Climate Change Professional

Overview

Do you have career goals that include helping clients identify, assess and understand the range of growing risks and impacts resulting from climate change? Have climate impacts to the natural and built environment motivated you to help find solutions to reduce climate impacts and risks in your community? If yes, and you are someone with developing leadership and technical capabilities who enjoys building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment, then our Climate Resilience Team has an opportunity for you!

Our team currently has an opportunity for a trusted partner and a problem solver to join our specialists on our Climate Resilience Team.  If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment, while experiencing strong guidance and mentorship from recognised climate change experts and specialists on the Dillon Team.

Your opportunity

Dillon’s Environmental Sciences group is looking for an Engineer, Environmental Scientist, or Professional Planner to lead our team of climate change resilience professionals in the delivery of climate change vulnerability assessments, climate risk management plans and climate change strategy development.

At Dillon, we operate as one team. Although this position is ideally situated at our Ontario (Toronto, Guelph, Kitchener, Chatham, Windsor, Hamilton, London, Oakville, Ottawa) or Winnipeg offices; alternate geographies will be considered for the right candidate. We offer flexible work hours and remote working options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

Responsibilities

What your day could look like

Team Leadership Activities

1. Develop and implement an annual plan for your team to aid in the sustainable success and successful growth of the team.
2. Coordinate and execute workflow planning to contribute to group resource planning.
3. Manage capacity of operating team to meet business needs, including the addition of

capacity hires into the team and skill development.

4. Coordinate with advisers and support the career development of all team members.

Technical Activities

1. Support our clients in achieving their sustainability goals through collaboration.
2. Manage and assist other project managers on technical projects related to; climate change risk and vulnerability assessments, adaptation plans including climate data analysis, infrastructure condition assessment, stakeholder engagement, technical report writing, and contributions to development of climate change capacity-building training content for client groups.
3. Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members including climatologists, meteorologists, engineers, planners, scientists, and technical support staff.
4. Contribute to business development activities including client needs, research, preparation of project proposals, and presentations.

Learning and Development

1. Develop and implement an annual plan for your team to aid in the sustainable success and successful growth of the team.
2. Coordinate and execute workflow planning to contribute to group resource planning.
3. Actively participate in the career development of peers and junior staff including providing technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring.

Contributions to Dillon's corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.

Qualifications

What you will need to succeed

1. A degree in engineering, environmental science, or related and equivalent education/training.
2. Sustained success and experience in the delivery of climate change vulnerability assessments, climate risk management plans and climate change strategy development.
3. Openness and willingness to learn new skills and a personal commitment to continuous development.
4. Ability to view problems/projects from a systems thinking perspective – from high level to a detailed approach.

Experience

1. Demonstrated success in project management and client relationship skills.
2. Proven success in team management and leadership of a team for sustainable success.
3. Proven ability to work with clients in understanding their needs and developing a unique approach to supporting them achieve their goals.
4. Knowledge of global climate models and climate change data analysis.
5. Familiarity with principles of statistical analyses, basic risk and climate resilience assessment approaches (any of ISO 31000, PIEVC, Infrastructure Canada’s Climate Lens Resilience Assessment Guidance, etc.).
6. Understanding of engineering design, tendering, and contract administration.
7. Strong ability to identify, review and synthesize key findings in scientific and engineering literature, reports, other relevant publications to client audiences and project teams.
8. Familiarity with project coordination and project management for engineering projects considered an asset.

Why choose Dillon

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

We live our core values:

• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.

In addition, we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan

• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees

• A competitive compensation package

• Comprehensive health benefits

• Generous retirement savings plan

• Flexible work hours and remote working options

• We offer a variety of flexible work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life

• Early Career Development (ECD) program

• We are committed to developing the skills and knowledge of our people at every stage of their career. The ECD program is designed to accelerate the development of successful consulting careers of new graduates. The program focuses on a mix of skills and behaviours that align with technical, consulting, clients, business acumen, and early leadership

• Focus on Innovation

• The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance

• Employee and Family Assistance program

• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees

About Dillon

Dillon is a proudly Canadian, employee-owned, professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed, collaborative, and inventive solutions to complex, multi-faceted projects. With over 20 offices and more than 1000 employees across Canada, Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years, we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the past 14 years and has the distinction of having achieved Platinum Club member status in this program.

Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon:

Dillon is committed to the principles of employment equity, inclusiveness, and diversity within our organization. We strive to achieve a workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities and that respects and values differences.

Inclusion is more than a word to us, it is the way we choose to run our business.

We encourage you to connect with us at accommodation@dillon.ca if you require accommodation in the interview process.

We would love to hear from you!