New Graduate, Environmental Technician

Job Description

Overview

Kickstart your career with our Odyssey Program!

Designed exclusively for recent graduates, Odyssey is more than a job -it’sa launchpad for your professional journey. Over the course of the program,you’llgain hands-on experience, personalized mentorship, and exposure to diverse projects that will challenge and inspire you.We’llequip you with the tools, training, and network you need to grow into a future leader. Ifyou’recurious, ambitious, and ready to make an impact from day one, Odyssey is your opportunity to turn potential into success.

Are you looking for a company that works on major engineering projects all over the world? Do you want to make a difference by improving the daily lives of communities worldwide? Are youseekingto join an inclusive and diverse team that you can truly count on?You’vecome to the right place!

Come join us in reshaping the future with AtkinsRéalis. AtkinsRéalis is dedicatedin engineeringa better future for our planet and its people.

Location –Edmonton

Your role

You will be working with the Site Assessment and Remediation team:

  • Work with Project Managers and project team members to meet client deliverables on time and on budget
  • Conduct local and remote field work on diverse sites while maintaining a strong focus on health, safety, environment, and community
  • Execute field programs, with appropriate training, including drilling investigations, soil and sediment sampling, groundwater and soil vapour monitoring and sampling, remedial excavations, and environmental monitoring
  • Coordinate and oversee contractors during field activities
  • Calibrate, operate, and maintain field instruments and equipment
  • Collect field data and prepare detailed documentation such as monitoring data, field notes, site sketches, photographs, and GPS data
  • Submit field data and prepare summaries for project team members

About you

  • New graduate with a college’s degree in Environment sciences, biology, agriculture, land-based sciences or similar (Graduation in 2027).
  • Excellent communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
  • Currently holds a Valid Canadian driver's license

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills andexpertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

Be rewarded. Find out more.

About AtkinsRéalis

We'reAtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people,dataand technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers,engineersand project managers, we can change the world.We'recommitted to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additionalinformation

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Click hereto find out more about Odyssey, our Canadian early career development program designed to help new graduates integrate into our corporate culture, build their internalnetworkand develop their full potential.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

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