| Company: | GL Garrad Hassan
San Diego, CA |
| Job Location: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Department: | 452 - Environmental and Permitting Services |
| Salary Range: | Negotiable |
| Benefits: | GL Garrad Hassan North America offers an excellent benefit package. |
Description: |
GL Garrad Hassan (GL GH) is the world’s largest independent technical and engineering consultancy for renewable energy, serving the onshore and offshore wind, wave, tidal and solar sectors. From its offices across the globe, it offers a full service to stakeholders at all stages of the renewable energy project lifecycle which includes engineering, consultancy services, industry standard technology products and professional training courses.
Garrad Hassan has been recognized as the technical authority on wind power for the last 25 years and, more recently, has adapted its expertise to help deliver wave, tidal and solar projects too. In August 2009, as a result of a shared need to retain the pace of growth in the renewable energy sector globally, it joined engineering and consulting giant, Germanischer Lloyd, to create a truly single service provider with a reputation for technical excellence. The companies’ complementary offerings combined have cemented their future at the forefront of worldwide developments in the renewable energy industry.
GL Garrad Hassan North America is looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced Project Manager, Environmental and Permitting Services for the Environmental Permitting (EP) Group responsible for undertaking and managing environmental studies in GL Garrad Hassan North America and coordinating various environmental assessment studies and permit/approval requests for utility-scale wind energy projects and other renewables.
This position is based in GL Garrad Hassan North America’s Ottawa office, with the willingness and availability to travel up to 20% of the time for periods of less than a week at a time.
GL Garrad Hassan North America is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the work place.
We only consider online applications. Please do not email your resume to us or walk in. Please apply now.
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Duties: |
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Coordinate the overall execution of mandates with an end-to-end authority and by making optimal use of our multidisciplinary technical & scientific resources (internal and external) working in a matrix structure;
•Preparing environmental impact assessment reports for wind energy projects and other renewables;
•Coordinating the work of available resources and external experts in charge of specialized aspects of environmental impact studies;
•Organizing consulting activities with different groups and local communities in order to ensure continuous communication;
•Presenting and defending the results of the environmental impact study before government authorities and other concerned bodies;
•Overseeing acquisition of permits and authorizations required by municipalities, federal and/or provincial authorities;
•Proposing accompanying strategies to mitigate environmental impacts of wind energy projects through both the evaluation process and the development stage;
•Ensuring project follow-up and answering questions from intervening parties in environmental assessment process;
•Establish and maintain sustainable relationships and good communication with clients, vendors, sub-contractors and other project stakeholders;
•Prepare custom-made proposals fit to each client/project and engage proactively in business development via repeat business;
•Undertake and/or supervise specialized studies in his/her field.
Environmental managers in the EP team work closely with the engineering team to jointly develop sustainable projects for a wide range of private developers.
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Qualifications: |
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:
•Knowledge of environmental assessment principles and regulatory frameworks at the federal state and local levels;
•Thorough understanding of permitting processes;
•Project management
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
•Masters degree in a relevant field;
•Experience in the wind or renewable energy industry; and/or experience in regulatory affairs;
•B.Sc. in a relevant field such as biology, land planning, environmental sciences, environmental engineering; and
•2 years of experience as a project manager.
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