General Description: The Environmental Manager will be assigned to Hatfield’s Infrastructure and Environmental Management Group and will be responsible for overseeing environmental design and construction inputs for a wide range of infrastructure projects. The Environmental Manager will lead multi-disciplinary teams responsible for supporting large-scale Design-Build and P3 development projects by ensuring project compliance with all relevant provincial and federal environmental regulations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Provide environmental inputs to project teams to mitigate environmental impacts and ensure design and construction compliance with federal and provincial (BC and Alberta) environmental legislative and regulatory requirements.
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Manage a team of environmental specialists and technicians responsible for conducting environmental baseline surveys and impact assessment studies as needed to support project objectives.
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Identify and assist development of fish and wildlife habitat enhancement/compensation opportunities required to offset project-specific habitat impacts.
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Participate in field surveys as required in support of ongoing project design requirements.
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Provide consultation on environmental protection to developers and engineers.
Competencies:
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Have demonstrated reporting and project management skills.
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Experience with obtaining permits, licenses and authorizations from local, municipal, provincial, and federal authorities in a timely and cost-effective manner.
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Experience with managing or leading stakeholder consultations.
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Ability to interpret and modify AutoCAD and detailed engineering drawings.
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Excellent problem solving skills (analyze a case study or situation and recommend solution(s)).
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Have excellent communication (verbal and written – technical or scientific writing).
Education and Experience:
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B.Sc. or higher degree in biological sciences with fisheries and/or wildlife experience and appropriate qualifications for work in either BC or Alberta.
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More than five years experience managing environmental aspects of large-scale industrial projects, preferably in linear development.
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Familiarity with federal and provincial (BC and Alberta) environmental regulatory and permitting requirements associated with linear development projects.
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Experience working in large, multi-disciplinary teams is essential.
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Experience with a range of environmental disciplines (air quality, noise, surface and groundwater quality, soils, vegetation, fish and fish habitat, contaminated sites, archaeology, First Nations, etc.) is an asset.
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Experience operating in a dynamic consulting environment that requires flexibility and teamwork; and an ability/interest to work in the field, occasionally in remote locations.
Reply in confidence with salary expectations to hr@hatfieldgroup.com (no phone calls please). Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
