Senior Environmental Engineer or Geoscientist

Your Opportunity

As a Senior Environmental Engineer or Geoscientist, you will work with our Environmental Site Investigation and Remediation practice in our London, Waterloo, Markham, Mississauga, Hamilton, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, or Sudbury offices.  In this role, you will provide technical expertise on a variety of projects, including development and implementation of work programs and management of schedules, budgets, and client deliverables. You will work with leadership to support the top-line growth of business across a variety of sectors and work collaboratively with Stantec’s environmental services team across Canada and North America on various pursuits and projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Provide training, guidance, and mentorship to junior, intermediate, and senior staff on environmental projects and project deliverables


• Lead Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and remediation projects, from proposal development to project completion, including driving deliverables for multi-disciplinary projects


• Oversee project budgets and timelines; maintain effective coordination and communication with clients and stakeholders regarding project progress and status


• Promote and maintain overall project quality and health and safety requirements and procedures throughout a project's life cycle


• Author and/or review technical reports and prepare client presentations summarizing project work, findings, and recommendations


• Coordinate with clients, stakeholders, and internal project staff to develop new opportunities and execute technical work


• Demonstrate sound application of established practices, standards, and guidelines


• Apply technical and business knowledge and methods to develop creative, effective, and economical solutions to address current and potential project issues

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• A proven history of leading successful projects in the federal and/or infrastructure sectors


• A robust working knowledge of Ontario Regulations 153/04 and 406/19 and Canadian federal guidelines


• A strong aptitude for client management


• Excellent communication skills


• A strong affinity for teamwork, training and mentoring junior staff


• Ability to work under little supervision and work well with others to achieve group success


• Ability to work on several projects or tasks during any given day consistently


• Skilled in communication and technical information exchange with clients, engineers and scientists, government regulators and agencies, and academia, as well as non-technical communication to the public


• Recognized for your elevated level of technical skill and practical ability to solve problems in various settings


• Application of a variety of methodologies to successfully remediate soil and groundwater 

Education and Experience

Relevant university degree with a minimum of 15 years of related ESA experience. Master’s degree is an asset

Qualified Person for Environmental Site Assessment (QPESA), and P.Geo. or P.Eng. registration are an asset for this position

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. 

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

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