Project Manager - Environmental Restoration

Arcadis; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable design and engineering is hiring Project Managers to join their Environmental Restoration team in Ontario and British Columbia. The role emphasizes leadership and project management excellence in environmental projects, focusing on contaminated site assessment and remediation, with opportunities for hybrid work and career growth.

Benefits

Mentorship and opportunities for advancement

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in environmental projects.
• Experience in contaminated sites, remediation, and monitoring.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.), or similar designations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental projects in contaminated site assessment and remediation.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and risks.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and deliver client-focused solutions.

Skills

Project Management Expertise

Leadership Skills

Client-Focused Approach

Industry Knowledge

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Geoscience, Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We’re hiring Project Managers in Ontario and British Columbia to support our Environmental Restoration team at Arcadis. Multiple opportunities are available. The ideal candidate will have exceptional project management skills and a proven ability to successfully deliver complex projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget requirements are met. While technical knowledge is valuable, this role primarily emphasizes leadership, organizational excellence, and the ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams and client relationships effectively.

As aProject Manager, you will lead environmental projects in contaminated site assessment, remediation, and monitoring, specializing in managing scopes, schedules, budgets, and risks. You’ll provide leadership to project teams, ensure compliance with provincial and federal regulations, and drive client-focused solutions.

This is ahybrid rolewith flexibility to work remotely or from an Arcadis office, with travel required for project meetings, site visits, and team collaboration. At Arcadis, we’re committed to supporting work-life balance and career growth, offering mentorship and opportunities for advancement.

Role accountabilities:

In this role, your primary focus will be on project management excellence. You will manage small, large, and complex environmental projects, including defining scope, developing schedules, controlling budgets, evaluating risks, and implementing mitigation strategies. You will oversee multi-disciplinary teams, provide mentorship to junior and intermediate staff, and foster collaboration and innovation within the group while building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, ensuring project deliverables meet their expectations and align with their goals.

• Quality and Compliance:Ensure projects adhere to corporate policies, procedures, and regulatory frameworks, while maintaining high standards of quality assurance and control.
• Resource Management:Coordinate technical resources, field programs, and subcontractors, ensuring efficient use of project resources.
• Reporting and Communication:Prepare and review project reports, proposals, and work plans, ensuring clear and timely communication with clients and stakeholders.
• Business Development Support:Collaborate on business development initiatives, including responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Expressions of Interest (EOIs), and Statements of Qualifications (SOQs).

Key Attributes & Requirements

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Project Management Expertise:Proven ability to manage all aspects of project delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, and client relations.
• Leadership Skills:Experience mentoring and supervising team members, fostering collaboration, and driving high-quality outcomes.
• Client-Focused Approach:Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build trust and deliver results for clients across sectors such as oil and gas, mining, power, infrastructure, and government.
• Industry Knowledge and Regulatory Awareness:Familiarity with contaminated site projects, environmental risk assessments, and remediation efforts is an asset; working knowledge of provincial and federal environmental compliance guidelines and legislation (e.g., CCME).
• Adaptability:Willingness to travel to project sites and meetings as required.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Geoscience, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ yearsof project management experience in environmental projects, including contaminated sites, remediation, and monitoring.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.), or Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) or similar designations are preferred but not required.

The successful candidate will have strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to manage complex project portfolios and client relationships.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

The salary range for this position is $89,000-134,000. The base salary represents Arcadis’ hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.

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