Senior Indigenous Engagement Specialist

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Indigenous Engagement Specialist to support major transportation infrastructure projects across Ontario, with a primary focus on Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) and Hydro One programs.

Working within multidisciplinary project teams, you will lead Indigenous engagement and relationship management activities throughout project planning, environmental assessment, design, and construction. You will build trusted relationships with Indigenous Nations and organizations, provide strategic guidance to clients and project teams, and help ensure Indigenous interests, rights, knowledge, and perspectives are appropriately considered in project delivery.

Your role

• •Build and maintain relationships with First Nations, Indigenous organizations, and businesses.
• •Lead Indigenous engagement and consultation programs across project lifecycles.
• •Develop engagement strategies, facilitate meetings, and manage commitments.
• •Integrate Indigenous perspectives into project planning and decision-making.
• •Advise on consultation requirements, policies, and best practices.
• •Manage engagement scope, budgets, schedules, and deliverables.
• •Prepare engagement plans, reports, and regulatory documentation.
• •Identify and manage engagement-related risks and opportunities.
• •Support client relationships, business growth, and proposal development.
• •Mentor staff and contribute to practice improvement.

About you

• •10+ years of Indigenous engagement, relations, EA, or related experience.
• •Strong experience working with Indigenous communities in Canada.
• •Infrastructure, transportation, environmental, or resource project experience.
• •Ability to manage multiple projects and provide strategic client advice.
• •Excellent relationship-building, facilitation, communication, and project management skills.
• •Experience with Ontario transportation projects and EA processes.
• •Knowledge of Indigenous Knowledge integration, rights, treaties, UNDRIP, and reconciliation.
• •Established relationships with Ontario First Nations and Indigenous organizations.

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 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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About AtkinsRéalis

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

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Additional information

Expected compensation for this role is between $113,600 - $156,200 annually. Base salaries are determined according to several parameters like skills, experience, and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into account in our offers.

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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.