The Opportunity:

You’ll be part of our growing Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases team, using your skills as an Experienced Air Quality Field Consultant to conduct environmental studies for major projects in Ontario. You will monitor, assess, and report on ambient air quality in both urban and rural areas. Your job will be to establish, operate, and maintain ambient air monitoring equipment so that accurate assessments can be made with respect to the effects of the pollutants on humans and the environment. The projects you will support will be some of the most complex and innovative ones for our Earth & Environmental Team.

Why WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of Inclusion and Belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

#WeAreWSP

What you’ll do here:

• Lead in the development of air quality monitoring and management plans.
• Operate and calibrate monitoring equipment to measure air quality and show how it is distributed throughout the atmosphere.
• Maintain, repair, and audit air quality and meteorological equipment.
• Assess what type of sampling, measuring, and/or monitoring equipment will be used depending on what the pollutant is and its quantity and location.
• Coordinate field programs for air quality monitoring.
• Prepare field documentation relating to field activities, including data collection, analysis, and manipulation, and collaborate with our many counterparts in all our different disciplines at WSP and provide expertise and client deliverables on projects.
• Ensure safety training has been completed and safety rules are followed.
• Communicate both orally and through written reports results of studies, field experiments, or ongoing monitoring to clients, peers, supervisors, committee members, and the public.
• You’ll be managing relationships with internal and external clients as you complete the field programs at our client sites, and ensure that their needs are understood and met, providing your guidance and expertise.
• Ensure proper quality assurance/quality control procedures are performed on instrumentation, including maintenance and calibration.
• Work with field scientists and technicians to complete field experiments and studies in air quality.
• Identify opportunities to innovate in ambient air monitoring and implement new air monitoring technology.
• You’ll have an ability to be resourceful, to innovate and solve technical challenges.
• You’ll be part of a supportive teams with opportunities to grow.

What you'll bring to WSP...

• 5+ year of related experience in ambient air monitoring.

• Post-secondary education or experience in chemistry, electronics, instrumentation, environmental, atmospheric science, or similar technical field.

• Experience with MECP and US EPA ambient air monitoring guidance and methods such as with high volume sampling, light scattering technology, and evacuated canisters.

• You enjoy working outdoors, completing some fieldwork and like to work autonomously.

• Training or aptitude with electronics and instrumentation and familiar and comfortable using standard hand tools relevant to the job.

• Flexible, solution-oriented, self-motivated, and able to work independently or in a team environment.

• Experience with the logistics of ordering and shipping equipment for project mobilization.

• Ability to lift 30-50lb / 13-22kg of equipment or supplies on the job.

• Experience mentoring, coaching, and managing staff.

• You know your way around the MS Office suite of products.

• You’ve got access to a vehicle and a clean Driver’s Abstract.

• You want to experience what it’s like to work for the leading environmental consulting firm globally and be part of a growing and thriving team!

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP :

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.