Principal Technical Consultant, Senior Hydrogeologist

If youre ready to shape the future of integrated water management across Canada and help guide major capital projects with strategic influence this role offers the platform youve earned. Join a highperforming team where your expertise drives decisions strengthens client partnerships and elevates ERMs national and global technical capabilities.

Why This Role Matters

ERM is expanding its hydrogeology practice across Canada and your leadership will be pivotal in delivering complex highvisibility waterrelated environmental assessment and permitting projects. As a Principal Technical Consultant Senior Hydrogeologist you will integrate hydrology hydrogeology geochemistry aquatics and toxicology to deliver sophisticated field investigations assessments and modelling that clients trust for their most critical decisions.

Based in Calgary and reporting to ERMs Technical Director you will leverage your industry relationships technical leadership and business acumen to strengthen ERMs profile grow our hydrogeology practice and serve as a strategic advisor to key clients.

What Your Impact Is

• Lead technical execution for major environmental assessments and permitting programs tied to largescale capital developments.

• Serve as a trusted client advisorstrengthening longterm relationships and expanding ERMs market presence through excellence in delivery and strategic guidance.

• Mentor develop and inspire a growing hydrogeology technical team.

• Drive innovation and integrated water solutions by collaborating with ERMs global network of water resources experts.

• Contribute toand help shapethe future of ERMs environmental impact assessment permitting risk assessment and water resources management services.

What Youll Bring

Required

• Bachelors degree in earth science environmental engineering or related field.

• Registered professional in a Canadian jurisdiction and eligible to sign reports in Alberta and British Columbia.

• 6 years of consulting experience in physical and contaminant hydrogeology including groundwater impact assessment groundwater resource management permitting aquifer management groundwater supply evaluation hydrogeochemistry and contaminant site assessment.

• Handson experience designing and executing hydrogeological field programs (monitoring wells drilling oversight groundwater sampling hydraulic testing including slug step and pumping tests).

• Strong analytical skills in hydrogeological data interpretation (aquifer properties sustainable yield inflows fate and transport).

• Ability to develop coherent defensible conceptual site models.

• Application of hydrogeology principles for mining oil & gas and industrial sites.

• Excellent technical writing skills with experience preparing complex reports and winning proposals and mentoring junior team members.

• Demonstrated ability to build client trust influence decisionmaking and deliver highquality outcomes.

• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks relevant to groundwater and mining sector permitting.

• Established reputation and credibility with clients and regulators.

• Collaborative mindset integrity and commitment to contributing to ERMs success as a global organization.

Preferred

• 8 years of consulting experience in physical and contaminant hydrogeology including groundwater impact assessment groundwater resource management permitting aquifer management groundwater supply evaluation hydrogeochemistry and contaminant site assessment.

• Experience with groundwater numerical modelling (MODFLOW FEFLOW).

• Experience hiring managing and developing technical teams.

• Demonstrated history of business development success including proposal strategy and client growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead hydrogeologist for technical execution of environmental assessments and permitting programs for major capital projects.

• Delegate work manage project performance and provide senior technical review to ensure delivery meets scope budget schedule and quality expectations.

• Lead mentor hire and inspire hydrogeology team members to support longterm team success.

• Advance ERMs integrated water management and hydrogeology services in Canada; act as a core member of the national water resources practice.

• Leverage existing client relationships and develop new ones to grow ERMs market share through excellence in delivery and business development.

• Identify and pursue new opportunities; prepare highquality technical proposals and participate in clientfacing growth initiatives.

• Engage in ERMs global water resources technical community collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across the organization to execute complex projects.

Note:Bonuses commissions and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

Who We Are:

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy we partner with the worlds leading organizations creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental health safety risk and social issues. We call this capability our boots to boardroom approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter.

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