Pomerleau

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As an Environmental Advisor within Pomerleau’s Construction Environment team, you will play a key role in supporting project teams to ensure full compliance with environmental laws, contractual requirements, and project-specific conditions and commitments for large-scale building and infrastructure projects – ranging from $1.5 million to over $1 billion. You will have the opportunity to actively contribute to fostering a positive and proactive culture focused on environmental awareness and regulatory compliance, both within your team and across the broader Pomerleau family, thanks to your strong communication, collaboration, and adaptability skills.

What you will do :

• Report to the project environmental manager, project manager, and/or regional environmental manager (the supervisory structure will depend on the project assignment).
• Participate in the development of project-specific environmental management plans and the preparation of permit applications, and contribute to work planning by ensuring that environmental requirements are incorporated into the execution documents.
• Provide environmental awareness training to project staff, including subcontractors.
• Participate in safety briefings, field kick-off meetings, and work coordination meetings.
• Monitor construction activities to ensure environmental and regulatory compliance, documenting observations, best practices implemented, areas for improvement, instances of non-compliance, and collecting evidence to support compliance.
• Implement soil and water sampling plans in accordance with provincial and federal guidelines to collect environmental quality data that can be used as performance indicators.
• Respond to planned and unplanned environmental emergencies that result or could result in impacts on receiving environments.
• Prepare regular and rigorous environmental monitoring reports, as well as environmental incident and spill reports.
• Take the environmental management system into account in the performance of duties, monitor performance indicators, and contribute to the achievement of corporate environmental objectives.


This role could be for you if you have :

• A post-secondary degree in environmental science, forestry, engineering, biology, geology, or a related field.
• One to three years of relevant experience in the environmental field, ideally in construction or wind energy projects.
• Good knowledge of provincial and federal environmental laws and regulations, applicable guidelines, and recognized best practices, particularly regulations related to sustainable forest management (SFM) and those related to wetlands, water, and sensitive environments (REAFIE, RAMHHS, PRMHH).
• Knowledge and experience in forest clearing, road construction and culvert installation in wetlands and water environments, erosion and sedimentation control, and runoff management.
• Be both independent and able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Certification from the Joint Association for Occupational Health and Safety in the Construction Industry (ASP Construction).
• Valid driver's license.

• RRSP with up to 5% employer matching
• Hybrid work model for corporate roles
• Employee stock ownership program
• Career growth through real development opportunities
• Transit pass reimbursement — get to work for free
• Minimum 4 weeks of vacation from day one

For the past four years, we've proudly held the distinction of being one of Canada's Top 100 Employers.

Pomerleau is a national leader in construction, delivering major projects across Canada. We believe in creating a workplace where people feel respected, supported, and empowered to grow. Our culture is built on collaboration, trust, and a shared commitment to doing great work. If this speaks to you, apply for this role or connect with one of our recruiters to learn how we can support you throughout the process.