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WSP

Plans and designs infrastructure projects

Senior Environmental Consultant in Surface Water and Permitting

Environmental EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university-level academic degree in natural science, limnology, or civil engineering in environmental and water engineering, or equivalent, with good knowledge of environmental matters.
  • Experience in one or more areas related to permitting for aquatic environments, such as consultation and environmental impact assessments, restoration of watercourses or wetlands, recipient assessment, water engineering, environmental law, or hydraulics.
  • Ability to express oneself well in spoken and written Swedish.
  • English language skills are meritorious for collaboration across national borders.

Responsibilities

  • Work with environmental impact assessments and permitting, including Chapter 11 reviews and reconsiderations for hydropower.
  • Carry out measures and surveys in watercourses and lakes, including nature-value inventories, biotope mapping, sediment investigations, water quality standards assessments, and work related to harbors and submarine cables.
  • Lead and drive projects and coordinate the involved expertise, including technical consultants in electrical power, water engineering, and hydraulics.
  • Share expertise as part of the work and contribute to shared technical development.
  • Lead projects with support from project consultants, as well as independently.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of several competence areas related to permitting for aquatic environments.
  • Participation in court proceedings.
  • Good knowledge of hydropower and its challenges under the national plan, and experience working with issues hydropower must address.
  • Experience from consulting, the hydropower industry, the Swedish Energy Companies association, or authorities such as the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.
  • English language skills for collaboration across national borders.

About the Company

WSP

Plans and designs infrastructure projects

WSP is an engineering and science consultancy that helps governments and businesses plan, design, and manage infrastructure. Its teams work on transport networks, buildings, water systems, power facilities, and environmental projects, combining engineers with scientists, planners, and technical advisers. Services include feasibility studies, detailed design, environmental assessments, and project management, with specialists supporting assets through construction and operation. Clients pay through contracts priced by staff time, agreed project fees, or a share of project costs. Genivar reorganized as WSP Global in 2014, and the group is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Founded
1959

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