Coordinator, Environmental Services

Defence Construction Canada; City of Cold Lake; Hybrid; CAD 81,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental premiums

Life insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) seeks a Coordinator, Environmental Services to provide technical advice and guidance on moderate complexity projects to Client-Partners. The role requires coordinating environmental work, leading contract initiation and management, and preparing reports to ensure timely, on-budget delivery.

The incumbent will oversee contractor activities, review deliverables, manage risks, and maintain stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Minimum: college diploma in biology, environment sciences, environmental engineering or related field with four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent.
• Preferred: university degree in environmental science, environmental engineering or related field and/or specialized knowledge, training and certification in one or more environmental services practice area.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and coordinate environmental work on a wide variety of projects to monitor compliance with legal and other requirements.
• Provide environmental technical support for and/or lead contract initiation and management.
• Prepare environmental reports to meet Client-Partner requirements.
• Provide input to ensure service level deliverables are met and work is on time and on budget.
• Review and/or peer review environmental reports, statements of work and cost estimates.
• Provide overall project management services to ensure deliverables are provided on time, within scope and on budget.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Software proficiency

Data management

Leadership guidance

Education

College diploma in biology/environment sciences/environmental engineering

University degree in environmental science/engineering (preferred)

Job description

Who Can Apply?

Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary Range

$80,886 - $105,152

Employment Status

Continuing

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid (3 days/week)

Term Length

Security Level:

Reliability

Language Requirement

English Essential

Closing Date

21/09/2026

Country

Canada

The Coordinator, Environmental Services, provides environmental services, including technical advice, guidance and recommendations, to the Client-Partners on, typically, moderate complexity, scope and/or risk projects in one or more environmental services practice area. These services can be provided through in-house resources or third-party contracts. The incumbent prepares technical documents, reviews deliverables, assists in the procurement process, oversees contractor and consultant activities, and coordinates project activities to ensure overall requirements are met on time, within scope and on budget.

Primary

• Conduct and coordinate environmental work on a wide variety of projects to monitor compliance with legal and other requirements
• Provide environmental technical support for and/or lead contract initiation and management
• Prepare environmental reports to meet Client-Partner requirements
• Provide input to ensure the service level arrangement deliverables are met and work is completed on time and on budget
• Review and/or peer review environmental reports, statements of work and cost estimates
• Provide overall project management services to ensure deliverables are provided on time, within scope and on budget
• Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders
• Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate and Client-Partner expectations

Other

• Develop environmental procedures, policies and directives
• Conduct quality control procedures for service level arrangements and deliverables
• Support and/or lead business development activities
• Manage risk
• Other duties as assigned

General and Specific Knowledge

• Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in environmental sciences and environmental engineering
• Project and risk management principles
• Health and safety management

Formal Education And/or Certification(s) And Experience

• Minimum: college diploma in biology, environment sciences, environmental engineering or related field with four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
• Preferred: university degree in environmental science, environmental engineering or related field and/or specialized knowledge, training and certification (as applicable) in one or more environmental services practice area

Abilities

• Use applicable computer software and operating systems
• Create databases
• Apply project and risk management techniques

Development and Leadership

• Provide functional advice and guidance to employees and to Client-Partners

Working Conditions

• Typical office environment with occasional travel
• Some work may be located on environmental or construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment

Check Out Your Benefits

Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary.

Your Package Includes

Health and Wellness

• 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
• $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
• $2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 paramedical coverage
• Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans

Home and Family

• Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
• Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
• Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
• Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home

Leave and Retirement

• Public-service pension
• Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with enhanced travel benefits coverage

Cold Lake

The City of Cold Lake is located in Alberta’s Lakeland and nestled on the shore of Alberta’s seventh largest lake. The area is known for its many pristine lakes and forests which offer excellent camping, fishing, water sports, and many other recreational activities. Cold Lake also has modern recreation and sport facilities, a nearby alpine ski hill, as well as urban and rural trail systems. Defence Construction Canada (DCC) Cold Lake is located at 4 Wing which is an air force base operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and home to Western Canada’s fighter jets. The Cold Lake air base is known as Canada’s busiest fighter base and the 1.17-million-hectare Cold Lake Air Weapons Range provides opportunity for Canadian and International Air Force training. Working at DCC Cold Lake offers opportunities to support in planning, construction, and maintenance of the infrastructure for the airfield runways, ramp, and hangars as well as other supporting facilities and utilities at both the base and the nearby air weapons range.

To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.

DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process . Typically to be eligible for a \"Reliability\" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a \"Secret\" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening .

Required

• criminal record checks
• reference checks
• previous employment
• open source checks
• credit/financial status

DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.

Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!

Roles at DCC will require security at various levels including Reliability, Secret, Top Secret and for Canadian Eyes Only (proof of Citizenship required). While we welcome applications to our roles who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information, selection will depend on the specific role’s requirements.

At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community.

DCC’s goal is to provide barrier-free access to employment opportunities and workspaces for employees and candidates. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.