Risk Assessor

Geoscience Ireland; Calgary; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consulting firm is seeking a Risk Assessor to join its Risk Assessment team. In this full-time role, you will assist in conducting ecological and health risk assessments for contaminated sites, working with clients and regulators to manage various projects. The position offers a competitive salary, robust benefits, and opportunities for professional growth within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Wellness initiatives

Flexible scheduling

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• 1-5+ years of experience in human health and ecological risk assessments.
• Working knowledge of exposure models an asset.
• Valid driver’s license required, occasional travel expected.

Responsibilities

• Assist in human health and ecological risk assessment preparations.
• Participate in project planning and data management.
• Prepare site-specific conceptual models.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data management

Spreadsheet development

Education

Graduate degree in biology, toxicology, chemistry, soil science, geoscience

Job description

• Competitive total compensation plan
• Comprehensive benefit plan and a suite of wellness initiatives
• Full-time, permanent role with flexible scheduling available
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement

Job Description

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), a 600+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across 18 office locations in Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of advisory and over 30 technical environmental and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability, we are Making Sustainability Happen.

As our newest Risk Assessor, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Working within our national Risk Assessment team, you will work on contaminated sites projects and gain valuable provincial and federal regulatory experience. You will build skills and proficiencies working with clients and regulators to develop technical scopes of work, prepare proposals, and manage and deliver projects.

Our dedicated team of professionals is passionate about maintaining high standards of quality and ensuring client satisfaction and will look for you to bring a similar mindset to the team. Success in this role will require the ability to manage competing priorities and assignments, as well as maintain the ability to remain flexible, independent, and possess a significant attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Assistance in the preparation of human health and ecological risk assessments, risk management plans, performance verification plans, etc. under various provincial, territorial, and federal frameworks
• Participation in project planning, field work and data management
• Evaluation of site physical attributes, receptor exposure assumptions and toxicity information and completion of exposure and risk models
• Preparation of site-specific conceptual site models through the consolidation and interpretation of field and analytical data
• Contribution to proposal writing and support of projects for other technical disciplines (e.g., site assessment and ecology)

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. 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.

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

• Comprehensive benefits, vacation, RRSP and a suite of wellness initiatives.
• The salary range for this position is $60-85,000. Final agreed-upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• 37.5 hour work week, permanent full-time position.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in biology, toxicology, chemistry, soil science, geoscience, or related scientific field
• 1 to 5+ years of experience in preparation of human health and/or ecological risk assessments
• Working knowledge of human health and ecological exposure models an asset
• Experience in data collection and evaluation
• Demonstrated analytical, data management, and spreadsheet development skills
• Familiarity with interpreting biological and toxicological studies (e.g., benthic community assessments, toxicity tests etc.) is an asset
• Valid driver’s license and ability to occasionally travel to sites/clients
• Membership or eligibility for membership in a professional organization within 1 year of employment

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.