Senior Scientist​/Engineer

Overview

Department: Air Quality
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Vancouver, BC
Reporting To: Matthew Butts
Compensation: $105,000 - $130,000 / year

Description

RWDI is a global climate and performance engineering consulting firm that helps its clients redefine what’s possible by overcoming design and operational challenges, while minimizing environmental, user, and resource impact. With deep technical expertise across a broad range of services, we drive success on ambitious building, industry, and infrastructure projects. We are a values-based organization, which means everything we do relates back to our three core values: innovation, integrity, and integration.

So, when we look for new people to join our team, alignment to these values is a vital piece of our people puzzle.

• You push the boundaries of what’s possible.
• People know they can rely on you to follow through on your commitments.
• You believe that when a group of people come together, they can achieve more than any one person could alone.

If this sounds like you and you’re ready to join an award-winning organization and work alongside renowned technical and exceptionally innovative colleagues, RWDI is the place for you.

RWDI is seeking an individual with 7+ years of relevant work experience to join our Air Quality team as a Senior Air Quality Engineer or Scientist in our Calgary or Vancouver office. This posting represents a currently available role.

• Solving challenging problems in consultation with engineering, institutional and industrial clients related to air quality
• Planning and coordinating technical aspects of projects mainly in Alberta and British Columbia
• Supervising data collection, modelling, post-processing, analysis, interpretation, and documentation of engineering results
• Consulting with and answering technical questions from colleagues, project managers, and clients
• Writing technical reports that present methodology, results and recommendations
• Assisting with the preparation of proposals, marketing materials and/or technical papers
• Taking a lead technical role in internal and external project teams to ensure technical excellence and quality of analysis and reporting
• Providing technical leadership to improve technical capability and capacity

We are accepting applications from candidates with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable engineering or science disciplines
• Conceptual understanding of the current regulatory framework for Alberta and British Columbia air quality assessments
• Several years’ experience with developing emission inventories and running dispersion models under Alberta or British Columbia regulatory systems
• Deep knowledge of air quality dispersion models (including AERMOD and CALPUFF)
• Experience in developing emission inventories for a wide range of industries (particularly oil and gas, mining, and pulp and paper)
• Thorough knowledge of computers using a variety of engineering analytical tools and word-processing software
• Proven ability to act as the technical liaison between internal project teams, external clients, and regulators

• P.Eng. designation with Professional Engineers Alberta or BC
• Advanced degree
• Conceptual understanding of meteorological modelling
• Experience with mesoscale photochemical modelling

• Strong people and team skills
• Proven organizational capability, decision making and coordination skills
• Demonstrated initiative, independent problem-solving methods/capabilities
• Demonstrated leadership/mentoring success
• An eye for detail and an innate need to get things right
• Persistence to see a job through to conclusion
• Aptitude for practical problem-solving and shrewd judgment
• Drive to continuously improve processes and enhance efficiency
• Ability to travel occasionally

If you possess 80% of the listed qualifications, please apply, as you may have additional skills that would align well with this role.

What We Offer

• An opportunity to redefine possible.
• Salary range: $ –
• Group health benefits
• Proactive and ongoing training, education, and a Learning Spending Account.
• Fitness Spending Account
• An abundance of career paths and opportunities to advance.

Please submit your cover letter and resume.

Thank you in advance for your application. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

RWDI does not use artificial intelligence tools in our screening or assessment process. All hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team.

RWDI endorses and practices the principles of equal opportunity employment. We are committed to diversity and inclusion.

Accommodations are available during all stages of the recruitment process in accordance with AODA and the Human Rights Code.