Junior Environmental Technologist/Industrial Hygiene - ( 240001VW )

Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

Our Hazmat and Industrial Hygiene practice provides services associated with occupational health and safety-related work, including indoor air quality, hazardous materials and mould consulting initiatives. Our team works on behalf of our clients to implement and coordinate repair, replacement and abatement projects, often working with our other Environmental Services and Buildings Engineering groups to support required remediation and design activities. Working closely with our clients, our dedicated professionals help to establish and understand the specific needs of our clients and tailor our technical solutions in alignment with their specific business and project objectives. Clients across all sectors including commercial real estate, K-12 education, higher education, healthcare, and all levels of government have partnered with us to provide assessments for the purposes of re-financing, acquisition/disposition and capital planning.

Stantec's Edmonton office has an opportunity for a Junior Environmental Technologist to work within our Hazmat and Industrial Hygiene and Site Investigation and Remediation practices.

Your Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Team Leader your responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Understanding the application of occupational health and safety principles and regulations, especially as they relate to industrial hygiene and hazardous materials.

• Planning and conducting site assessments for hazardous materials including (but not limited to) asbestos, mould, lead, PCBs, ODSs, mercury and silica.

• Collecting samples pertaining to the above for accurate logging on chain of custody documents and submission to independent laboratories for analysis.

• Estimating quantities of hazardous materials for the purposes of abatement project planning.

• Conducting indoor air quality assessments and testing.

• Conducting industrial hygiene assessments and testing.

• Conducting site work associated with monitoring of hazardous materials abatement projects (e.g. asbestos, mould, lead), including on-site observation of contractor activities and collection of applicable air samples.

• Assisting with the operation and calibration of air quality testing equipment.

• Preparing detailed technical reports.

• Assisting with the preparation of proposals for the above-noted types of projects.

• Completing site visits and reporting for Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) field work.

• Conducting groundwater sampling and surface water sampling monitoring programs.

• Assisting with environmental remediation field work.

• Evening and weekend work may be required.

• Frequent travel within Canada (primarily Western Canada) and potentially the U.S. will be required.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• General knowledge of buildings, building systems and building construction.

• General knowledge and experience with occupational hygiene testing/sampling protocols.

• General knowledge of soil, groundwater, surface water testing/sampling protocols would be an asset.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including exceptional MS Office skills.

• Strong note-taking skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as in a team environment is crucial.

• Experience or knowledge pertaining to occupational/industrial hygiene, occupational health & safety regulations and/or the hazardous materials abatement industry would be an asset.

• A valid driver's license and vehicle is required.

Education and Experience

• One to two years’ relevant experience required.

• Post-secondary training, course work, diploma or degree pertaining to environmental technology, building sciences, occupational health and safety and/or occupational/industrial hygiene.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : Canada-Alberta-Edmonton

Organization : BC-1235 EnvSvcs-CA Alberta

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Entry Level

Travel : Yes, 50 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Apr 29, 2024, 10:52:45 AM

Req ID: 240001VW

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans