Senior Environmental Engineer - Air Quality

RWDI; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Air Quality Engineer or Scientist to join their Calgary or Vancouver office. The successful candidate will solve complex air quality problems for clients, oversee project technical aspects, and provide strong leadership to project teams. This role requires strong teamwork, problem-solving abilities, and relevant experience in regulatory frameworks for air quality assessments.

Benefits

Annual Performance Bonus

Group health benefits

Proactive training and education

Fitness Spending Account

Career advancement opportunities

Learning Spending Account

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant work experience required.
• Experience with emission inventories and dispersion models.
• Knowledge of Alberta and BC regulatory air quality frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Solve air quality problems for clients.
• Plan and coordinate project technical aspects.
• Write technical reports and assist proposal preparation.

Skills

Strong people and team skills

Proven organizational capability

Demonstrated initiative

Attention to detail

Practical problem-solving

Ability to travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science

P.Eng. designation

Advanced degree

Job description

Senior Air Quality Engineer or Scientist

Calgary, Alberta or Vancouver, British Columbia

RWDI is a global climate and performance engineering consulting firm that helps its clients redefine what’s possible by overcoming design and operational challenges, while minimizing environmental, user, and resource impact. With deep technical expertise across a broad range of services, we drive success on ambitious building, industry, and infrastructure projects.

We are avalues-based organization, which means everything we do relates back to our three core values: innovation, integrity, and integration. So, when we look for new people to join our team, alignment to these values is a vital piece of our people puzzle. Here’s what this looks like:

• You push the boundaries of what’s possible.
• People know they can rely on you to follow through on your commitments.
• You believe that when a group of people come together, they can achieve more than any one person could alone.

If this sounds like you and you’re ready to join an award-winning organization and work alongside renown technical and exceptionally innovative colleagues, RWDI is the place for you.

About the Position:

RWDI is seeking an individual with at least 7 -10 years of relevant work experience to join our Air Quality team as a Senior Air Quality Engineer or Scientist in our Calgary or Vancouver office.

The role includes but is not limited to:

• Solving challenging problems in consultation with engineering, institutional and industrial clients related to air quality
• Planning and coordinating technical aspects of projects mainly in Alberta and British Columbia
• Supervising data collection, modelling, post-processing, analysis, interpretation, and documentation of engineering results
• Consulting with and answering technical questions from colleagues, project managers, and clients
• Writing technical reports that present methodology, results and recommendations
• Assisting with the preparation of proposals, marketing materials and/or technical papers
• Taking a lead technical role in internal and external project teams to ensure technical excellence and quality of analysis and reporting
• Providing technical leadership to improve technical capability and capacity

We are accepting applications from candidates with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable engineering or science disciplines
• Conceptual understanding of the current regulatory framework for Alberta and British Columbia air quality assessments
• Several years’ experience with developing emission inventories and running dispersion models under Alberta or British Columbia regulatory systems
• Deep knowledge of air quality dispersion models (including AERMOD and CALPUFF)
• Experience in developing emission inventories for a wide range of industries (particularly oil and gas, mining, and pulp and paper)

• Thorough knowledge of computers using a variety of engineering analytical tools and word-processing software
• Proven ability to act as the technical liaison between internal project teams, external clients, and regulators

Additional qualifications considered an asset:

• P.Eng. designation with Professional Engineers Alberta or BC
• Advanced degree
• Conceptual understanding of meteorological modelling
• Experience with mesoscale photochemical modelling

Candidates should also possess:

• Strong people and team skills
• Proven organizational capability, decision making and coordination skills
• Demonstrated initiative, independent problem-solving methods/capabilities
• Demonstrated leadership/mentoring success
• An eye for detail and an innate need to get things right
• Persistence to see a job through to conclusion
• Aptitude for practical problem-solving and shrewd judgment
• Drive to continuously improve processes and enhance efficiency
• Ability to travel occasionally

Compensation:

• An opportunity to redefine possible.
• Salary range: $90,000.00 - $130,000.00
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Group health benefits
• Proactive and ongoing training, education, and a Learning Spending Account.
• Fitness Spending Account
• An abundance of career paths and opportunities to advance.
• Learning Spending Account

Please submit your cover letter and resume.

Thank you in advance for your application.Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

RWDI endorses and practices the principles of equal opportunity employment.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion.

Accommodations are available during all stages of the recruitment process.