Climate Change Consultant / Project Manager

Morrison Hershfield; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm seeks a Climate Change Planning professional to provide technical leadership in climate risk assessments and planning. The role involves analyzing climate data, leading project teams, and developing policies across various sectors. Ideal candidates will have relevant degrees and experience in delivering climate resilience projects.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering climate risk assessments and resilience projects.
• Experience with project management including quality control and client management.
• Bilingualism (English/French) is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in climate risk assessment and planning.
• Serve as Project Manager on climate change projects.
• Develop and implement stakeholder consultation programs.

Skills

Leadership

Technical writing

Project management

Stakeholder consultation

Climate risk assessment

Education

Relevant degree(s) in Climate Change, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Planning and/or Geography

Master’s Degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Graphic Design / CAD tools

Job description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works to support innovation. The Stantec community unites more than 28,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.

Here at Morrison Hershfield, now Stantec, we are committed to providing flexible work arrangements, to assist employees in fulfilling their multiple responsibilities at work, at home and in the community. Flexible work arrangements provide additional options for work schedules and locations. As we focus on project delivery, clients and staff, we have several working options available for working at Morrison Hershfield, now Stantec.

Morrison Hershfield (MH) is a leading provider of engineering, planning, environmental services and sustainable design, and we have a wide range of federal, provincial, municipal and private clients. We provide practical environmental solutions for interesting and complex projects across Canada.

Our Environmental services are broad reaching and integrated with our multi-disciplinary teams. Through environmental planning and management, we work towards net positive impacts of our clients’ projects, increasingly with a focus on sustainability and making a difference on climate. Through environmental engineering, geoscience, and ecology we delve into and solve problems over wide ranging scales and with a broad geographic coverage.

Overview :

As part of the growing Climate Change Planning Team, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership in climate risk assessment and climate change planning, policy, and capacity-building services. This is an exciting opportunity to incorporate climate leadership into a variety of engineering, environmental and planning projects across North America.

You will be required to analyze climate data, deliver climate change risk assessments, lead consultation programs, develop policies and strategies, and prepare project reports and presentations. You will be expected to coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams on a diverse range of assignments. You will also have an opportunity to lead business development initiatives including proposals and presentations. Some travel may be required.

Responsibilities include :

Exercise leadership and initiative in support of the growth of MH’s Climate Change Practice.

Serve as a Project Manager and / or Technical Lead on climate change risk assessment and adaptation planning projects for a range of public and private-sector clients.

Support buildings, transportation and other infrastructure planning / design and environmental assessment projects, including coordinating climate mitigation, risk and resilience assessment processes.

Develop and implement stakeholder consultation and capacity-building programs (on-line / in-person).

Play a lead role in proposal preparation and business development.

Apply expertise on nature-based solutions to climate change challenges.

Prepare and review technical analyses, reports and presentations.

Apply principles of sustainability and related tools / frameworks (e.g., SDGs, ENVISION) to planning and design projects and other studies.

Support incorporation of climate change services in projects across the firm and contribute to the company’s Climate Change Community of Practice.

Qualifications :

Relevant degree(s) in Climate Change, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Planning and / or Geography. Master’s Degree preferred. Related professional designation(s) (P.Eng., RPP) desirable.

Demonstrated experience delivering climate risk assessments and resilience projects, with working knowledge of industry standards and practices (e.g., ISO 14091, PIEVC Protocol). Experience working with governments, infrastructure / real property, energy, and / or watershed studies would be an asset.

Demonstrated experience developing policies, strategies and guidance documents pertaining to climate risk assessment and adaptation.

Demonstrated experience with project management including quality control, client management, team leadership, administrative responsibilities.

Experience with Climate Change Mitigation and / or nature-based solutions an asset.

Experience with Sustainability and ESG analysis / frameworks an asset.

Strong technical writing and presentation skills (English).

Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications + Graphic Design / CAD tools a plus.

Bilingualism (English / French) an asset.

Job Type : Regular

Job Profile : For internal use

Attention Staffing & Recruitment Agencies : Morrison Hershfield, now Stantec, will not pay fees for recruitment activities related to the hiring of a candidate unless a written service agreement has been established between a duly authorized representative of our Corporate Human Resources department and the recruitment / placement firm. In addition, in order to qualify for recruitment fees, all candidate resumes must be submitted to Morrison Hershfield, now Stantec, through our Corporate Human Resources department. Resumes and profiles sent to our managers without the express agreement of our Corporate Human Resources department will not be eligible for a fee.