Junior Environmental Risk Assessor/field Scientist - Kitchener, Canada - Jacobs

Jacobs

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Kitchener, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Our People & Places Solutions business - reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do - the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole.

From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology - we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed today and into tomorrow._

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we're partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates.

By joining Jacobs, you'll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

When it comes to environmental consulting, you'll work for a company that strives to provide opportunities for employees to learn, grow and thrive.

We're focused on helping our clients protect our world's natural resources.

Based in Ontario (Kitchener, or Toronto), This position will provide field work and technical support to intermediate/senior risk assessors in the preparation and submission of risk assessments in accordance with local environmental regulations, advice and guidance regarding provincial and municipal permits to our multidisciplinary (engineering and environment practitioners) teams and clients during the design, construction and operations of infrastructure projects.

You'll have the opportunity to use your specialized knowledge and technical writing skills as part of multi-disciplinary project teams to contribute to site remediation and redevelopment efforts of government and private companies.

In this position you will help the team identify potential environmental and socio-economic risks and work with the team to mitigate and provide solutions to our clients.

Here's What You'll Need:

Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science, Biology/Ecology, chemical engineering, toxicology or a related field.
Excellent data management.
Technical writing skills, familiarity with environmental regulation, and ability to be collaborative with a team contributing to the preparation of environmental risk assessments for a diverse range of projects.
Positive attitude and selfmotivated, including a strong consideration for safety.
Under mínimal supervision execute field work such as: Drilling and Soil logging, Groundwater monitoring well installation, Groundwater sampling, Soil sampling, and Collection of soil and groundwater samples for submission to a laboratory for analyses.
Perform environmental contaminated sites assignments including compilation of field and analytical data, analysis of analytical data, report writing.
Provide oversight and supervision of subcontractors.
Complete rigorous and clear field documentation and participate in planning, organizing, and reporting related to field tasks.
Experience working on active construction/remediation project sites and interacting with contractors.
Excellent interpersonal skills, teamoriented, and suited to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Time management skills, with the ability to simultaneously work on multiple tasks/projects and meet project deadlines.
Knowledgeable of Federal and Provincial/Territorial Environmental Acts and Regulations in Canada.
Valid Driver's License.
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, missioncritical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cuttingedge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $13 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector._