Senior Environmental Scientist, Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior environmental scientist or engineer leading contaminated-site investigations, remediation, and client projects for AtkinsRéalis in British Columbia. Mentoring teams and directing technical delivery across Vancouver and Fort St John.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise and mentor a team of environmental professionals and technical staff
  • Provide leadership focused on collaboration and foster diversity, inclusion, and equality
  • Understand client objectives, technical protocols, guidelines, regulations, and their rationale/developmental framework
  • Act as a direct interface between clients, the AtkinsRéalis project team, First Nations, and regulatory bodies as appropriate
  • Manage senior-level projects, including technical program development, personnel and resource management, budget and schedule oversight, quality assurance reviews, and achievement of client objectives
  • Identify project quality, profitability, risks, and liabilities and develop mitigation strategies
  • Promote behavior-based safety and ensure implementation of quality assurance programs, corporate policies, procedures, Ethics, and Compliance
  • Support projects and clients while assisting technical and professional staff in their growth and development
  • Provide senior technical direction on proposals and projects and support technical development of staff

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Geology, Agrology, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, or another related discipline
  • Be a licensed certified professional and Contaminated Sites Approved Professional (CSAP) in BC
  • 15+ years of progressive environmental consulting experience
  • Technical expertise in mining-sector environmental work, including abandoned mine sites, remediation strategies, reclamation planning, or mine closure design would be considered an asset
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, providing mentorship, coaching, technical direction, work planning, and quality control for junior and intermediate staff across multiple office locations
  • In-depth knowledge of municipal, provincial, and federal environmental standards, regulations, and guidelines applicable to environmental investigation and remediation projects in British Columbia and other parts of Canada as applicable on a project-specific basis

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Employee recognition
  • Flexible benefits tailored to health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs
  • Training and professional development opportunities
  • Hybrid working culture
  • Generous time-off policies

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$106,500 - CA$146,400 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridVancouverCanada

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