Type of position: Regular

Your future role on our team

The BBA Environmental department is seeking a Senior Environmental Specialist/Project Manager to perform environmental impact studies and manage permit and approval applications. This team handles a wide range of mandates, including biophysical assessments, biophysical, social and impact studies and approval and permit applications to develop and carry out projects in the power, energy and chemicals, and mining sectors.

As an Environmental Specialist, project manager and team leader, you’ll oversee day-to-day team operations, provide regulatory guidance and work with a multidisciplinary team of project managers, environmental professionals and engineers to deliver practical solutions for clients. You’ll coordinate, plan and implement studies and regulatory applications for CAPEX and OPEX projects in Western provincial jurisdictions, as well as in central and northern Canada.

With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...

• Lead environmental aspects of applications and reports to facilitate regulatory approvals in collaboration with project teams and/or managers
• Liaise with clients, stakeholders, regulatory agencies and industry organizations to remain current on market trends and permitting requirements
• Oversee the preparation of high-quality scientific and technical reports, including regulatory submission documents
• Lead or contribute to proposal preparation, including strategy, work plans and budgets
• Manage and lead multidisciplinary projects, ensuring budget and schedule control, client communication, technical leadership and coordination through regulatory processes
• Develop methodologies and prepare sampling plans and data entry protocols
• Coordinate and participate in field surveys
• Ensure sound team management and foster a motivating, recognition-based work environment
• Communicate regularly with team members, regardless of their physical location
• Strengthen collaboration among team members, disciplines and project management
• Promote quality work by applying the quality management system and using BBA's tools and work methods
• Integrate new employees and supervise, advise, guide and support team members
• Plan and conduct EDP meetings, define performance objectives, monitor progress and provide feedback
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies and internal programs
• Collaborate with the department manager on:
  • Workforce planning, management and scheduling
  • Identifying skill gaps and training needs
  • Evaluating and monitoring career plans
  • Recruitment and hiring
  • Addressing performance or behavioural issues
  • Monitoring productivity

Do your qualities and values match our corporate culture?

• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Results-driven
• Constantly seeking sustainable and agile solutions
• Ability to look beyond established standards
• Rigorous and ethical
• Interest in solving the most complex challenges

Summary of certifications and job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, geography, planning or equivalent training
• Ten years of relevant experience in industrial projects
• Excellent knowledge of provincial and federal regulatory frameworks
• Experience in project management, including budgeting, scheduling, planning, work supervision and client liaising
• In-depth understanding of the power, energy and chemical industries and established industry relationships that can generate new business
• Excellent report-writing skills and expertise in performing environmental assessments, with strong analytical abilities
• Autonomy, initiative, attention to detail and ability to work on a team and in a dynamic environment
• Advanced English skills to facilitate collaboration with other BBA offices and/or clients in English-speaking Canadian provinces and internationally
• Asset: French speaking and writing knowledge

An overview of BBA’s total rewards

• Annual base salary
• Annual premium program for regular employees
• Access to a time bank
• Cellphone program
• Group insurance plan from day one, including short-term and long-term disability insurance for regular employees and a telemedicine program
• Retirement savings plan for regular employees
• Vacation and sick leave
• Premium offered through the Employee Referral program

BBA considers many factors when determining the annual base salary, including market, education, relevant and demonstrated work experience, technical assessment, qualifications, certifications and other relevant skills.

At BBA, you get many benefits

• Opportunity to mentor our next generation: We invest in our people and help them develop
• A corporate culture that values expertise
• Participation in innovation projects
• Promotion of our experts (SMEs), both externally and internally
• A flexible schedule that combines office presence and working from home
• A caring environment where everyone’s ideas are listened to and there’s no perception of hierarchy
• A growing business with many opportunities

About BBA
For over 40 years, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of engineering to serve our clients in the Energy and Natural Resources sector. At BBA, we develop innovative, flexible and sustainable solutions, from strategy to execution.

BBA is one of Canada’s leading private consulting engineering firms, focused on practice (PCB), with a network of 15 offices. Our teams work closely to deliver projects that shape tomorrow’s industry at the local, national and international levels.
Our people’s passion and excellence make BBA a Canada’s Best Employer and one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.

We have unique talents, and we’re committed to providing a workplace where you can be yourself. Job postings are written in gender-neutral language.

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