About This Role
This new position involves assisting in all aspects of environmental projects, including field preparation, subcontractor coordination, and report preparation. The successful candidate will support engineers and scientists in carrying out environmental site assessments, with field work being an integral component of the role.
Responsibilities
- Support environmental site assessments and monitoring programs by applying basic scientific principles, established methods, and standard operating procedures
- Conduct groundwater monitoring and sampling activities, including purging and collecting groundwater samples from monitoring wells using low-flow sampling equipment and field instrumentation
- Collect, record, and organize environmental field data and observations in accordance with established procedures and project requirements
- Assist with drilling oversight activities, including oversight of subcontractors, ground disturbance procedures, soil logging and sampling, and monitoring well installation
- Maintain high-quality field documentation, including preparing organized, detailed field notes, recording observations, and completing daily reports and logs accurately
- Contribute to health and safety planning and execution, including participation in field gate/field safety meetings, recognizing hazards, implementing safe work practices, and supporting subcontractor oversight in the field
- Compile and enter field and laboratory data, including conducting basic data analysis and comparisons to applicable regulatory guidelines under direction from senior staff
- Assist with subcontractor coordination, field preparation (equipment readiness, calibration, and logistics), and site mobilization/demobilization
- Draft technical deliverables (tables, figures, and sections of reports) using standard office software
- Support senior engineers and scientists in interpreting data and preparing comprehensive summary reports
- Communicate effectively with internal project teams, escalating issues promptly, contributing to team-based problem solving on well-structured assignments
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline
- Willingness and ability to perform extensive fieldwork, including working outdoors in varied weather conditions and travelling to project sites within Ontario
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail
Important Details
- Start date: January or May 2027
About the Company
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. The company has over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers, and other professionals.
