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Lead large-scale human health assessments and provide advice to top tier clients working to make sustainable decisions for some of the largest projects in Canada.

As the Technical Consulting Director, Human Health Risk Assessment, you’ll shape outcomes that matter. This senior leadership role places you at the strategic center of Canada’s most influential environmental projects—spanning mining, energy, natural resources, and major infrastructure. Your expertise will help guide clients through complex regulatory landscapes while ensuring human health remains central to responsible development.

Working arrangements

This role is offered on a full-time, part-time or fixed term basis - we are open to applications from candidates with a need or desire for flexible working arrangements, at different stages in their career.

Although the preference is for the candidate to be located near to one of our offices in Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Ottawa, ON; Toronto, ON; or any of ERM’s Canadian offices, we are also open to full remote working.

Why This Role Matters

ERM is a global leader in environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consulting. We partner with organizations worldwide to navigate complex environmental expectations and regulatory requirements. You’ll serve as the top subject‑matter authority on human health risk assessment across Canada. Your leadership will drive technical rigor, influence project strategies, and support clients in making informed, responsible decisions that protect people and communities.

What Your Impact Is

• Help clients shape their business strategies to integrate human health considerations into major mining, power, and oil & gas developments.
• Share your expertise with technical leaders for other project components to raise the bar in delivering a collaborative, integrated deliverable
• Lead major human health risk assessment activities by growing a team and building the tools needed to deliver high quality work
• Influence regulatory engagement and support transparent stakeholder communications, including Indigenous communities.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• B.Sc. in Toxicology, Biochemistry, or related field.
• At least 8+ years of experience as a consultant or regulator in human health risk assessment (HHRA) for environmental assessments (EA), although we welcome applications from candidates at higher seniority levels.
• Deep knowledge of Health Canada technical guidance and provincial regulatory frameworks for environment assessments.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams to deliver quality work.

Preferred

• M.Sc. in Toxicology, Biochemistry, or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of consulting experience, including leadership roles.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical delivery of the HHRA chapter for large-scale EA projects by providing report reviews and coaching a team of junior scientists to deliver high-quality, robust models and reports.
• Collaborate with internal multidisciplinary teams, client groups, regulators and external stakeholders to help connect the HHRA to the broader EA and its engagement and monitoring requirements.
• As part of a senior team of practitioners and Partners, expand our human health risk assessment services across Canada by contributing to proposals and business development efforts.

For the Technical Consulting Director, Human Health Risk Assessment position, the anticipated annual base pay is $148,010–$208,250 (CAD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.Note: Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainabilitychallengesand unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse,equitableand inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our companya great placeto build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients.Our diverse team of world-class expertssupportsclients across the breadth of theirorganizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technicalexpertisein addressing theirenvironmental, health, safety,riskand social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advanceobjectiveson the ground or at the executive level.

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