Environmental Engineer or Specialist
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What’s the role?
The Environmental Engineer or Specialist provides environmental regulatory, technical, and program execution support to the Scotford Site. The role supports regulatory compliance, environmental performance management, and greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting across operations, maintenance, and projects. Focus areas will be assigned based on business need and individual experience, with flexibility to adapt as business and regulatory requirements evolve.
What you’ll be doing
Key Accountabilities
Environmental Compliance & Performance
- Provide technical support for environmental performance management at Scotford
- Interface with Production, Maintenance, and Projects to manage environmental aspects of operations
- Advise on environmental regulations, standards, permits, and Shell requirements
- Review procedures and proposed projects to ensure environmental implications are understood and addressed
- Support environmental incident response, investigations, and regulatory notifications as required
- Member of the Environment/Liaison Incident Command Team with rotating on‑call responsibilities
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Management & Reporting
- Support GHG regulatory compliance for Scotford assets in line with provincial, federal, and Shell Group requirements
- Prepare and support internal and external GHG reporting, including data collection, validation, and QA/QC
- Maintain familiarity with GHG methodologies and supporting documentation as requirements evolve
- Provide technical support to stakeholders on GHG reporting and compliance expectations
Regulatory Reporting & Assurance
- Support or lead government reporting for assigned focus areas in accordance with licenses and permits
- Support ISO 14001 audits and related corrective actions
- Maintain accurate records, data systems, and audit trails to support regulatory and internal assurance
- Identify and support environmental improvement opportunities across the site
- Contribute to improvements in monitoring, reporting efficiency, data quality, and compliance assurance
- Participate in internal and external working groups, as required
Stakeholder Engagement
- Work closely with operations and maintenance teams to enable compliant and efficient execution of work
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and regulators
- Provide environmental guidance or training to site staff as needed
What you bring
- The candidate must have legal authorization to work in the Canada on a full-time basis
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, or related discipline
- P.Eng. designation or eligibility, or equivalent technical experience, strongly preferred
- 3 or more years of experience in environmental or regulatory roles within an industrial or energy setting
- Operating site experience is an asset
- Working knowledge of environmental regulations and management systems
- Strong analytical, data management, and QA/QC skills
- Ability to work across multi‑discipline teams and manage competing priorities
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Strong ownership, organization, and commitment to safety and environmental stewardship
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If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that women & those from under-represented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company, and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.
What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell, and in return you work with talented, committed people in an innovative work environment. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
- Progress as a person as we work on innovative projects together
- Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
- Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
- Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
- Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
- Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working
- Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase; our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world
- Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
- Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world
- We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
- Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
- Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs
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Shell in Canada
Shell Canada is part of a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with an average of 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and has been operating in Canada since 1911.
Shell Canada is one of the few truly integrated energy companies in Canada with all of Shell’s global businesses represented, including upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and renewables and energy solutions. That means we do everything from exploration, gas production, refining and manufacturing, to providing fuels and developing energy solutions for our customers.
At a glance, our businesses and projects in Canada include:
- Joint Venture Partner (40%) with LNG Canada which will export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets
- Shale gas and liquids assets in Alberta and British Columbia
- A network of 1,400 retail stations across Canada
- The Scotford Complex in Alberta, includes an upgrader, chemicals plant and is home to the Quest carbon capture and storage facility
- The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre refinery in Ontario
- Investments in renewables and energy solutions, including EV charging, hydrogen and biofuels
- 15 Shell-owned distribution terminals, three of which have marine operations
- Shell Aviation Canada delivers across a network of 26 airport fixed-based operations and airport consortiums, from coast to coast. Shell Aviation provides 1.7 billion liters of high-quality fuel annually in Canada and offers reliable and safe into-plane delivery
- Strong Sulphur and Lubricants businesses as well as an innovative Supply and Trading business
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