Senior Environmental Planner

About Avaanz

We are Avaanz, part of SLR Consulting (Canada), an 800+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

• Work with our team on significant power, renewable energy, and mining projects.
• Conduct environmental and socio-economic research, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Design and implement stakeholder/community engagement and communications plans and programs involving various communities (Indigenous and non‑Indigenous), private sector companies, governments, and non‑governmental groups across Canada.
• Write project proposals.
• Manage projects and project teams.
• Work collaboratively with teams of environmental and social scientists and planners on multi‑disciplinary impact assessments and strategic planning and policy development assignments.
• Apply creative and critical thinking skills.
• Review and edit others’ work and contribute to a supportive mentoring environment.
• Efficiently balance a number of projects concurrently.
• Travel within Canada for client meetings and field research as needed.
• Understand Indigenous communities in Canada, with demonstrated lived, work, or educational experience.
• Be a strong team player with a willingness to learn, mentor, and share.

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.

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives.
• The salary range for this position is $95,000–$120,000. Final agreed‑upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• Full‑time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

• Post‑secondary degree specializing in a related technical environmental discipline (environmental science or engineering, ecology, environmental law/policy).
• 10+ years of experience in environmental consulting (experience in power/renewables/mining preferred).
• Team player with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong technical writing skills, with an ability to synthesize technical information and develop plain language summaries.
• Understanding of Indigenous communities in Canada, with demonstrated lived, work, or educational experience.
• Understanding of municipal, provincial, and federal environmental regulatory and permitting requirements.
• Experience in a similar role in an environmental consulting environment is considered an asset.
• Understanding of international environmental and social impact assessment standards, guidelines and processes is an asset.
• Ability to travel within Canada periodically, as required (up to 10% of the time).

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Artificial intelligence is not being used to screen, assess, or select applicants.

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 2

SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.