Senior Socioeconomic Specialist

Western Canada

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The Opportunity:

Worley Consulting is a leading provider of Environment and Society (E&S) services in Canada. The E&S Service Line is a vibrant and growing team covering: Planning, Monitoring, & Management (including marine, atmospherics, terrestrial, and aquatic sciences); Society, Governance, & Engagement; and Regulatory Approvals, Permits & Compliance. We provide a full range of environmental services with a strong reputation for technical excellence, innovation, and quality of work within small project consulting and strategic advisory assignments through to large project engineering and construction management delivery. We pride ourselves on the integration of our E&S specialists with our engineering, construction management and project delivery teams.Our aim is to recruit, develop, and most importantly, retain the people who share our vision and strategy.

Within Canada, our Advisian E&S staff also work with our three Canadian JV Indigenous businesses:

Mikisew Advisian Environmental (MAE): MAE is a limited partnership of Worley Group and the Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) in Alberta, operating with a mandate to provide environmental consulting services (including water, geosciences, and regulatory support) within the Athabasca region.

Nu Nenne Advisian Environmental: Nu Nenne Advisian Environmental is a limited partnership of Worley Group and the Cold Lake First Nation (CFLN) in Alberta, operating with a mandate to provide environmental consulting services (including water, geosciences, and regulatory support) within the Cold Lake region.

Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Reclamation Services (TRS) Advisian: TRS Advisian is a limited partnership of Worley Group and the Norman Wells Land Corporation (NWLC) in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories.

We have a challenging opportunity for a full-time Senior Socioeconomic Specialist to join our dynamic team in North America West working out of one of our offices in Western Canada (Edmonton, Calgary, or Vancouver). We are committed to finding the ideal Candidate and are willing to consider remote locations within Canada that can work in pacific or mountain standard time zones. Our ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in socio-economics obtained through previous consulting experience or an academic setting and familiar with federal/provincial/municipal environmental assessments, permits, licenses and approvals for large projects.

Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities: 

The Senior Socioeconomic Specialist reports to the Society, Governance, and Engagement Practice Lead within the US & Advisian Americas Environment and Society Service Line.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

·Conducting baseline socio-economic studies, including desktop research, surveys, interviews, analyzing and interpretation of socio-economic data

·Preparing the assessment of project impacts on the socio-economic environment, including consideration of regional and local economies, community services and infrastructure, land use and recreation, and community well-being and safety.

·Preparation of work plans, project deliverables, and budgeting to support proposal preparation and other business development activities

·Collaborating with technical and professional staff across the company in completing assignments.

·Manages the coordination, organization, and delivery of socio-cultural research programs and related community engagement

·Participates in the development of socio-economic mitigation and enhancement measures and management and monitoring plans

·Quality assurance – responsible for working within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance system relevant to the Environment & Society Practice 

·Responsible for personal safety and the safe working practices to keep project teams safe and understand and follow Worley occupational health and safety procedures. 

·Travel as required for various field programs and meetings.

·Remaining up to date on regulatory changes and advising project staff and clients regarding these changes as the relate to socio-economic requirements.

·Preference will be given to candidates residing in the geographical locations in Western Canadian Provinces: The provinces include: British Columbia and Alberta.