Hydrogeology Team Lead

SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Vacation

Wellness program

Career growth

Job summary

SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd is seeking a Hydrogeology Team Lead to steer and grow our hydrogeology group while delivering high-quality groundwater assessments for municipal, industrial, commercial, and public-sector clients. You will lead projects, manage teams, develop clients, and contribute to strategic service growth.

The right candidate combines strong technical hydrogeology expertise with proven leadership, communication, and mentoring skills to balance project delivery and client

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a similar hydrogeological role in environmental services.
• Experience leading a team of professionals in a consulting environment.
• Professional Engineer or Professional Geoscientist with undergrad in engineering or geosciences.
• Master's degree in hydrogeology preferred.
• Expertise in hydrogeology, water resource management, modelling, and groundwater chemistry.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for hydrogeological investigations and groundwater studies.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and integrate hydrogeology with other disciplines.
• Review reports, proposals, work plans, and regulatory submissions for quality and compliance.
• Manage project teams with respect to safety, scope, schedule, budget, QA/QC, and client satisfaction.
• Prepare hydrogeological reports for clients and regulators.
• Support business development and client relations.
• Mentor junior hydrogeologists and coordinate training.

Skills

Hydrogeology

Team leadership

Client relations

Project management

Proposal development

Education

Professional Engineer or P.Geoscientist

Master's in hydrogeology (preferred)

Job description

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), an 1000+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen. As our new Hydrogeology Team Lead, you will play an important role in leading and growing our hydrogeology team while delivering high-quality technical services to municipal, industrial, commercial, and public-sector clients. This role combines technical expertise in groundwater assessment and management with project leadership, staff development, client relationship management, and business development on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal. Your success in this role will depend on your excellent technical knowledge, client service and people skills, ability to lead and support the professional development of team members and the ability to leverage your centers of influence to strategically grow our operations. You’ll be responsible for providing expertise in areas including hydrogeological assessments, groundwater resource assessments, contamination hydrogeology, and a range of responsibilities from managing colleagues to overseeing interdisciplinary projects. The ideal candidate is an effective leader and communicator who can balance technical excellence, project delivery, client satisfaction, and team performance. Knowledge of a wide range of business sectors will be a strong asset. This is a unique opportunity to bring your expertise to a highly engaged team, where your efforts and impact will be recognized and valued immensely.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and oversight for hydrogeological investigations, groundwater supply studies, aquifer testing, groundwater monitoring programs, dewatering assessments, and water resource management projects.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams commensurate with project needs and integrate hydrogeological findings and interpretations with those of other scientific, planning and engineering disciplines
• Review and oversee hydrogeological assessments, technical reports, proposals, work plans, and regulatory submissions to ensure technical quality and compliance with applicable legislation, regulations, and industry standards.
• Manage project teams and ensure successful project delivery with respect to health & safety, scope, schedule, budget, QA/QC and client satisfaction
• Analyze and interpret hydrogeological information and prepare hydrogeological technical reports for submission to clients and regulators
• Prepare proposals and contribute to the development and execution of service line, business sector, and client business development plans
• Liaise and build relationships with clients and ensure excellent service delivery
• Support the management of junior and intermediate hydrogeologists and participate in internal and external training/mentorship opportunities
• Establish clear project priorities, allocate resources, and coordinate workloads to support effective project delivery.

Qualifications/Education/Memberships

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a similar hydrogeological role in the environmental services industry
• Experience leading a team of professionals in a consulting environment
• Professional Engineer or Professional Geoscientist with undergraduate degree in engineering or geosciences.
• Master's degree in hydrogeology preferred
• Expertise in hydrogeology, including a broad knowledge of hydrogeology including water resource management, groundwater chemistry, aquifer development, modelling and surface water- ecology-groundwater interactions
• Working knowledge of provincial, local and industry specific regulations and guidelines
• Management of hydrogeological and environmental projects and project teams
• Experience and proven success in business development, client management and preparation of proposals
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel to job sites and clients

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives
• The salary range for this position is $110,000- $ 160,000. Final agreed-upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement

We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world. When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space.

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

We’re Making Sustainability Happen. We don’t have all the answers to the complex sustainability challenges faced by humanity today. But we’re working on it. We know sustainability starts from within. And no matter how good we are today, we can always do better. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.

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