Intermediate Environmental Planner/Natural Heritage Specialist

Requisition ID: 20204 

Job Category: Environmental 

With over six decades of business and technical experience in the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors, we understand that challenges are changing rapidly in every industry. We respond quickly with solutions that are smarter, more efficient, and innovative. We draw upon our 9,000 staff with experience in over 150 countries to challenge the status quo and create positive change for our clients, our employees, and the communities we serve.

Intermediate Environmental Planners and Natural Heritage Specialists, Environmental Services Group

The Hatch Environmental Services Group (ESG) undertakes studies and delivers environmental services in the areas of ESIAs, permitting, ESAs, community engagement, sustainability/corporate social responsibility, climate change and related project delivery services. Our wealth of engineering, environmental, EPCM project delivery and procurement experience and our global footprint is highly differentiated in the growing environmental services market.  
We are currently seeking Intermediate Environmental Planners, ESIA and Natural Heritage specialists in major centres across Canada including Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.

The person who accepts this role will be working with senior leaders in our ESG group to build client relationships and help to execute projects.  

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
 

Essential:

• Work with senior leaders to help grow the revenue and profit of our existing environmental consulting practice in the areas of ESIAs and permitting and natural heritage.
• Project Management and coordination of key environmental deliverables.
• Assist in project management, resource planning, mentorship to project junior teams
• Work collaboratively with an integrated, multidisciplinary teams, liaising and supporting global peers.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Post-Secondary Education in environmental engineering, engineering science, planning, environmental science, environmental, social impact assessment and management and/or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in managing and delivering environmental and social impact assess, mentor sustainable development activities on major mining, infrastructure or energy projects.
• Demonstrated project execution and client engagement experience.
• Well-versed in understanding of ESIA, permitting and approvals and regulatory requirements across Canada and within provinces and territories.
• Experience working on major EPCM projects.
• Willingness for both domestic and international travel as work requires.
• Ability to take initiatives
• Entrepreneurial with a technical soul.
• Effectively managing internal and external stakeholders.
• Effective, open communication and presentation style with the ability to plan and deliver best in class, high quality deliverables.

Preferred:

• Postgraduate qualifications in a related discipline
• In-depth understanding of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
• Ability to be flexible, learn and perform challenging tasks outside their area of skills and experience
• Core Competencies:  Core competencies: Leadership, Consultative, entrepreneurial, relationship builder, strategic thinker and implementer, influencer, networker, collaborator

We are committed to fostering a workforce in each of our locations that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other protected status. If you have any special needs requirements, please let us know. We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local legislation.