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Junior or Intermediate Human Environment Specialist
Flexible, CanadaAdvancing people, environment, and business. Does that statement resonate with you? Do you enjoy working with an engaged team toward a common goal? Do you regularly question the norm and come up with creative solutions to problems? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, we might have the perfect role for you!
PGL Environmental Consultants (PGL) is seeking a Junior or Intermediate Human Environment Specialist who can help our team and our clients identify, mitigate, and monitor impacts of major projects on the well-being of individuals, families, communities, and cultures.
The person hired for this role will work mainly with our Indigenous clients as they engage on major projects through Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) processes (including project evaluation, construction, and operation).
Depending on your interests and client needs, you may also provide a supporting role in government-to-government negotiations, resource management planning, land use studies, socio-cultural studies, policy development, and community-based monitoring programs.
We are seeking an individual with a background related to human-environment interactions. This may be through education or lived experience. They have knowledge of the regulatory and Indigenous context of development in Canada and awareness of Environmental Impact Assessment and permitting context.
They will be looking to apply and grow their knowledge in a variety of project types and enjoy the diversity offered by environmental consulting.
You may find success at PGL if you:
The successful candidate will:
About PGL Environmental Consultants
PGL is committed to advancing our people and company by creating a sense of belonging for every employee and by being equitable, diverse, and inclusive. We recognize that our community will be strengthened by the inclusion of a wide range of views and perspectives, informed by diverse backgrounds and life experiences. We want every employee to feel they have equal opportunities for growth at PGL and strive to include, embrace, promote, and celebrate differences of race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, physical, and mental abilities.
We are a full-service environmental consulting firm with offices in BC and Ontario. Since 1991, PGL has provided environmental services, such as environmental planning, contaminated site assessments, remediation, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring, sustainability assessments, environmental permitting, and agrology. PGL is an employee-owned company with over 110 employees including environmental scientists, geoscientists, biologists, social scientists, and engineers, plus a dynamic and customer-oriented support team.
PGL Environmental Consultants (PGL) is seeking a Junior or Intermediate Human Environment Specialist who can help our team and our clients identify, mitigate, and monitor impacts of major projects on the well-being of individuals, families, communities, and cultures.
The person hired for this role will work mainly with our Indigenous clients as they engage on major projects through Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) processes (including project evaluation, construction, and operation).
Depending on your interests and client needs, you may also provide a supporting role in government-to-government negotiations, resource management planning, land use studies, socio-cultural studies, policy development, and community-based monitoring programs.
We are seeking an individual with a background related to human-environment interactions. This may be through education or lived experience. They have knowledge of the regulatory and Indigenous context of development in Canada and awareness of Environmental Impact Assessment and permitting context.
They will be looking to apply and grow their knowledge in a variety of project types and enjoy the diversity offered by environmental consulting.
You may find success at PGL if you:
- Are a self starter;
- Are willing to invest in yourself and grow your knowledge and skills;
- Are a resourceful problem solver and organized individual;
- Can identify root causes and interlinkages in complex systems or conflicting information —using your own expertise to address what you can and connecting with the right resources to address what you cannot.
The successful candidate will:
- Contribute subject matter expertise to support Indigenous clients in federal/provincial technical committees and environmental assessment processes.
- Participate, with emphasis on evidence-based decision making, in applied data gathering or literature reviews for well-being of individual, families, or cultural topics.
- Contribute as an author to multiple documents (memos, reports, management plans, briefing notes, workshop proceedings, etc.) for multiple audiences (coworkers, regulators, client, or public).
- Attend and support muti-party meetings in various ways, including through maintaining records and tracking and coordinating action items.
- Contribute to internal process improvements, technical protocols, and team development.
- Be able to participate in various types of environmental consulting projects as appropriate to the level of experience.
- 3 - 7 years of experience of applied work experience in your field;
- Consulting skills that include time management, teamwork, client service, communicating technical information in an understandable way (verbal and written), multi-tasking and people skills
- Technical skills or qualifications (to include some or all of the following):
- Social science, human geography, or environmental discipline (university degree or lived experience) with focus on the human dimension;
- Experience researching and interpreting Indigenous Rights and UNDRIP within the context of the Canadian resource economy;
- Knowledge of environmental and land use policies and regulations for development in Canada;
- Experience collecting and working with Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous land use information, understanding the context of western scientific disciplines, and supporting Indigenous decision making;
- Literacy or aptitude in EIA process and methods in Canada;
- Knowledge of environmental, socioeconomic, or cultural studies following ethical standards of practices;
- Excellent client service and networking skills an asset;
- Willingness to travel to our clients’ communities to conduct work as needed; and
- A valid driver’s license.
- Other strengths:
- Inter-cultural sensitivity training (ideal, but will provide);
- Literacy or aptitude with Impact Benefit Agreements;
- Professional accreditation is desirable, if applicable to your field;
- Willingness to travel to our clients’ communities to conduct work as needed;
- First aid certification (ideal, but will provide);
- 100% employee-owned organization;
- Employee and Owner Profit Share Program;
- Flexible work arrangements and daily work hours;
- Medium-sized organization—a lot of opportunity for career development and progression;
- Annual company retreat;
- Allowances: cell phone, wellness, office, clothing, and Costco membership;
- Annual training and development budget;
- Professional associations and membership dues;
- Salary range $63,000-$106,000, commensurate with experience;
- Three weeks of vacation and paid sick time;
- Maternity and Parental Leave Top-up Pay Program; and
- Competitive benefits: extended health, dental, short- and long-term disability, life and travel insurance
About PGL Environmental Consultants
PGL is committed to advancing our people and company by creating a sense of belonging for every employee and by being equitable, diverse, and inclusive. We recognize that our community will be strengthened by the inclusion of a wide range of views and perspectives, informed by diverse backgrounds and life experiences. We want every employee to feel they have equal opportunities for growth at PGL and strive to include, embrace, promote, and celebrate differences of race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, physical, and mental abilities.
We are a full-service environmental consulting firm with offices in BC and Ontario. Since 1991, PGL has provided environmental services, such as environmental planning, contaminated site assessments, remediation, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring, sustainability assessments, environmental permitting, and agrology. PGL is an employee-owned company with over 110 employees including environmental scientists, geoscientists, biologists, social scientists, and engineers, plus a dynamic and customer-oriented support team.