Water Resources Specialist

Location: Toronto, Canada; willingness to travel as required. The role includes field assessments, environmental monitoring, and construction inspections.

Salary: CAD 55,000–105,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides environmental and engineering consulting services across water, transportation, and environmental sectors.

What you will do

• Support baseline characterization studies, effects assessments, water management analyses, and environmental assessment initiatives.
• Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, hydrotechnical, hydrogeological, climate change, water quality, and hydrometric data analyses.
• Support stormwater management, floodplain and flood mitigation, industrial, mining, and groundwater-related projects.
• Contribute to conceptual and detailed design, permitting, regulatory approvals, technical reports, proposals, and client deliverables.
• Conduct water-related field assessments, monitoring, inspections, and construction support.
• Collaborate with project teams while tracking regulatory drivers, emerging technologies, and market requirements.

Requirements

• Up to 5 years of consulting or industry-related experience; recent graduates and candidates nearing completion of relevant programs are encouraged to apply.
• University education in hydrotechnical disciplines, ideally a B.Eng., M.Eng., or M.Sc.
• P.Eng. or P.Geo. credentials, or eligibility to register with PEO or PGO.
• Strong understanding of water resources engineering, hydrology, hydraulics, and water quality.
• Experience with hydrology and hydraulic analyses, modelling, water management planning and design, environmental assessments, permitting, and data analysis.
• Valid Ontario driver’s license and willingness to travel as required.

Nice to have

• Experience with HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, Visual OTTHYMO, SWMM, HY-8, MODFLOW, or FEFLOW.
• Experience with ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Civil3D, applied statistics, and data management tools.
• Working knowledge of Canadian planning, engineering, and environmental legislation and approval processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative team environment with senior mentorship and technical career development opportunities.
• Flexible work schedules and hybrid or remote options for some employees based on role responsibilities.
• Tuition reimbursement, professional training, license achievement bonuses, learning resources, and paid professional memberships.
• Vacation time, designated holidays, paid parental leave, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life, disability, critical illness, wellness, and retirement savings benefits with company matching.
• Social events, paid group volunteering, and employee networks.

Hiring process

• Interviews may be conducted by phone, in person, or through Microsoft Teams.
• Successful candidates must complete applicable pre-employment substance screening and background checks.