Senior Environmental Project Manager (QP)

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Job Description

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Environmental Project Manager ( Q P) to join our team! In this role you will get to work closely with a variety of professionals on Contaminated Sites and Infrastructure Projects.

Role will be hybrid with potential to work from home 2 days/week.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide technical leadership, project management and technical support related to ESA and Remediation projects including investigations, remediation design and excess soil planning, investigation and management.
• Phase One and Two Environmental Site Assessments to CSA and O.Reg.153/04 requirements.
• Remedial design and site remediation oversight: including excavations, ISCO, bioremediation, permeable and impermeable barriers, and mechanical technologies (air sparge, pump and treat, dual phase extraction, etc), sediment remediation, mine closures.
• Excess oil and waste management on infrastructure projects, contributing to planning and design inputs as per O.Reg.406/19.
• Peer review of technical documents and reports.
• Support business development activities including proposal preparation on major and minor pursuits.
• Project Management, technical direction and review on ESA and remediation related projects.
• Tracking and maintaining budgets and project finances.
• Preparing Reports.
• Maintain client relationships in various industries.
• Liaise and support other engineering disciplines.
• Primary point of contact with clients, junior staff, and other project managers.
• For the right candidate, to be part of our functional management team to mentor and develop our E&E professionals.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• BS Degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, or related degree.
• Currently a Qualified Person (i.e. licensed P.Eng or P.Geo) as defined by Ontario Regulation 153/04, having 15+ years of consulting experience at an engineering firm with strong experience in the applicable federal and provincial environmental laws and regulations within the Ontario jurisdiction.
• Successful experience in managing large clients that may be developers, national industrial clients and government agencies.
• 5+ years managing contaminated sites projects with consulting values over $5,000K.
• Demonstrated experience with filing of Record of Site Conditions including an understanding of the Tier 2 and 3 Risk Assessment process under O.Reg.153/04.
• Experience working with diverse multidisciplinary and/or international project teams.
• Aptitude to resolve differences in technical opinions with other senior environmental professionals.
• Track record of delivering high quality work products.
• Strong project management acumen to deliver projects within schedule and budgets.
• Financially literate from a project management perspective.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• History of managing/mentoring teams with a demonstrated history of staff retention and developing junior and intermediate careers.
• Knowledge and experience with Emerging Contaminants including PFAS and microplastics.
• Expertise with additional environmental issues (e.g., sediment investigation/remediation, unexploded ordinance, mine reclamation).
• Business Development attributes, including networking and attracting new clients to our team.

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team. For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what’s next! Salary Range: $169,000 - $219,000

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for Indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities. We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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