Senior Environmental Project Manager

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

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Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Environmental Project Manager to join our Resilience Team in British Columbia.

As a Senior Environmental Project Manager, direct experience dealing with Contaminated Sites, Site Remediation and Monitoring will be required. As well, experience with the coordination and management of environmental site assessment projects including Phase I ESA’s, Phase II ESA’s, risk assessments, and remediation projects is required. Using both provincial and federal regulatory frameworks, diligent interpretation of environmental data, the comparison of sample results to applicable standards/guidelines and data QA/QC, along with industry best practices is expected.  

The successful candidate will join a growing team to provide project management, technical support, and leadership. The Environmental Project Manager will support and mentor intermediate and junior staff with a focus on health and safety, team collaboration, high quality work, innovation, efficiency, and focused client relationships.

The Senior Environmental Project Manager is a hybrid role with the option to work remote or at one of our Arcadis offices.  This role will require travel on an as needed basis, e.g., project site kick off meetings, client meeting, in-office meetings, etc.  At Arcadis, work/life balance and career development are of utmost concern for our staff.  

At Arcadis, we take pride in uplifting our staff and offer upward mobility as staff develop and enhance their work experience, their skills, and show a desire to seek a planned and mentored career path.    

Role accountabilities:

As a Senior Environmental Project Manager, you’ll be expected to provide project management on small, large and complex environmental projects. The scope of your role will include the following. 

• Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and technical resources, evaluate and mitigate project risks, and prepare and review technical reports.  
• Manage and direct technical tasks and field programs for contaminated site investigations, feasibility studies, remediation design and implementation, hydrogeological studies, monitoring programs.
• Develop and maintain client relationships including ensuring the successful delivery of project objectives and scope. 
• Adhere to and support corporate policy and procedures; maintain quality, health and safety, and performance management systems.
• Manage and mentor intermediate and junior staff.  
• Provide support of ongoing business pursuits and environmental projects in various sectors including; oil and gas; mining; power; infrastructure; brownfields and industrial re-development and government.  

Key Attributes/Requirements:

• Individuals with working knowledge and experience in environmental compliance and associated guidelines/legislation for provincial and federal requirements. 
• Direct experience working at contaminated sites such as: industrial facilities, refineries/bulk plants/gas stations, military properties, commercial processing plants, federal government properties, airports, mines, power plants, wind farms and solar facilities. 
• Experience working for clients in industrial, development, and federal and provincial government sectors.
• Proven ability to design and implement environmental site assessments; analyze data, write reports, provide quality control and assurance and present results to clients. This includes experience with responding to Requests for Proposals, Expression of Interests, and Statement of Qualifications.  

Excellent communication and collaboration skills that facilitate detailed planning, timely decision-making, and efficient implementation are required for this role. A valid driver’s license, and willingness to travel to project sites and meetings is required. Individuals with eligibility for a professional designation in British Columbia are preferred.   

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science, Geoscience, Engineering or related field.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Profession Geoscientist (P.Geo.) required.
• 6+ years of direct experience with respect to Contaminated Sites and Site Remediation. 

Candidates must have direct experience within the fields of Engineering, Geoscience, and Technology with a focus on Environmental Site Assessments, remediation, risk management and environmental monitoring, and must be able to sign off reports and be in good standing in accordance with professional association(s).

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. The salary range for this position is $90,000-115,000. The base salary represents Arcadis’ hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.

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