Intermediate Environmental Assessment Practitioner

WSP Canada; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm is seeking an intermediate practitioner to join their team in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The role involves participating in environmental impact assessment projects, providing technical input, and leading assessments. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree in Biology or Environmental Science and over five years of relevant experience. The firm values teamwork and collaboration, fostering an empowering culture focused on future challenges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with environmental impact assessments.
• Expertise with Federal and Provincial regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input on permitting and environmental assessments.
• Lead environmental impact assessments.
• Support project assignments including writing reports.

Skills

Teamwork

Technical Writing

Regulatory Research

Education

Bachelor Degree in Biology

Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science

Job description

As an intermediate practitioner, you will actively participate in multi-disciplinary regional and national teams, working on a variety of environmental impact assessment and permitting projects.

Key Responsibilities :

• Provide technical input on a variety of permitting, regulatory and environmental impact assessment tasks.
• Work on multiple projects, to support execution of scope / budget / schedule to meet quality standards on project deliverables.
• 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
• Support typical project assignments which include researching regulatory or technical requirements, and writing reports and proposals
• Leading environmental impact assessments

Qualifications :

• Bachelor Degree in Biology or Environmental Science, or related field
• 5+ years of experience, including prior experience with federal and provincial environmental impact assessments
• Expertise with Federal and / or Provincial and Territorial regulations and guidelines
• Ability to function in a team setting, accept responsibility, and work to deadlines

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.

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