Senior Environmental Planner — Infrastructure & Permitting

Egis; Calgary; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus

Disability accommodations

Job summary

Egis Canada is seeking an Environmental Planner to support permitting and approvals across Alberta and Western Canada, based in Calgary or Edmonton. The role focuses on integrating municipal, regional, and provincial environmental requirements into project planning and design.

You will coordinate environmental studies with ecologists, engineers, and planners, develop approval strategies, and guide projects from planning through regulatory review and into construction.

Qualifications

• B.Sc., B.A., M.Sc., or other relevant degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Geography, Natural Resources, Planning, Biology, Ecology, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Approximately 7+ years of relevant environmental consulting, municipal, regulatory, industry, or related experience
• Experience in municipal/regional environmental planning, approvals and permits
• Experience with environmental screening, impact assessments, and regulatory submissions
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary studies and integrate environmental requirements into project planning
• Strong writing, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to mentor junior staff and work with engineers and designers

Responsibilities

• Identify and coordinate environmental assessment, permitting, and approval requirements.
• Develop environmental approval strategies and schedules, identifying regulatory requirements and risks.
• Prepare and coordinate environmental screening, impact assessments, permit applications, and responses to review comments.
• Interpret municipal, regional, and provincial environmental requirements and advise on constraints.
• Coordinate inputs from ecologists, hydrogeologists, wetlands and other specialists.
• Review technical information to identify environmental constraints and permitting implications.
• Work with engineering teams to integrate environmental requirements into design.
• Support permitting for bridges, culverts, watercourse crossings, and municipal infrastructure.
• Assist with transitioning approvals into detailed design and construction.
• Deliver smaller assignments, including scoping, cost estimation, and schedules.
• Contribute to proposals with environmental scopes and cost estimates.
• Communicate effectively with clients, regulators, and project teams.
• Mentor junior staff on environmental assessment and permitting work.

Skills

Environmental planning

Regulatory coordination

Project planning & scheduling

Technical writing

Stakeholder communication

Education

BSc/BSc/BEng in Environmental Science or related

Tools

GIS

Job description

Egis Canada is seeking an Environmental Planner to support permitting and approvals across Alberta and Western Canada, based in Calgary or Edmonton. The role focuses on integrating municipal, regional, and provincial environmental requirements into project planning and design.

You will coordinate environmental studies with ecologists, engineers, and planners, develop approval strategies, and guide projects from planning through regulatory review and into construction.