Principal Consultant - Geo Ennvironment

Description

• Identify further skills that could be brought into the GCC to deliver additional services or enhancements to the Environmental Management businesses
• Remain up to date with market and competitor knowledge
• Ensure budgeted earning capacity is met or exceeded
• Identify appropriately qualified staff to deliver projects with regard to the constraints of project budgets
• Maintain strong colleague relationships and contribute to the teams’ performance of client satisfaction
• Provide highly visible, inspirational leadership and direction for the GCC Environmental Management team and ensuring that it is aligned with the wider Canada business
• Proactively influences Health and Safety (Safety by Design)
• Inclusively lead people, clearly articulating the vision, defining responsibilities, delegating effectively and providing constructive feedback
• Contribute to the design of operational processes, systems, quality measurement processes and achievement of performance KPIs
• Managing people through change and develop succession plans
• Manage opportunities, risks and project changes / variations so that these deliver advantage to the business
• You will prepare liability assessments for a variety of clients following the most current AER requirements.
• Identify opportunities to upskill existing technical resources or recruit new capabilities to deliver additional services or enhance existing ones
• Supervising the preparation and checking of documents, reports and other technical outputs / deliverables from a variety of Environmental-related disciplines
• Champion and mentor others in use of agreed systems and processes
• Carry out and report on staff appraisals and performance development reviews
• Facilitating team members towards professional accreditation or equivalent
• You will participate in a team environment, working closely as needed with Project Coordinators, Project Managers, Senior Project Directors/Technical Leads and field teams.
• Ensure budget utilizations is met or exceeded
• Contribute to knowledge sharing in internal and external forums
• Promote the team's achievements within the team, Environmental Management business, WSP Canada and the wider business via targeted profile raising activities
• Ensuring that quality procedures are implemented and maintained
• Inspire and motivate team staff towards technical progression
• Carry out review of adherence to Quality processes and implement corrective measures where required
• You will apply quality assurance/quality control measures in the completion of your assessments.
• You will review environmental assessments including baseline environmental investigations, preliminary site investigations, detailed site investigations as necessary to understand the status of the site in terms of the Alberta Contaminated Lands Framework.
• Monitor and review team capability in the use of the required standards, processes and software tools and, with technical colleagues, identify training required
• Act as the ‘face’ of the India-based Environmental Management team
• Create and support innovation
• Seek regular feedback on team performances, ensure criticisms are positively converted into opportunities for improvement, lessons learned exercises with appropriate changes implemented
• Be responsible for the quality of technical outputs to WSP standards including any specific Canadian client standards
• Deliver successful commercial performance by clearly understanding and monitoring the area of work and ensure agreed targets are met

Requirements

• Track record of successfully delivering environmental projects, meeting client needs, as well as programme and budgetary constraints
• Capacity to visit Canada at least once a year for up to 2 weeks and a longer stretch at the beginning of employment
• Excellent spoken and written English
• 10-15 years experience working with an environmental consultancy
• Experience in due diligence acquisition and divestment transactions for oil & gas properties.
• Open minded and intellectually agile
• Cost estimating experience including preparation of estimates related to Provisions / Asset Retirement Obligations for financial reporting.
• A versatile experience across multiple markets and sectors, such as infrastructure, industrial and energy, transportation, and buildings within the context of a professional services provider
• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Interpretation of statutory and industry requirements, standards and practices to our Strategies and Policies
• Educated to Bachelor / Master’s degree level in a relevant environmental or engineering subject
• Extensive experience in data analysis using MS Excel/Access.
• A strong technical background in a relevant Environmental field, such as Environmental Site Assessments and Contaminated Land Remediation, Due Diligence reviews, or Air Quality modelling.
• Field experience is an asset. Experience in Site-Specific Liability Assessments (SSLA) addressing the AER Liability Management Framework.
• Understand own strengths and impact, adapting behaviour according to different situations and individuals
• Closely work with WSP’s Canadian RPM Team
• You will prepare the required deliverables and be familiar with AER’s OneStop for report submissions when required.
• Excellent communication, internal client handling, interpersonal skills and listening skills with the ability to influence and interact with people
• Not mandatory but preferable: experience in the Canadian or USA environmental field
• Five or more years’ experience in environmental assessment and contaminated sites practice areas.
• Registration with professional organization is preferred (e.g. APEGA, EGBC, AIA, ASET) Skip to main content.
• A bachelor’s degree or diploma in environmental, earth sciences, engineering, or similar field from a recognized educational institution.
• Membership of relevant professional institution
• Ability to work in a mixed Cascade/Agile delivery process
• Experienced with managing an environmental team, supporting an environmental business based outside of India
• Technical manager with management acumen and strong leadership skills
• Proven ability to apply innovation and advanced techniques to projects and contract solutions
• Good team leader with excellent attention to details, a professional manner, and consideration to team needs

Benefits

• This position offers unique technical challenges and a great opportunity for involvement in a number of substantial projects related to liability assessment and asset retirement obligations.
• Recruitment to achieve budgeted and programmed team growth

Training + Development

Interview process

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