Highway Environmental Specialist

Role Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the environmental and regulatory aspects of complex highway and alternative delivery projects from planning through construction.
• Manage environmental assessments, approvals, and mitigation strategies to ensure compliance with federal, provincial, and municipal requirements.
• Provide expert advice on environmental regulations, standards, and emerging issues to support timely and cost-effective project delivery.
• Oversee environmental consultants, including procurement, contract administration, project scheduling, budget management, and deliverables.
• Review technical submissions and ensure project requirements meet regulatory and departmental standards.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regulators, Indigenous communities, government partners, municipalities, and other stakeholders through comprehensive consultation and engagement efforts.
• Negotiate and coordinate with regulatory agencies to secure approvals and resolve complex environmental issues.
• Manage the Alberta Wildlife Watch Program an animal-vehicle collision safety program.
  
  

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APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

• Systems Thinking: Considers the inter-relationships among different aspects of an approach and considers emerging trends when contributing ideas to the development of broader priorities, strategies, and approaches.
• Creative Problem Solving: Demonstrates the ability to analyze complex challenges, apply critical thinking, and develop innovative, data-driven solutions while collaborating effectively across teams to ensure compliance and transparency.
• Building Collaborative Environment: Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict.
• Agility: Identifies and manages required change and the associated risks.

Qualifications

Required:

• University degree in a related field (i.e., Biology, Agrology, Forestry) plus six (6) years of progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.
• Professional Biologist (P.Biol.) accreditation with the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists. Professional Agrologist (P.Ag.) with the Alberta Institute of Agrologists. 
• Registered Professional Forester (RPF) with the Association of Alberta Forest Management Professionals. 
• Class 5 drivers license or Canadian equivalent.
• A cover letter explaining your qualifications and suitability for this role should be attached with your application.
   

Equivalency: 

Directly related education or experience may be considered on the basis of:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.
   

Assets:

• Experience with environmental assessment of projects is required. Thorough understanding of federal and provincial legislation with a general understanding of municipal bylaws in order to efficiently navigate projects through complex regulatory requirements. 
• Experience with animal-vehicle collision mitigation and wildlife connectivity. 
• Six years of directly related experience such as the navigation of environmental regulatory processes for project delivery.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 
Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

Additional Position Details:

• Term of Employment: Permanent, Full-time position.
• Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Location: Edmonton.

Recruitment Process:

• Final candidates for this position will be asked to undergo pre-employment checks.
• Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies. 
• Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. 

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.
 

• Working for the Alberta Public Service 
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)  
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information 
• Professional learning and development
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool 
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.