Environmental Consultant (except Engineer) in Guelph

Work setting

• Sales
• Government environmental agencies
• Consulting firm

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Develop programs related to scientific fields
• Monitor budgets allocated to environmental programs
• Monitor environmental non-compliance and required corrective actions
• Advise on policies and physical, social and psychological interrelationships between persons, their equipment and environments
• Provide consulting services to government and other organizations
• Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
• Write technical reports
• Supervise staff
• Supervise staff or team
• Review programs and policies to ensure conformance with regulations
• Review and evaluate proposals for land use and development plans and prepare recommendations
• Represent clients before administrative tribunals
• Provide advice to senior managers and officials
• Provide clients with information
• Provide consultation and advice
• Provide consultation services to government and other organizations
• Project management
• Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements
• Manage contracts
• Lead discussion groups and seminars
• Invoice clients
• Consult with government regulatory agencies
• Implement data, software and hardware security procedures
• Identify and solicit potential clients
• Represent the organization, or delegate representatives to act on behalf of the organization, in negotiations or other official functions
• Analyze the impact of industrial projects and human activity on the climate and quality of the air
• Liaise with community agencies or partners, and identify additional or alternative services and provide referrals
• Offer mentoring
• Prepare environmental impact reports for industries, governments or the general public
• Participate in contract negotiations
• Coordinate the flow of information within the team
• Consult with clients to determine project needs
• Conduct environmental impact studies
• Conduct ecological and environmental impact studies
• Advise project teams

Experience and specialization

Regulatory investigation

• Government regulations control

Resource usage and environmental studies

• Natural resources policy evaluation
• Environmental assessment
• Environmental assessment and monitoring

Functional expertise

• Regulation or legislation policy interpretation and implementation

Technical or specialized writing

• Analysis

Area of work experience

• Strategic planning
• Project planning
• Policy analysis
• Environmental consulting company
• Environmental monitoring
• Manager

Planning specialization

• Environmental assessment or analysis

Social work specialization

• Socio-economic needs or conditions

Specialization or experience

• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Area of specialization

• Sustainability
• Nuclear power
• Environmental impact assessment
• Environmental impact studies
• Power generation, transmission or distribution
• Environmental protection
• Risk management

Economic specialization

• Natural resources/environmental
• Environmental economics

Scientific specialization

• Energy
• Fisheries
• Natural and applied sciences
• Natural resources
• Ecology
• Human factors
• Climate change
• Environment

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel

Own tools/equipment

• Cellular phone

Personal suitability

• Ability to multitask
• Accurate
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Team player
• Initiative
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Values and ethics
• Reliability
• Organized
• Adaptability
• Collaborative
• Leadership

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Other benefits
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Team building opportunities
• Variable or compressed work week