Environmental Technician

Job Description

The Opportunity:

Do you have the desire to learn? The drive to excel and thrive in an engaged, collaborative environment?

WSP is growing and has an opportunity for a skilled Junior/Intermediate Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Consultant, to join our Ontario EHS Compliance Team and Technical Community in the National Capital Region (hybrid work environment).

The successful candidate will work on projects involving EHS and sustainability management. The EHS Consultant will be involved in a broad range of projects helping to support our clients’ goals of EHS performance improvement.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.
  
  
  

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

#WeAreWSP

Responsibilities

What you can expect to do here:

• You will support multi-discipline EHS projects across a variety of sectors. Specific consulting services provided may include the following depending on the candidates interests and expertise:
• Hazardous Materials Management Services and Expertise
• Indoor Air Quality Services and Expertise
• Occupational Heath & Industrial Hygiene Services and Expertise
• Providing Radiation Measurement and/or Mitigation Services and Expertise
• Project Management and Coordination Services and Expertise
• Providing EHS Compliance Auditing and Management System Services and Expertise
• Providing Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Services and Expertise
• Written and oral communication both within multi-disciplinary teams and with clients.
• Project and proposal completion, including (but not limited to) project finances, schedule, deliverables, and working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, as well as client/sub-contractor relationships.
• Supporting business development, including developing marketing plans, tools, and initiatives with senior staff members and the broader EHS team.
• Work under the direction of senior staff to complete business plan objectives at the local, regional, and global scale.
• Ability to work weekends and evenings as required to meet project commitments and travel for extended periods of time (1 to 2 weeks at a time).
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Qualifications

What you’ll bring to WSP:

• Health and safety or environmental sciences or engineering as demonstrated by a post-secondary degree and/or demonstrated expertise in EHS consulting.
• Occupational health and safety and environmental legislation.
• Working knowledge of occupational hygiene practices.
• Organizing and providing support during meetings involving participation from stakeholders and demonstrated experience summarizing and presenting results with an emphasis on written communication.
• Computer skills for data management and manipulation including strong familiarity with Microsoft Office products, especially Excel.
• Bilingual capability (English/French) would be considered an asset.
• Your initiative to apply knowledge and suggest practical technical solutions to critical challenges in the field.
• Your outstanding communication skills and willingness to continuously learn and apply your tech-savvy skills.
• Access to a vehicle, a clean Driver’s Abstract, and eligibility for Federal Security Clearance.
• Your keen interest in learning what it’s like to work for the leading environmental consulting firm and being part of a growing and thriving EHS team!
  
  
  

About Us

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.