Job Description

Arcadis Canada is growing our business in Canada, especially Atlantic Canada!

We are currently looking for an energetic Environmental Technologist to join our team in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The successful candidate will be part of a collaborative team and you will report to a Project Manager. We offer upward mobility as staff develop experience, skills, and desire to seek a planned and mentored career path within Arcadis. Travel is expected with this role along with some office related tasks. Working from home for some tasks can be accommodated with prior approval. Your work, life balance and career are always our concern.

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is \xe2\x80\x98people first\xe2\x80\x99, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You\xe2\x80\x99ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people\xe2\x80\x99s lives. You\xe2\x80\x99re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.
Role description:

We are currently looking for an energetic Environmental Technologist with a minimum of 1 year of experience to join our team in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The successful candidate will be part of a collaborative team and you will report to a Project Manager. We offer upward mobility as staff develop experience, skills, and desire to seek a planned and mentored career path within Arcadis. Travel is expected with this role along with some office related tasks. Working from home for some tasks can be accommodated with prior approval. Your work, life balance and career are always our concern.

The Environmental Technologist role will require an individual to execute project tasks, such as: focus every task on health and safety; attend project meetings; collaborate with team members; coordinate field programs; lead tailgate and site safety meetings; manage subcontractors; conduct site visits; generate quality field notes; conduct environmental sampling programs; supervising drilling, test pitting and/or remediation activities; submission of samples to laboratories; track then tabulate field and laboratory data; safe handling, calibration and operation of field equipment; and, generate technical environmental reports.

Hazardous materials testing and abatement experience would be a benefit, not a requirement.

Direct experience with the use and comparison of municipal bylaws; provincial contaminated sites guidelines, protocols, and act; Atlantic RBCA for Impacted Sites Version 4; federal environmental guidelines, and acts; along with industry best practices is a benefit.

Role accountabilities:

• Position is based in area of Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Work comprises field level environmental sampling and assessment activities at commercial and industrial sites in Atlantic Canada
• Ability and willingness to travel throughout Atlantic Canada as needed
• Arcadis has a strong collaborative culture so this will be an opportunity for you to use, learn and apply foundational skills in the environmental assessment field

Key Attributes/Requirements:

• Strong skills in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong communication, interpersonal and writing skills
• A commitment to Health and Safety excellence

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree or diploma in environmental science, engineering, engineering technology, earth sciences, or related field
• 1+ years environmental experience
• Valid driver\xe2\x80\x99s license (work related travel will be compensated)
• Must have regular access to a reliable vehicle

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated strong skills using Microsoft products such as Word, Excel, power point, MS project
• Current or pending registration with the Geoscientists Nova Scotia, Engineers Nova Scotia or TECHNova is a requirement.

Why Become an Arcadian?
Our work with clients has a direct impact on people\xe2\x80\x99s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth\'s resources, we can create a sustainable planet.
We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients\xe2\x80\x99 most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN\xe2\x80\x99s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it\xe2\x80\x99s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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