Environmental Lead – Soils and Contamination in Toronto

The Primary Construction Team consists of ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada Inc. (ACCIONA) and Amico Major Projects Inc. (Amico), as Trillium Guideway Partners (TGP).

The Ontario Line (“OL”) is a fully integrated, stand‑alone, rapid transit system that connects Ontario Science Centre to the Exhibition and Ontario Place grounds. The Northern Civil, Stations and Tunnel (“NC”) project consists of approximately 7 kms of underground subway and elevated guideway, with stations along the segment providing connections to surface bus and streetcar routes. The NC project has been divided into two main progressive design‑build contracts: (1) the Elevated Guideways and Stations Contract (“EGS”) and the Pape Tunnel and Underground Station Contract (“PTUS”), with supporting Early Works.

What is the Opportunity?

TGP’s Environmental Lead-Soils and Contamination is a strategic lead role within the TGP Environment Team reporting to the Environmental Manager. Core responsibilities focus on the development, implementation and management of TGP’s soils and contamination sampling and Environmental Site Assessment programs, excess soils management during construction and compliance under Ontario Regulation 153/04 and 406/19. With the support of a Qualified Person, the Environment Lead is accountable to the Environmental Manager for ensuring all soil and contamination requirements of Schedule 17 are being achieved and that required technical reporting and submittals are obtained, reviewed and provided to Contracting Authority as required by law and TGP’s environmental obligations. Additionally, the Environment Lead will coordinate with Qualified Persons and specialists to complete Phase 1 and Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessments compliant with both CSA and O.Reg requirements. As the Environmental Lead you will participate in field audits, quality non-conformance reporting (NCR) processes and work collaboratively with Environmental Inspectors on the implementation of preventative and corrective actions supporting continual improvement of field programs consistent with the requirements of ISO 14001:2015.

Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with third party Qualified Persons and contamination specialists to develop and implement project field sampling and assessment requirements.
• Coordinate the day-to-day activities of TGP’s soils and contamination sampling, including scheduling of works, forecasting completion dates and documentation submittal timelines.
• Input, review and validate SoilFloTM soil tracking software records.
• Completeness and technical review of Environmental Assessment and O.Reg 406/19 excess soil technical reports, including coordination of necessary revisions with applicable Qualified Persons.
• Development of soil and contamination trackers and dashboards.
• Support Construction Team in meeting schedule dates for commencement of excess soil exports and imports.
• Promptly provide advice and recommendations, as required, for improving environmental protection and correcting any inefficient practices and/or issues of non‑compliance.
• Effectively communicate and share information with various TGP Teams.
• Attend weekly and monthly meetings with the Environmental, Design and Construction Teams.
• Promote environmental awareness of the EMS and Schedule 17 environmental requirements.
• Support, on occasion, limited night or weekend works as may be required from time to time.
• Support the development of the presentation materials for the bi‑weekly Environmental Work Group meetings, including presenting materials as required.

Work Conditions: Office - North York Don Mills (50%) and Field (50%)

Qualifications:

• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated progressive experience related to field sampling and reporting for the management of excess soils and contamination.
• Completion of a degree in Environmental Science, Geology or a related field.
• Designation as a P.Geo, P.Eng or QP, desirable but overall experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated experience in excess soils management in accordance with O.Reg 406/19.
• Demonstrated experience in the implementation and management of Environmental Site Assessments under CSA, O. Reg 153/04 and O.Reg 406/19 standards.
• Experience in development and implementation of soils and contamination field sampling programs.

Please note that only candidates that meet requirements will be contacted. We are committed to creating an accessible and barrier‑free recruitment process and workplace. If you need any accommodation through the process, please email talentacquisition@tgp.build.