Social Environment Professional

Type of position: Regular

An overview of your future role at BBA

The BBA team is looking for a professional with 5+ years of experience in social environment studies.

Your main responsibilities will include supporting departmental and business development and contributing to environmental studies (impact assessments, approval applications and sector reports) for projects in the industrial, energy (hydropower, wind and solar power, and biomass), mining and land-use planning sectors.

An overview of your mandates and responsibilities

- Coordinate BBA’s consulting services in stakeholder engagement and communication (draft consulting reports)

- Coordinate and deliver the social environment component of environmental studies

- Collect and analyze socio-economic data (perform surveys and interviews with local and Indigenous communities; study and describe demographics, economic activities, infrastructure, land allocations, land use and occupancy)

- Perform land-use and occupancy surveys

- Identify a project's socio-economic challenges, assess its impact on the social environment and propose mitigation measures

- Develop and implement market strategies with the manager and other key corporate leaders to grow the Environment group

- Develop ties with other BBA departments and offices

- Manage and lead all steps required to deliver projects

- Develop realistic and achievable budgets and schedules

- Attend internal team meetings and external meetings with stakeholders or subcontractors

- Ensure deadlines and budgets are met and notify the senior manager promptly to renegotiate, where necessary

- Maintain effective communication within the team and ensure team members deliver and present timely, accurate, appropriate and well-analyzed reports

Do your qualities and values match our corporate culture?

- Results-driven

- Inspirational leadership

- Willingness to work together while having fun

- Desire to be in the thick of the action

Summary of certifications and job requirements

- Bachelor's degree in anthropology, sociology or equivalent – e.g., geography, land use planning (Master's degree, an asset)

- At least five years of relevant experience in performing social studies or in land use planning (experience with First Nations and in the fields of energy, heavy industry and mining, an asset)

- Strong technical and theoretical knowledge of legislation, regulations, permit applications, environmental impact assessments, stakeholder consultation, communication and report writing

- Ability to recognize and understand the social and economic complexities of project impacts

- Experience preparing budgets, estimates and schedules

- Advanced English skills to facilitate collaboration with other BBA offices and/or clients located in English-speaking Canadian provinces and abroad

- Advanced French skills to collaborate effectively with BBA offices and/or clients within Québec

- Available for short-term work assignments at client sites

An overview of BBA’s total rewards

- Annual base salary

- Annual premium program for regular employees

- Onsite mobility premium

- Access to a time bank

- Cellphone program

- Group insurance plan from day one, including short-term and long-term disability insurance and a telemedicine program

- Retirement savings plan

- Vacation and sick leave

- Premium offered through the Employee Referral program

BBA considers many factors when determining the annual base salary, including market, education, relevant and demonstrated work experience, technical assessment, qualifications, certifications and other relevant skills.

At BBA, you get many benefits

- A vibrant social club with something for everyone

- Access to many experts and coaching

- A collaborative team that shares its ideas and knowledge

- Custom training and development plans

- Participation in innovation projects

About BBA

For over 40 years, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of engineering to serve our clients in the Energy and Natural Resources sector. At BBA, we develop innovative, flexible and sustainable solutions, from strategy to execution.

BBA is one of Canada’s leading private consulting engineering firms, focused on practice (PCB), with a network of 18 offices. Our teams work closely to deliver projects that shape tomorrow’s industry at the local, national and international levels.

Our people’s passion and excellence make BBA a Canada’s Best Employer and one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.

We have unique talents, and we’re committed to providing a workplace where you can be yourself. Job postings are written in gender-neutral language.

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