Risk Assessor
SLR Consulting
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Ottawa • 🇨🇦 Canada
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💰 CA$75,000 - CA$110,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develop and deliver human health and ecological risk assessments, impact assessments, risk management plans, performance verification plans, etc. in accordance with provincial, territorial, and federal regulatory frameworks
- Support proposal development, including contributing to project scoping, planning, and budgeting activities
- Evaluate site-specific physical characteristics, environmental data, receptor exposure assumptions, and toxicity information to inform the development of exposure and risk models
- Prepare detailed conceptual site models by consolidating and interpreting field data, laboratory results, and other relevant site and receptor information
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to prepare high-quality technical reports and effectively communicate findings to clients, regulators, and other stakeholders
- Contribute to proposal writing and provide technical support to projects led by other disciplines, such as site assessment and ecology
- Mentor and support junior staff, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing within the team
Requirements
- Graduate degree in biology, toxicology, chemistry, soil science, geoscience, or related scientific field
- 5 to 8+ years of experience in preparing high-quality human health and/or ecological risk assessments
- Hands-on experience in environmental data collection and evaluation, including the design and implementation of community surveys
- Strong analytical skills, with demonstrated proficiency in data management, spreadsheet development, and automation
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience contributing to project management tasks such as scope development, budgeting, and supporting proposals
- Working knowledge of biological and toxicological studies (e.g., benthic community assessments, toxicity tests etc.), an asset
- Experience with risk assessments under O.Reg. 153/04, an asset
- Experience with soil vapour and indoor air quality assessments at contaminated sites, an asset
- Valid driver’s license and willingness to occasionally travel to sites/clients
- Membership or eligibility for membership in a professional organization (e.g., R.P.Bio., P.Geo., P.Eng., P.Ag., CSAP, or QPRA).
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits, vacation, RRSP and a suite of wellness initiatives.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
human health risk assessmentsecological risk assessmentsimpact assessmentsrisk management plansperformance verification plansenvironmental data collectiondata managementspreadsheet developmentrisk assessments under O.Reg. 153/04soil vapour assessments
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsmentoringcollaborationproject managementproposal writingbudgetingtechnical supportknowledge sharingteamwork
Certifications
R.P.Bio.P.Geo.P.Eng.P.Ag.CSAPQPRA