Environmental Assessment Practitioner/Biologist

WSP in Canada; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Environmental Assessment Practitioner to join their Atlantic team in Dartmouth. This role involves leading environmental impact assessments, managing client projects, and providing technical expertise in permitting and regulatory tasks. You will collaborate with diverse teams and engage with Indigenous groups and stakeholders, ensuring quality standards are met while navigating complex environmental regulations. If you are passionate about making a difference in environmental sustainability and have a strong project management background, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in environmental impact assessments and project management.
• Expertise with federal and provincial regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental impact assessments and manage multiple projects.
• Provide technical expertise and support engagement with stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Environmental Impact Assessment

Technical Writing

Regulatory Research

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor Degree in Biology

Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science

Job description

Dartmouth, NS, Canada

Job Description

WSP is seeking a Senior Environmental Assessment Practitioner, Project Manager to join our Atlantic Environmental Assessment and Permitting team in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. As a senior practitioner, you will actively participate as an advisor and mentor with multi-disciplinary regional and national teams, leading a variety of environmental impact assessment and permitting projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise on a variety of permitting, regulatory, and environmental impact assessment tasks in support of client projects.
• Work on multiple projects to support execution of scope/budget/schedule to meet client's expectations and ensure quality standards on project deliverables.
• Support engagement activities with Indigenous groups, communities, and stakeholders as part of the project design and permitting process.
• Execute activities such as permit application scoping and information requirements, technical writing, data and regulatory research and review, collection and integration of input from subject matter experts, environmental management plans, and development of recommendations for clients.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with other WSP employees worldwide.
• Support typical project assignments which include researching regulatory or technical requirements and writing reports and proposals.
• Lead environmental impact assessments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Biology or Environmental Science, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience, including prior experience with federal and provincial environmental impact assessments.
• Project management experience, with demonstrated strong project management skills (e.g., development of work plans, budgets, schedules, and project controls) in a client-facing role.
• Expertise with Federal, Provincial, and Territorial regulations and guidelines (NS and IAAC).
• Ability to function in a team setting, accept responsibility, and work to deadlines.

Job Info

• Job Identification: 62747
• Locations: 50 Troop Avenue, Dartmouth, NS, B3B 1Z1, CA; 1640 Market Street, Halifax, NS, B3J 2C8, CA
• Posting Date: 10/23/2024, 02:24 PM

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future-proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation.
• We are locally dedicated with international scale.
• We are future-focused and challenge the status quo.
• We foster collaboration in everything we do.
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe, it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.