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About The Position

Requirements

• Diploma or higher education related to environmental sciences, biology or other related disciplines.
• Minimum 4 to 7 years of environmental work experience including pre-reclamation assessments.
• Develop and cost for reclamation programs to manage upstream sites throughout Alberta.
• Working with earthworks contractors to safely execute reclamation programs to meet scope and budget.
• Vegetation Monitoring/Reclamation Site Inspections.
• Executing DSA’s throughout all land uses in Alberta.
• Willingness to work in the field for extended periods of time.
• Willingness to travel within Western Canada as required.
• Excellent communication and technical reporting skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Assessment and remediation experience is considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of contaminated sites and reclamation regulations in Alberta and experience in northeast British Columbia is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Spend up to 70-80 % of work hours performing technical field activities on environmental projects.
• Oversee all required ground disturbance and safety requirements to execute earthworks projects for upstream oil and gas sites.
• Supervise reclamation earthworks projects to meet scope and objective including daily costing, and post reclamation inspections to ensure compliance has been met.
• Support development of reclamation cost estimates for projects/programs applying Vertex best management processes and working with managers and sub-contractors.
• Develop and execute vegetation management programs in alignment with client objectives and applicable regulations.
• Execute all scopes of reclamation including large earthworks programs to minor reclamation scopes (i.e. fence removal, re-seeding, etc.).
• Detailed Site Assessments.
• Support Vertex teams on assessment and remediation programs as required and work loads dictate.
• Active stewardship of Vertex and client safety programs is expected.
• Mentor and coach junior environmental staff.
• Develop technical reports to support program execution and in alignment with your areas of competency.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefit package is provided.
• RRSP Plan.
• All Professional dues and PD training costs covered by Vertex.
• Full suite of internal services teams to support our technical staff, including reporting, geomatics, fleet and logistics, human resources department, and IT team.
• Opportunities for advancement and growth across a range of sectors and project types.