Coordinator, Environmental Services7643 Halifax

Defence Construction Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Salary: $80,886 - $105,152

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) invites you to consider joining our team.

DCC is a dynamic and fast-paced Crown corporation whose clients include the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence. We are currently seeking enthusiastic and motivated environmental professionals to join our Halifax-based DCC team. As the successful candidate, you will support the delivery of programs across one or more of our environmental practice areas by providing environmental services, including technical advice, guidance and recommendations, to the Client-Partners on typically, moderate complexity, scope and/or risk projects. These services can be provided through in-house resources or third-party contracts. The incumbent prepares technical documents, reviews deliverables, assists in the procurement process, oversees contractor and consultant activities, and coordinates project activities to ensure overall requirements are met on time, within scope and on budget.

This current opportunity is seeking expertise in one or more of the following key environmental practice areas…
•     Contaminated Sites (CSites)
•     Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)
•     Environmental Assessments
•     Natural Resources/Biological Services
•     Greening & Sustainability

Additional information on Environmental Services at DCC is available on your website at Environmental Services - Defence Construction Canada (dcc-cdc.gc.ca).

Primary

Conduct and coordinate environmental work on a wide variety of projects to monitor compliance with legal and other requirements
Provide environmental technical support for and/or lead contract initiation and management
Prepare environmental reports to meet Client-Partner requirements
Provide input to ensure the service level arrangement deliverables are met and work is completed on time and on budget
Review and/or peer review environmental reports, statements of work and cost estimates
Provide overall project management services to ensure deliverables are provided on time, within scope and on budget
Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders
Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate and Client-Partner expectations

Other

Develop environmental procedures, policies and directives
Conduct quality control procedures for service level arrangements and deliverables
Support and/or lead business development activities
Manage risk
Other duties as assigned

General and Specific Knowledge

Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in environmental sciences and environmental engineering
Project and risk management principles
Health and safety management

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

Minimum: college diploma in biology, environment sciences, environmental engineering or related field with four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
Preferred: university degree in environmental science, environmental engineering or related field and/or specialized knowledge, training and certification (as applicable) in one or more environmental services practice area

Abilities

Use applicable computer software and operating systems
Create databases
Apply project and risk management techniques

Development and Leadership

Provide functional advice and guidance to employees and to Client-Partners

Working Conditions

Typical office environment with occasional travel
Some work may be located on environmental or construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment

Check out your benefits
Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary.

Your package includes:

Health and Wellness

100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
$400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
$2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 paramedical coverage
Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans

Home and Family

Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home

Leave and Retirement

Public-service pension
Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with deluxe travel benefit plans

To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.

DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.

The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC. Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:

criminal record checks

reference checks

previous employment

open source checks

credit/financial status

DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.

Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!

At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.

DCC’s goal is to provide barrier-free access to employment opportunities and workspaces for employees and candidates. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.

We are committed to hiring military and Veteran spouses and encourage you to identify your connection with the MSEN when reaching out to us or applying to any of our open roles.

Have questions or want to learn more about us? We would love to hear from you!

Michelle.Scheidegger@dcc-cdc.gc.ca

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About Defence Construction Canada

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is a Crown corporation that provides innovative and cost-effective contracting, construction contract management, infrastructure and environmental services, and lifecycle support for Canada's defence requirements. Our Client-Partners are the Assistant Deputy Minister Infrastructure and Environment (ADM IE) Group at the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).

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