Junior or Intermediate Environmental Impact Assessment Specialist

PGL Environmental Consultants; City of Langley; On-site; CAD 63,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Flexible work arrangements

Annual retreat

Allowances: cell phone, wellness, and购

Training and development budget

Professional associations

Paid vacation and sick time

Parental leave top-up

Job summary

PGL Environmental Consultants is seeking a Junior or Intermediate EIA Specialist in Vancouver or Langley, BC, to support Indigenous clients and a diverse project portfolio on environmental impact assessment and related processes.

You will draw on a background in natural resources, human environment, or policy to integrate expertise within multi-disciplinary teams, contributing to decisions and project outcomes across Canada.

Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience in a professional capacity in environmental consulting.
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning or resource management; Master’s degree is an asset.
• Experience with EIA in Canada and knowledge of Indigenous Rights and Indigenous knowledge integration.
• Ability to distill multi-disciplinary technical reports and communicate clearly to diverse audiences.
• Willingness to travel to client communities and engage in government-to-government discussions.

Responsibilities

• Participate in evidence-based data gathering and literature reviews for wellbeing of individuals, families, or cultural topics.
• Contribute as an author to memos, reports, management plans, briefing notes, and workshop proceedings for diverse audiences.
• Attend and support multi-party meetings, maintain records, and coordinate action items.
• Support project managers with task coordination and keep timelines on track.
• Contribute to internal process improvements, technical protocols, and team development.
• Engage in environmental consulting projects aligned with level of experience.

Skills

Self starter

Independent work

Client service

Time management

Teamwork

Networking

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning or resource management

Master’s degree asset

Tools

GIS

Job description

Advancing people, environment, and business. Does that statement resonate with you? Do you enjoy working with an engaged team toward a common goal? Do you regularly ask “what are the management implications of this work?” Do you enjoy room for creative solutions to problems? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, we might have the perfect role for you!

PGL Environmental Consultants (PGL) is seeking a Junior or Intermediate EIA Specialist located in Vancouver or Langley, BC, who can help our team and our clients make informed decisions on multi-disciplinary issues.

We are seeking an individual with a confident background in one or more disciplines used in Environmental Impact Assessment (inclusive of natural resources, human environment, and policy). Most importantly, we want someone who can apply their own expertise and integrate expertise of others to support collaborative decisions.

The person hired for this role will support PGL’s diverse client base which includes Indigenous communities, government, urban developers, and industry. Our immediate needs are mainly with our Indigenous clients as they engage on major projects through Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) processes. Depending on your interests and client needs, you may also become involved in government-to-government negotiations, technical working groups, resource management planning, land use studies, socio-cultural studies, policy development, and community-based monitoring programs. Opportunities will also be available with our clients focused on project development (environmental studies, regulatory applications, or follow-up monitoring).

You Are Our Ideal Candidate If You

• Are a self starter;
• Relate to the term “specialized generalist;”
• Enjoy working independently and with project teams;
• Are willing to invest in yourself and grow your knowledge and skills;
• Are a resourceful problem solver and organized individual;
• Can identify root causes and interlinkages in complex systems or conflicting information — using your own expertise to address what you can and connecting with the right resources to address what you cannot.

Responsibilities

The Successful Candidate Will

• Participate, with emphasis on evidence-based decision making, in applied data gathering or literature reviews for well-being of individual, families, or cultural topics. .
• Contribute as an author to multiple documents (memos, reports, management plans, briefing notes, workshop proceedings, etc.) for multiple audiences (coworkers, regulators, client, or public).
• Attend and support muti-party meetings in various ways, including through maintaining records and tracking and coordinating action items.
• Support project managers as needed with task coordination.
• Contribute to internal process improvements, technical protocols, and team development.
• Be able to participate in various types of environmental consulting projects as appropriate to the level of experience.

Job Requirements

• 3-7 years of experience working in professional capacity;
• Consulting skills that include: time management, teamwork, client service, communicating technical information in an understandable way (verbal and written), multi-tasking and people skills, meeting facilitation (agenda, minutes, briefing notes)
• Technical skills or qualifications (to include some or all of the following):
  • A Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree is an asset) that is related to environmental planning or resource management. Comparable lived experience will be considered;
  • Capable of interpreting and distilling multi-disciplinary technical reports;
  • Knowledge of Indigenous Rights within the context of the Canadian resource economy;
  • Experience or aptitude in EIA process and methods in Canada;
  • Knowledge or aptitude to learn environmental and land use policies and regulations for development in Canada;
  • Experience collecting and working with Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous land use information, understanding the context of western scientific disciplines, and supporting Indigenous decision making;
  • Experience conducting environmental, socioeconomic, or cultural studies following professional standards of practices;
  • Experience with using spatial data (GIS) for decision-making;
  • Excellent client service and networking skills an asset; and
  • A valid driver’s license.
• Other strengths:
  • Inter-cultural sensitivity training (ideal, but will provide);
  • Professional accreditation is desirable, if applicable to your field;
  • Willingness to travel to our clients’ communities to conduct work as needed;
  • First aid certification (ideal, but will provide);

PGL Perks

• Employee and Owner Profit Share Program;
• Flexible work arrangements and daily work hours;
• Annual company retreat;
• Allowances: cell phone, wellness, office, clothing, and Costco membership;
• Annual training and development budget;
• Professional associations and membership dues;
• Salary range $63,000-$106,000, commensurate with experience;
• Three weeks of vacation and paid sick time;
• Maternity and Parental Leave Top-up Pay Program;

About PGL Environmental Consultants

PGL is committed to advancing our people and company by creating a sense of belonging for every employee and by being equitable, diverse, and inclusive. We recognize that our community will be strengthened by the inclusion of a wide range of views and perspectives, informed by diverse backgrounds and life experiences. We want every employee to feel they have equal opportunities for growth at PGL and strive to include, embrace, promote, and celebrate differences of race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, physical, and mental abilities.

We are a full-service environmental consulting firm with offices in BC and Ontario. Since 1991, PGL has provided environmental services, such as environmental planning, contaminated site assessments, remediation, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring, sustainability assessments, environmental permitting, and agrology. PGL is an employee-owned company with over 110 employees including environmental scientists, geoscientists, biologists, social scientists, and engineers, plus a dynamic and customer-oriented support team.