Senior Environmental Risk Assessor

Energy Vault; Calgary; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

A consultancy in environmental assessment is seeking a Senior Risk Assessor to lead critical projects across western Canada. The role requires extensive experience in risk assessment and a commitment to fostering client relationships while promoting career growth for team members. This is an office-based position with strong benefits and support for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Comprehensive benefits

Share-ownership options

Wellness programs

Flexible hours

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years of directly related experience in environmental risk assessment.
• Advanced understanding of Alberta Tier 1 and Tier 2 guidelines.
• Experience developing risk-based site management strategies is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex risk assessment projects and provide technical support.
• Ensure risk assessment practices comply with internal and external policies.
• Promote career development and training for junior and intermediate staff.

Skills

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Environmental Risk Assessment Professional

Job description

The role of the Senior Risk Assessor in the Brownfield Assessment and Development service group is to strengthen and expand MEMS’s services with a focus on technical expertise in the provision of contaminated sites assessment and complex risk assessment projects (human and ecological) to operating and non-operating facilities across western Canada.

This is a senior role requiring high-quality project execution, with an emphasis on building the skill sets within MEMS that create and foster long-term client relationships, generate repeat business, and expand services within a culture that promotes career growth of junior and intermediate employees within the service group.

The position is primarily office-based in a demanding consultative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure human health and ecological risk assessment practice is current with internal and external policies.
• Lead complex risk assessment projects.
• Provide technical support and senior review for complex risk assessment projects.
• Actively lead and delegate continual improvement of process and policies related to risk assessment within the service group.
• Contribute to, implement, and maintain client business growth plans, creating conditions for long-term repeat business.
• Promote career development and training opportunities for staff to align individual careers with organizational opportunities.
• Collaborate with key staff, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Provide technical support to other MEMS disciplines, including hydrogeology, site assessment, and remediation.

Education and Experience:

• Minimum ten (10) years of directly related experience as an Environmental Risk Assessment professional, preferably in a consulting environment.
• Detailed understanding of site-specific risk assessment procedures and the basis for risk-based environmental guidelines.
• Experience completing site-specific risk assessments and developing risk-based remedial objectives for sites of intermediate to significant complexity with limited supervision.
• Proven track record of managing and maintaining client relationships.
• Ability to build clear and appropriate conceptual site models from diverse datasets and mentor others in this skill.
• Advanced understanding of Alberta Tier 1 and Tier 2 guidelines or equivalent documents from other jurisdictions.
• Advanced knowledge of key risk assessment skills, including hydrogeology, soil science, environmental chemistry, contaminant transport, modeling, and toxicity.
• Experience developing risk-based site management strategies is an asset.
• Experience with contaminant transport modeling is an asset.
• Eligibility for membership in a relevant professional organization.
• Ability to meet site access requirements, including pre-access drug, alcohol, and fitness testing.
• Possess a valid, non-GDL Class 5 Driver's license.

Other Knowledge and Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of provincial and federal legislation related to environmental risk assessment.
• Ability to apply Alberta Tier 1 and Tier 2 guidelines or similar standards from other jurisdictions.
• Strong understanding of the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry, oil sands, and industrial environmental sectors.
• Willingness to apply pragmatic, outcome-based, and innovative approaches.
• Excellent technical expertise for challenging projects.
• Strong project management, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of numerical modeling.
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and effective in multidisciplinary settings.
• Good mentoring skills and ability to meet deadlines under pressure.

Working Conditions:

• Office environment with prolonged sitting and computer use.
• Occasional long hours, travel, and outside work hours may be required.

MEMS Pay Transparency: British Columbia

Salary Range: BC - $95,000 - $147,000. Final compensation based on education, experience, and location.

About MEMS

Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. (MEMS) is an employee-owned environmental consultancy serving western Canada since 1998, known for credibility, integrity, and technical expertise.

Why Choose MEMS?

We support employee career goals with competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, share-ownership, wellness programs, flexible hours, and development opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Statement

MEMS practices fair, barrier-free hiring and considers all candidates based on merit.

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