Onsite Environmental Risk Assessor

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About the role

  • Environmental Risk Assessor at SLR Consulting focusing on environmental risk assessments. Collaborates on multidisciplinary projects and engages with various stakeholders to drive sustainability initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver human health and ecological risk assessments, risk management plans, performance verification plans, etc. in accordance with provincial, territorial, and federal regulatory frameworks
  • Support proposal development, including contributing to project scoping, planning, and budgeting activities
  • Evaluate site-specific physical characteristics, environmental data, receptor exposure assumptions, and toxicity information to inform the development of exposure and risk models
  • Prepare detailed conceptual site models by consolidating and interpreting field data, laboratory results, and other relevant site and receptor information
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to prepare high-quality technical reports and effectively communicate findings to clients, regulators, and other stakeholders
  • Contribute to proposal writing and provide technical support to projects led by other disciplines, such as site assessment and ecology
  • Mentor and support junior staff, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing within the team

Requirements

  • Graduate degree in biology, toxicology, chemistry, soil science, geoscience, or related scientific field
  • 5 to 10 + years of experience in preparing high-quality human health and/or ecological risk assessments for a variety of audiences including clients and other stakeholders, Indigenous communities, and regulators
  • Hands-on experience in environmental data collection and evaluation, including the design and implementation of community surveys
  • Strong analytical skills, with demonstrated proficiency in data management, spreadsheet development, and automation
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary teams, prepare clear technical reports, and develop engaging presentation materials
  • Experience with scope development, budgeting, and proposal preparation
  • Working knowledge of biological and toxicological studies (e.g., benthic community assessments, toxicity tests etc.), an asset
  • Experience with risk assessments under O.Reg. 153/04, an asset
  • Experience with soil vapour and indoor air quality assessments at contaminated sites, an asset
  • Valid driver’s license and willingness to occasionally travel to sites/clients
  • Membership or eligibility for membership in a professional organization (e.g., R.P.Bio., P.Geo., P.Eng., P.Ag., P.Chem., or QPRA)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits
  • vacation
  • RRSP
  • a suite of wellness initiatives

Job title

Environmental Risk Assessor

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$75,000 - CA$115,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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