Environmental Risk Assessor

SLR Consulting (Canada) is a team of more than 800+ advisory, environmental, engineering, and regulatory professionals working across 18 offices nationwide. By integrating advisory services with over 30 technical environmental and engineering disciplines, we help clients navigate complex environmental challenges and advance their sustainability goals.

At SLR, our work supports better environmental outcomes for communities, ecosystems, and industry. Together with our clients, we are committed to Making Sustainability Happen.

As our newest Environmental Risk Assessor, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Working within our national Risk Assessment and Toxicology team, you will work on contaminated sites projects and gain valuable provincial and federal regulatory experience. You will build skills and proficiencies working with clients and regulators to develop technical scopes of work, prepare proposals, and manage and deliver projects.

This role offers exceptional opportunities for professional growth, providing the chance to work on projects from coast to coast and collaborate with experienced teams across North America, all while gaining exposure to a wide range of regulatory frameworks, environmental challenges, and consulting practices.

Working on complex, multidisciplinary projects across sectors such as mining, oil and gas, land development, and federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal jurisdictions will allow you to continually deepen your technical expertise.

You’ll also gain valuable experience navigating emerging contaminants and engaging with diverse stakeholders, including regulators, Indigenous communities, industry partners, and the general public. This variety will not only strengthen your technical foundation but also accelerate your development as a well‑rounded environmental professional capable of leading in dynamic and evolving practice areas.

Our team is passionate about delivering high-quality work and building strong client relationships. We are looking for someone who shares this mindset and brings strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic consulting environment. Success in this role will require flexibility, independence, and a commitment to delivering high-quality technical work.

Specific Responsibilities Will Include

• Engage in project planning, implementation, analysis and reporting for human health and ecological risk assessments, risk management plans, performance verification plans, etc. under various provincial, territorial, and federal frameworks
• Evaluation of tissue and toxicity data in support of detailed human and ecological risk assessment evaluations
• Evaluation of site physical attributes, receptor exposure assumptions and toxicity information and completion of exposure and risk models
• Preparation of site-specific conceptual site models through the consolidation and interpretation of field and analytical data
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to prepare high-quality technical reports and effectively communicate findings to clients, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to proposal writing and provide technical support to projects led by other disciplines, such as site assessment and ecology.
• Mentor and support junior staff, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Maintain adherence to quality standards and applicable regulatory requirements.

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

What You Can Expect

• Meaningful project work supporting complex environmental challenges across Canada
• Opportunities to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across more than 30 environmental and engineering disciplines
• Support for technical specialization, career development, and leadership growth
• A collaborative culture where knowledge sharing and mentorship are encouraged

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, vacation, RRSP and a suite of wellness initiatives.
• Salary range: $75,000 – $115,000. Final agreed-upon compensation will reflect education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location
• 37.5 hour work week, permanent full-time position.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in biology, toxicology, chemistry, or related scientific field
• 5- 10+ years of experience in preparation of human health and/or ecological risk assessments
• Working knowledge of both human health and ecological risk assessment
• Demonstrated analytical, data management, and spreadsheet development skills
• Familiarity with interpreting biological and toxicological studies (e.g., benthic community assessments, toxicity tests etc.) is an asset
• Professional registration (i.e., P. Bio., P. Ag.. P.Chem.) or ability to obtain registration
• Valid driver’s license and ability to occasionally travel to sites/clients

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.