Senior Project Coordinator – Solid Waste Management

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

AtkinsRéalis is experiencing significant growth in its Solid Waste Management practice across Canada. To support the expansion of our project portfolio and meet the growing demand for our engineering and advisory services, we are expanding our national team.

We deliver projects for municipalities, public and parapublic organizations, industrial and mining clients, as well as First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities across Canada, including urban, northern, remote and environmentally sensitive regions.

Flexible Location: We are open to candidates based in various regions across Canada, (BC, AB, ON, NB), offering flexibility while supporting collaboration with our national team.

• Structure assignments and clarify scope, responsibilities, interfaces, dependencies and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain work plans, schedules, budgets, and risk, decision, action and change logs.
• Coordinate technical, environmental, regulatory, operational and commercial inputs.
• Ensure the consistency, quality, traceability and timely delivery of studies, reports, drawings, specifications, estimates and permit packages.
• Facilitate kick‑off, coordination, review and decision meetings; issue clear records and follow through on commitments.
• Act as the central interface for clients, subconsultants, partners and regulators in collaboration with project managers and technical leads.
• Coordinate feasibility studies, alternatives analyses and technology assessments across waste‑management streams.
• Anticipate capacity, cost, schedule, quality, compliance, acceptance and constructability issues and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support the preparation and integration of ministerial and regulatory authorization applications.
• Contribute to proposals, methodologies, effort and fee estimates, and business development on demand.
• Coach less‑experienced resources and improve project‑delivery tools and practices.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, environment, project management or a related discipline; a professional engineering designation is a strong asset where required by the assignment.
• Project‑management training or certification is an asset.
• 10 to 15 years of relevant experience coordinating or delivering solid waste, environmental infrastructure or professional‑services projects.
• Experience with municipal, public, parapublic, institutional, industrial or mining clients.
• Northern, remote or Indigenous‑community experience is an asset.
• Demonstrated multidisciplinary coordination and cost, schedule, risk, change and deliverable control experience.
• Good understanding of waste‑management systems, regulatory issues and operational realities.
• Ability to integrate diverse inputs, set priorities and advance several assignments concurrently.
• Excellent judgment, organization, autonomy, diplomacy, and written and verbal communication.
• Bilingual French and English*; available for occasional travel.

* This position requires proficiency in English, in addition to French, as the successful candidate will regularly collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, clients and partners across Canada.

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like‑minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

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 and expertise.

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

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