Senior Environmental Coordinator - BC Hydro (3 Positions)

Job Title: Senior Environmental Coordinator
Job Number: 555807
Number of Positions: 3
Category: Safety, Health and Environment
City: Burnaby, B.C.
Closing Date: Jan 14, 2008
Website: https://wwe1.bchydro.com/csbsites/bchydro/JobDescription.asp?JobNumber=555807&?SuperCategoryCode=14201

Your passion lies in making a difference. By moving beyond the
expected, you help make our world a better place. These are values BC
Hydro respects and seeks out in employees. As the demand for
electricity grows, so does the need for more bright minds to join BC
Hydro.

DUTIES: The successful candidate:

* Leads the development, coordination and/or implementation of
environmental or socio-economic investigations
* Initiates, plans and implements multi-disciplinary studies of
impacts and environmental protection measures by developing terms of reference, selecting consultants, monitoring progress, administering contractual arrangements and reviewing overall results
* Ensures project team, technical working groups, First Nations,
regulatory and government agencies and in house functional specialists are consulted with and have input to impact assessments and study design
* Provides technical recommendations for use in project planning
and design, at public meetings and in public consultation
* Provides recommendations on environmental and socio-economic
matters having a bearing on project policy
* Participates in discussions and negotiations with regulatory
agencies regarding terms of reference for studies, acceptance of reports and development of mitigation and compensation programs
* Maintains liaison with regulatory agencies, First Nations,
stakeholder groups and the public regarding environmental impacts and mitigation and compensation proposals of the project
* Prepares technical and status reports, administers budgets,
controls schedules and reviews reports prepared by others for technical content and appropriateness
* Provides technical direction over subordinate and assigned
study/project staff
* Participates on stakeholder committees addressing various
environmental issues
* Will involve senior co-ordination of a number of environmental
components of generation capital projects
* Provides broad technical knowledge of environmental and natural
resource disciplines

QUALIFICATIONS: The successful candidate will have:

* A university degree in life and physical sciences,
socio-economics or equivalent
* A minimum of eight to ten years experience in the conduct of
investigative environmental studies and socioeconomic assessments, including the coordination of multi-disciplinary teams
* The ability to develop, coordinate and implement environmental
and socio-economic investigations leading to environmental impact assessments and environmental protection plans
* Strong knowledge of Federal and Provincial Environmental
Assessment legislation, processes and issues
* Working knowledge of the project management function including
planning, scheduling, and financial and resource management
* General knowledge of the electrical utility industry
* Working knowledge of design and operating characteristics of
plants
* Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
* Sound analytical, organizational, multi-tasking and time
management skills.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

* Three senior environmental coordinators are required, one in
each of the disciplines of fisheries and aquatics, wildlife and land resources, and socio-economics to lead these discipline portfolios for consultations related to large hydroelectric projects

Interested candidates should submit their applications online by January 14, 2008.