Coordinator, Environmental Services

Defence Construction Canada; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 79,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

A federal government agency in Ottawa seeks a Coordinator, Environmental Services to provide technical advice and support for various projects. The ideal candidate will manage compliance with environmental requirements, prepare reports, and oversee project activities. This full-time role offers competitive benefits and requires a minimum of a college diploma in a relevant field along with four years of relevant experience.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and dental benefits

Public service pension

400 Wellness Allowance

1,500 for mental health services

Hybrid workplace options

Qualifications

• Minimum four years relevant experience or equivalent.
• Bilingual preferred for communication purposes.
• Background in environmental compliance and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and coordinate environmental work to monitor compliance.
• Provide technical support and lead contract management.
• Prepare environmental reports and ensure project deliverables.

Skills

Environmental sciences knowledge

Project management skills

Risk management principles

Health and safety management

Education

College diploma in biology, environmental sciences, or related field

University degree in environmental science or engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Project management software

Job description

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Who Can Apply? :

Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary Range

79,067 - $102,788

Employment Status

Continuing

Term Length

Security Level : Reliability

Language Requirement

Bilingual Preferred

Closing Date

08 / 08 / 2025

Country

Canada

Candidate pool – Coordinator, Environmental Services

We are building a talent pool of experienced project management professionals to fill future roles at DCC.

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

The below job description provides a general overview of the tasks that may be expected for a Technical Specialist, Project Management position. Please note that these roles are for Continuing and Term (contract) positions.

The National Capital Region offices are located in Ottawa (including the west end in Richmond), Winnipeg, and Yellowknife. Placement may occur at any of these locations, please select your desired location(s) during your application .

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.

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES

The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive :

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

Skills

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 The Benefits

Working with DCC offers excellent opportunities for growth – and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages. In your role as Coordinator, Environmental Services, your package is valued at 25% to 30% of your salary.

Your Package Will Include

Public service pension

100% employer-paid annual sick leave, health and dental premiums, and life, accidental death, and short- and long-term disability insurance

400 Wellness Allowance (e.g., gym membership)

1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage

750 Health Care Spending Account (for some medical expenses that aren’t covered under provincial plans or our standard insurance plan)

Telus Virtual Health Care

Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for a maximum of 37 weeks

Hybrid workplace options including $400 allowance every two years to support work-from-home options

Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program

Deluxe travel benefit plans

Comprehensive vacation and other paid leave plans

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

The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC.Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to :

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!

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. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.

DCC is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all requests for accommodation based on a medical contraindication, religion or another prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act . Should you require accommodation, please email [e-mail] .

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Construction

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