Research Associate Project Manager Jobs in Hamilton, ON

R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited (Burnside) is seeking an Intermediate to Senior Air Specialist to join our established Air & Noise Group. This role can be based out of any of our Ontario offices and reports to the Manager, Air & Noise.

We welcome applications from professionals with 6+ years of relevant experience in air quality consulting in Ontario.

Our Air & Noise Group includes chemical engineers, environmental scientists, and technicians with backgrounds in chemistry and physics. The team supports a wide range of projects for municipal, private sector, and Indigenous clients across land development, industrial, and transportation sectors.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this role, you’ll take a lead technical position on air quality assessments, contributing to projects from analysis through to regulatory submission and review. Your work will include:

• Preparing Air Quality Impact Assessments for submission to the MECP in support of Environmental Assessments (EAs), Environmental Compliance Approvals (ECAs), Environmental Activity and Sector Registries (EASRs), and land use compatibility reviews for municipalities
• Collecting required field or background information, or directing and overseeing other staff in data collection
• Completing technical calculations, interpreting results, and confidently defending report conclusions
• Building and running dispersion and noise models using AERMOD and Excel-based tools
• Providing peer review services to municipalities for air quality studies
• Troubleshooting construction monitoring equipment and reviewing monitoring data and reports
• Collaborating with colleagues across disciplines and contributing to a high-performing technical team
• Supporting additional project or team needs as required

What You’ll Bring

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring strong technical expertise, sound judgment, and a collaborative mindset.

 Required qualifications and experience:

• A degree in Chemistry (Air Quality) or a related scientific or engineering discipline
• Minimum 6 years of experience in air quality consulting in Ontario
• In-depth knowledge of O. Reg. 419/05 and how this regulation is applied in practice
• Strong attention to detail and a personal standard for producing high-quality technical deliverables
• Solid mathematical aptitude and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary consulting environment

 Preferred attributes:

• Well-developed problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work effectively in a collegial, team-based environment across disciplines

Salary Range: $80,000 - $100,000

The final compensation offered will be based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, internal equity, and market conditions.

Position Type: Vacancy

Why Choose Burnside?

Are you interested in working for an employer with a 5-decade track record of building a great reputation both internally with their staff and externally with their clients? The Burnside team is a supportive group of colleagues that work together to provide value and service to our clients, while extending care to each other. We know that our employees are our greatest asset, and thus we strive to provide a positive work/life balance.

We offer:

• A collaborative culture where friendship, honesty and respect are part of our core values and practices
• Flexible working hours, including hybrid working opportunities
• A competitive compensation and benefits package
• RRSP company matching plan
• Career growth and professional development opportunities
• Potential for performance-driven bonusing
• Active social committees
• A welcoming, positive, and inclusive work environment

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to valuing diversity in the workplace, and we welcome resumes from all qualified candidates. Burnside will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the entire recruitment, assessment, and selection process, as required.  If you are a person with a disability and require an accommodation during these processes, please contact our Human Resources department.

Company Profile – More about us:

Founded in 1970, R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited is a growing values-driven Canadian employee-owned, led and operated Civil and Environmental Engineering Consulting Firm with over 450 professional, technical and support staff. Our consistent commitment towards investing in technology advancements and training, in addition to encouraging and promoting professional development, has enabled our firm to meet our ongoing and stated goal of continual improvement.

We actively seek to develop relationships with a broad and diversified client base in the Public, Private and Indigenous sectors. We work on a variety of projects throughout Canada, with 12 office locations (11 in Ontario and one in Manitoba).

Burnside has expertise in many technical disciplines beyond our core civil engineering focus including   air and noise, asset management, bridges & culverts, building sciences, environmental planning and ecology, GIS, hydrogeology, land development, landscape architecture, municipal engineering, municipal drainage, solid waste, stormwater management, structures, traffic, transportation planning and design, water and wastewater and well drilling & diagnostics.

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