Socio-Economic Environmental Planner

Introduction

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. Jacobs is currently looking to hire a dedicated Socio-Economic Environmental Planner , based out of Western Canada. This position offers the opportunity to support complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects while playing a key role in integrating social, economic and cultural data into environmental planning documents.

Job Responsibilities

As a member of our Environmental Solutions group, you will bring a combination of environmental planning and socio-economic expertise to support environmental assessments, permitting, and engagement efforts. You will work collaboratively across project teams to ensure socio-economic matters and perspectives are thoughtfully integrated into project planning and delivery as well as being a driver for consistency among client applications.

Key Responsibilities in Socio-Economic Environmental Planner Role :

• Coordinate and provide technical writing for environmental assessments and regulatory filings, including the integration of socio-economic components and Indigenous knowledge and values, where applicable.
• Support a variety of environmental planning and permitting tasks with multi-disciplinary teams for infrastructure projects in Canada.
• Understand regulatory requirements (e.g., BC Environmental Assessment Act, CER Filing Manual, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada) to support the socio-economic valued components of an impact assessments.
• Integrate project-specific data for the human environment components of applications (e.g., infrastructure and services, land and resource use, Gender based analyses, human health assessment, project revenue, economic analysis, etc.) into project deliverables throughout the project life cycle.
• Collaborate with internal teams and clients to develop applications and reports.
• Work with the Indigenous engagement teams to integrate indigenous interests into applications as appropriate.

Qualifications

To excel in this Socio-Economic Environmental Planner Job, you should have :

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