Senior Environmental Planner

Jacobs Solutions Inc.; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 118,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs Solutions Inc. in British Columbia seeks a Senior Environmental Planning Professional to guide regulatory strategy, lead environmental assessments, and deliver complex infrastructure projects across Western Canada from a hybrid office base in Burnaby or other Western Canada cities.

You will mentor teams, engage with regulatory agencies and Indigenous communities, and translate client needs into practical, compliant solutions while managing schedules and budgets to meet critical milestones.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in a Natural Resources related field (biology, environmental planning, ecology, forestry, or geography) or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum 15 years of experience in the natural resources sector, preferably in a consulting environment.
• Strong technical writing skills and familiarity with environmental regulations.
• Experience mentoring and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams on environmental deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams and deliver work on client proposals and projects in roles such as Senior Technical Consultant or Delivery Lead or Subject Matter Expert across Canada.
• Develop environmental and impact assessments, permitting applications, approvals and conditions, and compliance deliverables with multidisciplinary teams.
• Translate client needs into practical, compliant solutions beyond the stated scope.
• Monitor regulatory trends and policy changes to adapt offerings and guidance for clients.
• Mentor early and mid-career practitioners as a senior leader.

Skills

Environmental planning

Regulatory strategy

Team leadership

Project management

Regulatory engagement

Education

B.Sc./M.Sc. in Natural Resources

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Jacobs is currently looking to hire a Senior Environmental Planning Professional to join our dynamic team in a full-time hybrid-office role based out of one of our Western Canada offices (Calgary, Edmonton, Burnaby, or Victoria).

In this position, you will support the regulatory strategy, planning and permitting, and technical delivery of privately owned infrastructure projects across Western Canada. This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on the environment while working on critical infrastructure projects. Our team provides a collaborative environment where you'll work alongside experienced professionals and contribute to the growth of our multi-level team. The role will be calibrated to your experience. We are looking for planners with experience to deliver complex work and question established approaches to develop better outcomes for clients, communities, and the environment.

Bring your enthusiasm for learning and desire to conserve our natural resources, and we’ll help you grow!

Responsibilities Include:

• Lead teams and deliver work on client proposals and projects in roles such as Senior Technical Consultant or Delivery Lead or Subject Matter Expert for various project scopes and geographies across Canada.
• Play a key role in the development of environment and impact assessments, permitting applications, approvals and conditions, and environmental compliance deliverables, working closely with our strong multidisciplinary technical teams, senior technical leads, and project managers.
• Understand what clients are trying to achieve, not just what is written in the scope, and help translate those needs into practical solutions.
• Stay in touch with environmental planning and permitting market trends, regulatory and legislative changes, court decisions, executive actions, and policy interpretation to continuously evaluate their impact on our clients and our evolving market offerings.
• In all aspects of your daily activities, spend time coaching and mentoring as a senior leader for early and mid-career practitioners.

Here’s what you’ll need

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in a Natural Resources related field (biology, environmental planning, ecology, forestry, or geography) or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum 15 years of experience in the natural resources sector, preferably in a consulting environment or adjacent industry positions.
• Strong technical writing skills and familiarity with environmental regulations and requirements.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team with a focus on mentorship and contributing to the preparation of environmental deliverables for a diverse range of projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading deliverable coordination, scheduling, and budget tracking, working closely with multi-discipline teams.
• Experience delivering environmental assessments, impact assessments, planning studies, permitting and approvals, or related environmental assignments as a project manager, environmental lead, or key project team member, at a level appropriate to your experience.
• Experience engaging with regulatory agencies, stakeholders, and Indigenous communities.
• Experience providing strategic advice to clients and internal teams by identifying risks and opportunities for value add.
• Demonstrated understanding of environmental assessment and regulatory requirements and typical workflow for projects in Canada (e.g., BC Environmental Assessment Act, CER Filing Manual, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada) to support the components of impact assessments, permitting and compliance.
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to simultaneously work on multiple tasks/projects and meet project deadlines.
• A high level of demonstrated initiative, problem-solving abilities, and ability to work under minimal supervision.
• A driver’s license and a clean driver’s abstract for client meetings.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience working with a diverse range of industrial sectors such as oil and gas, mining, transportation, water conveyance, and energy.
• Experience with environmental support during construction, including environmental management plans, monitoring, and documentation—is considered an asset.

The base salary range for this position is $117,900.00 to $184,200.00. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across British Columbia, Canada locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better.