Senior Environmental Planner

As a Senior Environmental Planner at HDR, you will lead environmental planning and assessment services for transportation, transit, and rail projects in British Columbia and Canada. You will provide senior technical and strategic advisory support, develop and implement integrated approvals and permitting strategies, and coordinate with interdisciplinary teams. You will also advise public- and private-sector clients on environmental permitting and approvals sequencing, and provide direction to technical, administrative, and junior staff.

Requirements

• Lead environmental planning and assessment services for medium-to large-scale transportation, transit, and rail projects across British Columbia and Canada.
• Provide senior technical and strategic advisory support on environmental approvals, permitting strategies, and regulatory pathways for complex infrastructure projects.
• Develop and implement integrated approvals and permitting strategies that align environmental, Indigenous, public, and political considerations early in project development.
• Prepare, review, and oversee environmental assessment documentation, technical studies, and permitting submissions in accordance with Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal regulatory frameworks, with a strong focus on defensible and timely approvals.
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams delivering technical studies.
• Coordinate Indigenous engagement, public engagement, and agency consultation activities in support of transit and rail project planning and approvals.
• Prepare for and participate in public meetings, stakeholder briefings, technical workshops, and regulator meetings related to project approvals
• Conduct environmental impact assessments, support cumulative effects analysis, and prepare constraints mapping to inform alignment selection, station siting, and construction staging.
• Advise public- and private-sector clients on environmental permitting, approvals sequencing, and compliance, including identification and mitigation of schedule and delivery risk.
• Lead quality assurance and review of environmental reports, technical memoranda, and approvals documentation.
• Provide direction to technical, administrative, and junior staff to ensure consistent quality and regulatory defensibility.
• Support business development, proposal preparation, and strategic client advisory work related to transportation environmental planning, approvals, and Indigenous engagement.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time away
• Parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee referral bonus
• Tuition reimbursement