Environmental Planner

**Environmental Planner**:
**Job ID**:

- 230728

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Transportation

**Division**:

- Transportation Infrastructure Management Division, Design and Engineering Branch, Environmental Delivery

**City**:

- North Bay

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Temporary up to 18 months

**Job code**:

- 12093 - Trans Environmental Planner

**Salary**:

- $1,505.15 - $1,892.69 Per week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
- Bring your environmental planning, technical and project management skills to the Ministry of Transportation as an Environmental Planner.**About the job**: In this role you will:

- lead and/or coordinate the overall environmental component of transportation planning, design, construction and maintenance projects and ensure conformance with environmental legislation, policies and procedures
- participate as the environmental expert on transportation project teams and provide environmental and process expertise to project managers including advice on the environmental assessment process
- provide advanced technical expertise and advice regarding Ontario's flora and fauna, assessment of environmental impacts of transportation projects and mitigation recommendations, and compliance with environmental legislation including authorizations to complete work
- provide environmental expertise and input into development and updating of internal environmental policies and guidelines through participation in provincial working groups
- provide technical expertise and advice to management to support decision-making through development of briefing materials and delivery of presentations
- develop and deliver training to staff
- engage and consult with Indigenous communities, stakeholders, regulatory agencies and the public through correspondence and participation in meetings, including those which deal with controversial issues
- evaluate the work of service providers including evaluation of technical proposals, review of environmental deliverables including technical reports, and input into performance appraisals

NOTE: You will be required to travel to areas not accessible by public transit.**What you bring to the team**:
**Environmental Knowledge**: Environmental Knowledge
- education and/or experience in a related environmental field
- you have demonstrated knowledge of current principles and practices for environmental assessment and protection in Ontario and related environmental legislation, regulations and policies
- you have advanced technical knowledge and experience working with Ontario's flora and fauna

**Transportation Planning Knowledge**:

- you have knowledge of transportation planning and design and the federal and provincial environmental approvals, permits and agreements that may be necessary to proceed to facility construction
- you have demonstrated knowledge in identifying impacts associated with facility type, location or design alternatives and their impacts on construction, operation and maintenance
- you have demonstrated experience in incorporating environmental avoidance, mitigation, compensation and enhancement into transportation planning, design, construction and maintenance

**Analytical and Organizational Skills**:

- you have analytical, evaluative, problem-solving and interpretive skills to provide advanced technical advice regarding environmental assessments and to resolve complex issues
- you have planning, organizational and project management skills to carry out multiple complex assignments on tight schedules with competing priorities under mínimal supervision

**Communication and Interpersonal Skills**:

- you have excellent oral and written communication skills to prepare correspondence and reports, explain technical information and make presentations.
- you have excellent interpersonal skills and negotiation skills to undertake public and agency consultation, participate on multidisciplinary teams, and to build and maintain effective working relationships.**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

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