Senior Environmental Practitioner

Overview
Your opportunity

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you a thought leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Dillon’s  Natural Resources Management  discipline is looking for an  Environmental Practitioner  to join our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

At Dillon, we operate as one team. This position is available at our Dillon  Halifax   office . We offer flexible work hours to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

Responsibilities
Technical Development

Lead the scoping, development, and execution of environmental planning studies and managing, environmental programs including research, field work, and technical report writing.

Support the development of environmental impact assessments, compensation/offsetting plans, and related environmental permitting assignments at the provincial and federal levels

Project Management & Design

Scope, plan, develop, and implement field programs for a variety of natural resource, municipal, land development, and infrastructure projects

Demonstrate leadership and coordination of staff across different technical teams

Contribute to proposals (budget development and proposal writing)

Liaise with public and private sector clients, government review and approval agencies, sub-consultants and community representatives including Indigenous communities as well as the general public and stakeholders on specific development proposals

Coordinate project team activities, provide direction to project team members, and contribute to development of staff

Business Development

Build client relationships through identifying market opportunities, client communications, preparation of proposals, and business development activities

Identify and pursue business opportunities within the marketplace, where Dillon might succeed in securing work assignments

Collaboration with staff across Canada for the purposes of project delivery, client relationship development, and opportunity/project research

Learning & Development

Continued development of self, including both technical skills and business acumen

Contribution to the career development of less tenured staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching, and mentoring

Contribution to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

Qualifications

Auniversity degree or post-undergraduate college diploma in a relevant environmental, physical science, or engineering related discipline.

An advanced degree in a related field would be an asset

A minimum of 8 years of demonstrated professional experience in environmental consulting, industrial, regulatory, or academic setting or related field with the specific emphasis on environmental assessment and permitting for development proposals

Strong communication and report writing skills

Proficiency in English. Working knowledge of French would be considered an asset

Experience

In-depth knowledge of relevant provincial and federal environmental legislation, regulations, policies, guidelines, and regulatory permitting and approval requirements

Experience in the preparation of regulatory permitting applications and submissions

General working knowledge of various environmental and social science disciplines with a specific focus on identifying potential environmental effects and mitigation associated with a proposed development. Expertise in a related technical discipline (such as terrestrial ecology, wildlife biology, aquatic biology, air quality, etc.) is desirable but not required

Understanding of the application of Best Management Practices to environmental compliance and effectiveness monitoring…