Environmental Regulatory Specialist

WHO IS TRINITY CONSULTANTS CANADA LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for a dedicated and diligent Environmental Regulatory Specialist to join the Trinity Consultants Canada team. We will provide an opportunity to join a team of experienced and skilled professionals who thrive on innovation, collaboration, and integrity. While working alongside experts in your field, we will support your career goals by providing great opportunities for growth and advancement through mentorship, training, and other professional development opportunities.

Location: British Columbia, Canada

Employment Type: Full-Time

Trinity Consultants Canada is a leading environmental consultancy that brings together trusted advisors, scientists and engineers to help clients solve their most complex challenges. With local trust and global expertise, the Water & Ecology team applies the highest standards of scientific excellence and technical precision to help industry, Government and indigenous Communities secure project permits and approvals, meet regulatory requirements with confidence, and achieve better environmental outcomes.

With over 200 employees across 6 provinces, with 20 Canadian offices, the Water & Ecology team has made the environment its life’s work, as reflected by their mission statement:

We provide trusted environmental services, delivering preeminent water and ecology solutions to clients and communities, through our commitment to scientific excellence, environmental integrity, innovation, and our people.

To achieve our mission, our team is the embodiment of our guiding principles:

• Scientific Excellence: Delivering clear, evidence-based solutions through rigorous, innovative, and reliable scientific excellence.
• Professional Integrity & Environmental Ethics: Upholding integrity and ethics to guide responsible, transparent decisions that benefit both society and the environment.
• Business Discipline: Driving success through careful planning, collaboration, and disciplined execution to deliver quality on time and on budget.
• Development of Successful Individuals & Teams: Empowering people and teams to thrive through trust, inclusion, mentorship, and a culture of continuous growth and excellence.
• Community Engagement: Partnering with communities through science, respect, and shared values to support local initiatives and environmental well-being.

The Environmental Regulatory Specialist role will require you to bring a high standard of strategic thinking to your daily work. These responsibilities will include:

• Providing strategic regulatory advice to proponents and technical teams during all stages of the project life cycle, including planning and feasibility studies, EA, post-EA permitting and compliance.
• Coordinating and integrating inputs from multi-disciplinary technical teams (e.g., fisheries, wildlife, vegetation, air quality, water quality) to support environmental assessments, permit applications, and management plans.
• Leading or supporting the development of EA and permitting related applications and reports, including drafting of text, reviewing and editing of technical content, and ensuring overall consistency, clarity, and regulatory alignment.
• Leading or supporting development of environmental management plans to address EA conditions and permit requirements.
• Leading or supporting development of permit applications, primarily in British Columbia as well as other Canadian jurisdictions across a wide range of clients and sectors (e.g., infrastructure, mining, transportation, provincial, federal and First Nations governments), in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Managing communication and coordination between proponents, engineers, environmental teams, regulatory agencies, and working groups.

We are seeking a motivated professional with a strong foundation in environmental science and regulatory processes, who is comfortable working across disciplines and adapting to a range of project needs.

• 5+ years of experience in environmental assessment, permitting, or regulatory…