.
 Front Line Management: Managing a staff of 80 people, with various disciplines and levels of experience, and
aligning them to efficiently deliver on various projects. Responsible for staff hiring and reductions, as
necessary.
 Mentoring: Coaching and development, and implementing transition plans by growing staff in to elevated
positions.
Relevant Skills and Experience
CH2M Calgary; Project Delivery Manager, Region and Mining and Manufacturing Portfolio; January 2015 to
June 2016.
Responsible for all project delivery requirements within the Canadian Region and for the Mining and
Manufacturing portfolio across North America. Working with regional staffing directors and technology managers,
integrate the project managers and delivery coordinators to efficiently deliver to various industrial clients.
 Managed a team of 14 project delivery coordinators, overseeing 100 project managers across North America.
 Portfolio value of over US$80M.
 Risk management and mitigation, contract negotiation including rate development for major multinationals.
 Reporting to Senior Directors on business planning and risk management strategies.
CH2M HILL Calgary; Operations Lead, Western Canada; March 2013 to December 2014.
Responsible for the portfolio of projects in Western Canada, working with regional managers to integrate with
other projects in Eastern Canada and abroad.
 Managing 80 staff in 5 offices, assigning them to cover various disciplines on projects.
 Developed annual business plan, and managed business unit to that plan
 Over 120 projects within a portfolio of projects worth over CAD$20M.
 Risk management and mitigation, balanced with business development promotion and management.
 Some client interaction and environmental liability assessment.
 Coaching and mentoring staff (project managers in particular) as part of their growth objectives.

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CH2M HILL Denver; Corporate Risk Policy Steward; June 2012 to October 2013.
Lead the promotion, awareness, and management of projects with significant risk.
 Worked with senior corporate risk managers and legal departments to develop workable strategies to take on
this work.
 Worked with Market Leads to identify early on the opportunities that contained risk, and worked with them
to assign the correct staff and negotiate the correct contract terms to satisfy corporate policy.
 Shepherded approvals internally with senior management (President level and up) and necessary waivers in
order to proceed with work.
CH2M HILL Denver; Business Manager; Confidential Chemical Client; Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta; 2011 to
February 2013.
Implemented processes and procedures required to deliver CAD$22M of environmental remediation projects
over two years at an operating chemical production facility. Processes developed and implemented:
 Staff projection tools to integrate PM resource needs
 Cost center tracking for the client and the business group
 Quality management plan development, including assignment and coaching of two quality managers
 Field and reporting Standard Operating Procedures
 Quarterly forecasting to the Canadian region and Client program
Also acted as the stand-in Site Manager, directing client communication and strategy development with team’s
Subject Matter Experts and Senior Technical Consultants.
CH2M HILL Toronto; Program Manager (2010 to June 2011) and Strategic Advisor (July 2011 to January 2012);
2015 Pan-Am Games Athletes’ Village Environmental Permitting; Infrastructure Ontario (IO); Toronto, Ontario.
The largest brownfield site currently under development in Ontario:
 Will serve as the Pan American Athletes’ Village (PAAV) for the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games.
 Former industrial site that will encompass mixed-use residential and commercial development, as well as a
substantial parkland component, after the games.
As Program Manager, I needed to adapt to an accelerated schedule that was deemed unfeasible by all other
consultants involved.
 Ramped up the team of 40 staff to over 300 staff in 19 offices in 6 time zones over a two month period.
 Engaged unique review techniques for deliverables – live meetings with the peer reviewers and regulator – to
accelerate acceptance.
 Monitored each technical area using project control tools (updated weekly) to maintain contracted scope,
schedule, and budget, and reported to client weekly.
 Delivered all deliverables on time with a coordinated effort. Avoided IO having to pay $1M/day penalty to
developer.
 Project won the 2011 Brownie (Brownfield) Award as the project that best demonstrated Excellence in Project
Development at the Neighbourhood Scale.
As Strategic Advisor, I worked with the CH2M HILL project team, Infrastructure Ontario, and related stakeholders
(City of Toronto, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, other government agencies, private developers, and the
public) to facilitate remediation and approvals strategies after securing environmental permits.
CH2M HILL Toronto; Site Manager; Confidential Chemical Client; Sarnia, Ontario; 2008 to 2010.
Focused on managing and integrating several projects during the decommissioning and property transfer of a
large industrial chemical facility. Work involved supporting the client's objectives in real-time during property

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transfer negotiations, and utilizing cutting-edge remedial technology, including fracture and injection and
consolidated biodegradation.
An objective-based approach was employed to deal with dynamic field conditions, knowledge gaps, and goals.
Key responsibilities included:
 Served as regulatory officer liaison, and coached other key staff to communicate with the regulators.
 Led a culture of health, safety, and quality so that team staff were committed to these ideals.
 Developed and integrated program-specific operating procedures.
 Directed client communication, team building, and staff coaching.
 Determined and communicated strategic direction and key objectives to the client, regulator, and purchaser.
CH2M HILL Waterloo and Toronto; Environmental Consultant; 2001 – 2008.
Worked as a task lead, quality manager, environmental manager, health and safety manager, and project
manager on a variety of projects, including:
 Low level radioactive waste remediation excavation.
 High level radioactive storage containment and removal.
 Hazardous waste survey and demolition of a 1.5 million ft2 automotive facility in Oshawa.
 Demolition and decontamination of a 500,000 ft2 car battery plant.
 Stack testing and air emission modelling for a large strand oriented lumber facility.
 Feasibility studies for sediment remediation at Chalk River, and production facilities for Cameco.
Education and Training
B.Sc., Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, University of Guelph, 1998
Building and Negotiating a Better Deal Training, CH2M HILL University, 2006
Project Delivery, CH2M HILL University, 2007
Leading High Performance Teams, Impact Leadership Group LLC, 2009
Leading Leaders, CH2M HILL University, 2010
Certified Joint Health and Safety Member Training with specialization in lifting devices and chemical hazards
Red Cross First Aid – Basic Life Saving and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Community Involvement and Interests
Active volunteer at Calgary Foodbank
Mountain bike coaching - beginners
Calgary Corporate Challenge participant (with Tera): Mountain Bike, 10km Run, Cribbage, Foosball
Sports: trail running, squash, mountain biking, floor hockey, anything
Publications and Presentations
Szabo, P., S. Scandlen, B. Whiffin, G. Case, M. Gardiner, and M. Owen. 2005. Port Hope Waterworks Remediation
Project. Presented at the Canadian Nuclear Society Conference, Ottawa, Canada.