Senior Environmental Specialist

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects for contaminated site assessments, hazardous waste site characterization, regulatory permitting services.
• Prepare engineering design, construction, planning, and environmental reports for contaminated site assessments and remediation treatment systems.
• Undertake technical reporting with a view to developing interpretative skills in the analysis of results from investigations:
• Environmental assessment and planning including baseline environmental investigations, due diligence investigations, environmental hazard identification, and/or risk assessment.
• Assist with contaminated site assessments, hazardous waste site characterization, regulatory permitting services.
• Remediation system performance optimization, monitoring, and reporting.
• Data management e.g., use of ESdat, EQuIS, and similar tools, interpretation, and reporting.
• Environmental audits and review of compliance.
• Contribute to projects with a major focus on data collection and processing.
• Maintain program/project timelines and specific schedule to assure timely completion of work in a safe and compliant manner.
• Internal communication (Project Manager, Office Manager, Senior Staff) necessary to achieve program/project goals, timeliness, and quality management objectives.
• Work in a collaborative way, taking direction from and supporting senior staff, to achieve project goals and meet deadlines.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with both new and existing clients, being able to effectively represent WSP when required.
• Demonstrate Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) excellence, including but not limited to, entering HSSE learnings into WSP’s learnings database.
• All other duties as assigned.
  
  

• BS degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Geology, or Equivalent Course.
• Minimum 7-10 years’ experience in the environmental field.
• Experience in software/tools such as ESdat, EQuIS, ArcGIS, or QGIS desired but not required. Working in international and diverse environments and demonstrates competence in relevant technical discipline.
• Demonstrates understanding of applicable legislation, standards, guidelines, codes of practice and the like.
• Ability to prepare and format quality technical information as required (such as reports, memos, presentations, models, software or data) on small to medium projects.
• Must have a strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborates effectively with others across functions.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and MS Teams.
• Self-starter and stays flexible for when priorities quickly change.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently on global networked computers using current software applications.
• Strong team worker, with enthusiastic, can-do approach, with ability to coordinate and work as ‘one team’.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively as a team.