Mine Environment Permitting Specialist

VANCOUVER, CALGARY, EDMONTON, SASKATOON

A day in the life :

• Working with our client teams to understand their proposed projects and the regulatory approvals required to implement them.
• Supporting multidisciplinary engineering and science teams to plan the work needed to undertake social and environmental assessment of proposed mining projects.
• Support the integration of sustainable solutions across various projects by collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering and science teams to integrate information across work platforms and products.
• Preparing and editing technical assessments and reports to deliver multidiscipline social and environmental impact assessments and regulatory approval applications for the mining industry.
• Assisting on multi-disciplinary projects with data analysis and reporting.

We'd love to hear from you if you have ...

• An undergraduate degree in a related field such as science, engineering, sustainability, with a focus on social and environmental assessment, mining, biodiversity, water management, or other related expertise.
• Experience with sustainability in the resource or heavy industry sector.
• Experience in environmental consulting or in the mining sector.
• Aptitude for understanding integrated effects processes across engineering and scientific disciplines
• Strong interpersonal skills, and excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Possess as valid driver's license and the ability to drive as required

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations) : $62 600 - $106 400

WSP Canada is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it will pay for this position based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to the specific geographic location.

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.