Principal Consultant, Human Health Risk Assessment Specialist (Principal Level)

ERM; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 109,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM is seeking a Human Health Risk Assessment Specialist to lead assessments across Canada. The ideal candidate will drive client engagements, mentor junior team members, and ensure high-quality deliverables. This role offers opportunities for career advancement within a leading sustainability consultancy.

Benefits

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) or RRSP/DPSP

Qualifications

• Minimum 6-8 years of consulting experience in human health risk assessments.
• Demonstrated expertise with Health Canada approaches.
• Registration eligibility as a Qualified Professional.

Responsibilities

• Lead human health risk assessment components of environmental projects.
• Provide guidance to junior team members and build effective teams.
• Support engagement with stakeholders during assessments.

Skills

Excellent writing

Communication

Organization

Time management

Education

M.Sc in Toxicology or Biochemistry

B.Sc in related field with practical experience

Job description

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is a leading global provider of environmental, health, safety, risk, and social consulting services. We are currently seeking a Human Health Risk Assessment Specialist to join our teamin Vancouver, BC, Calgary AB, Toronto, ON , or one of our other Canadian offices. Applicants may be based remotely but should be willing to travel occasionally to one of ERM’s offices or to a client site, as needed. The successful candidate will work on a variety of interesting environmental assessments for mining, power and oil & gas development projects throughout all regions of Canada.

The primary emphasis is to be the technical lead for the human health risk assessment component of environmental assessments for sites throughout Canada. This posting is designed for a senior practitioner who is capable of independent problem-solving. This is ideal for a candidate who has progressed in their technical skills and is ready for the transition into a senior leadership role that focuses on client-facing problem solving and providing input to technical leads about how to best integrate human health risk assessment into environmental assessment projects. This is a specialist role with a compensation package that will be commensurate with that specialist contribution.

ERM is also open to hearing from more senior candidates who are interested in a part-time or on-call senior technical role.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Lead the human health risk assessment components of environmental assessment projects and be accountable for the technical quality of all human health modeling and reporting deliverables.
• Provide technical input and guidance to junior team members and build an effective team of scientists to execute on a growing portfolio of projects.
• Contribute to preparation of technical proposals, including development of technical scopes and cost estimates, and participate in business development with existing clients and identified leads.
• Support engagement activities with regulators, Indigenous groups, communities, and stakeholders as part of broader project teams.
• Develop recommendations for clients related to effective long-term monitoring and compliance with permit conditions related to human health risk assessment.
• Partake in ERM internal and external training opportunities to maintain and grow work-related skills and remain current on changes to regulatory requirements.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with other ERM employees worldwide through our technical community and market-focused groups.
• Actively embrace and support ERM’s leading health and safety training and workplace environment.

QUALIFICATIONS & DESIRABLE SKILLS :

• M.Sc in Toxicology, Biochemistry or other related technical field is preferred. A B.Sc will be considered if combined with substantial practical experience.
• A minimum of 6-8 years (10 years preferred) of consulting experience in the design and delivery of human health risk assessments for environmental assessment projects. Regulatory and / or industry experience will be considered as well.The candidate must have demonstrated expertise with Health Canada technical approaches as well as provincial requirements for delivery of human health risk assessments. Experience in delivering human health risk assessment for contaminated sites project is valued, but the emphasis is on environmental assessment experience.
• Registration, or eligibility to apply to become a registered professional to be considered a Qualified Professional for oversight of and / or certifying regulatory deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability for integrative approaches, particularly with respect to developing technical deliverables for environmental assessment and permit applications for mining projects as part of a larger team of professionals.
• Experience with First Nations engagement efforts and regulatory review processes is desirable but not mandatory.
• Excellent writing, communication, organization, and time management skills.

If you are looking for new challenges with opportunities for career advancement, a desire to be part of a leading sustainability company, and working with some of the world’s largest mining, energy and natural resource development companies, this is your opportunity!

For the Principal Consultant, Human Health Risk Assessment Specialist (Principal Level) position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $109,733 – $139,883 (CAD / USD). An employee’s pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee’s fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above.This jobmay be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term / flex force employees are NOT bonus eligible).

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, paid parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability and AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP / DPSP, and any other benefits to eligible employees as applicable.

You can apply for this role through or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee.

Note : No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.