Climate Change Consultant​/Project Manager

Morrison Hershfield is hiring a Climate Change Consultant/Project Manager in Calgary, AB, Canada. The role involves providing technical leadership in climate risk assessment, policy development, and project management for various clients. Responsibilities include analyzing climate data, leading consultations, and supporting multi-disciplinary teams on sustainability projects. The company offers flexible work arrangements, indicating potential for remote work options. Some travel may be required.
Position: Climate Change Consultant / Project Manager

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Here at Morrison Hershfield, now Stantec, we are committed to providing flexible work arrangements to assist employees in fulfilling their multiple responsibilities at work, at home, and in the community. Flexible work arrangements provide additional options for work schedules and locations. As we focus on project delivery, clients, and staff, we have several working options available for working at Morrison Hershfield, now Stantec.

Morrison Hershfield (MH) is a leading provider of engineering, planning, environmental services, and sustainable design, and we have a wide range of federal, provincial, municipal, and private clients. We provide practical environmental solutions for interesting and complex projects across Canada.

Our Environmental services are broad-reaching and integrated with our multi-disciplinary teams. Through environmental planning and management, we work towards net positive impacts of our clients’ projects, increasingly with a focus on sustainability and making a difference on climate. Through environmental engineering, geoscience, and ecology, we delve into and solve problems over wide-ranging scales and with a broad geographic coverage.

Overview:

As part of the growing Climate Change Planning Team, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership in climate risk assessment and climate change planning, policy, and capacity-building services. This is an exciting opportunity to incorporate climate leadership into a variety of engineering, environmental, and planning projects across North America.

You will be required to analyze climate data, deliver climate change risk assessments, lead consultation programs, develop policies and strategies, and prepare project reports and presentations. You will be expected to coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams on a diverse range of assignments. You will also have an opportunity to lead business development initiatives including proposals and presentations. Some travel may be required.

Responsibilities include:
• Exercise leadership and initiative in support of the growth of MH’s Climate Change Practice.
• Serve as a Project Manager and/or Technical Lead on climate change risk assessment and adaptation planning projects for a range of public and private-sector clients.
• Support buildings, transportation, and other infrastructure planning/design and environmental assessment projects, including coordinating climate mitigation, risk, and resilience assessment processes.
• Develop and implement stakeholder consultation and capacity-building programs (online/in-person).
• Play a lead role in proposal preparation and business development.
• Apply expertise on nature-based solutions to climate change challenges.
• Prepare and review technical analyses, reports, and presentations.
• Apply principles of sustainability and related tools/frameworks (e.g., SDGs, ENVISION) to planning and design projects and other studies.
• Support incorporation of climate change services in projects across the firm and contribute to the company’s Climate Change Community of Practice.

Qualifications:
• Relevant degree(s) in Climate Change, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Planning, and/or Geography. Master’s Degree preferred. Related professional designation(s) (P.Eng., RPP) desirable.
• Demonstrated experience delivering climate risk assessments and resilience projects, with working knowledge of industry standards and practices (e.g., ISO 14091, PIEVC Protocol). Experience working with governments, infrastructure/real property, energy, and/or watershed studies would be an asset.
• Demonstrated experience developing policies, strategies, and guidance documents pertaining to climate risk assessment and adaptation.
• Demonstrated experience with project management including quality control, client management, team leadership, and administrative responsibilities.
• Experience with Climate Change Mitigation and/or nature-based solutions an asset.
• Experience with Sustainability and ESG analysis/frameworks an asset.
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills (English).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications + Graphic Design/CAD tools a plus.
• Bilingualism (English/French) an asset.

Job Type: Regular

Job Profile: For internal use
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