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Environmental Specialist
Number of positions: 2 Job Location: Edmonds 16
Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid
Annual salary: $ 131,100.00 - 165,800.00
What you'll do
- As a senior member of the dynamic Project Environmental Risk Management team in this project delivery-oriented role
you will provide senior environmental support, as an environmental work package manager (EWPM). The successful
candidates on this posting will be a team lead for environmental and socioeconomic assessment efforts, including support
of indigenous group negotiations and environmental technical working group engagement, and supporting construction
environmental management. There are two Environmental Specialist (P4) positions available through this posting. The
primary distinction between the two roles is that one position will primarily support planning and implementation of major
Generation projects, while the other position will support large linear development projects. Both positions are aimed at
supporting an expanded Capital Project plan for BC Hydro over the next several years.
- The successful candidates may lead a small team of environmental professionals and, therefore, must have an aptitude
for team leadership plus bring a solid understanding of and experience with approaches to environmental and
socioeconomic assessment plus current practices for a range of environmental issues including fish and fish habitat
management, wildlife, pollution prevention and archaeology and heritage. Demonstrated experience on large hydroelectric
dam projects, combined with a thorough understanding of hydroelectric power operations will be regarded as a key asset
for the generation-focused role, while experience on large linear power projects, combined with a thorough understanding of
transmission/distribution operations will be seen as critical to the lines-focused role.
- The ability to communicate clearly and confidently and show leadership is essential, including adapting personal
communication style to meet the needs of the audience, and anticipating reactions or questions in advance. All team
members are expected to act from the perspective of a “One Hydro” approach by offering to lend a hand to help others, and
coaching others on application of business knowledge.
- Develops and maintains: strategic and tactical environmental management across lines of business, key regulatory, First
Nation and stakeholder relationships, regulatory compliance, and leadership of multi-party technical working groups.
- Leadership, planning and functional management support for a team of environmental professionals including budgeting,
scheduling, work assignment, reporting and administrative controls.
- Direct management of consultants and contractors including cost control, contract management, coordination of quality
assurance and peer review and tracking of invoices, progress, forecasts, variances, scope and reporting and deliverables.
- Researches and develops the environmental and regulatory components of major issues and independently formulates
innovative approaches in the development of techniques, procedures and programs in order to solve the most complex,
unusual or difficult environmental problems.
- Provides expert environmental technical and regulatory advice and liaises internally and externally with other
environmental specialists, First Nations and regulatory agencies in the investigation and resolution of technical and
regulatory problems and the application of innovative environmental methods.
- Works independently and provides recommendations involving long range plans or significant resources referred to
management for approval.
