Project Lead – Taking the Wheel

Job Title: Project Lead – Taking the Wheel

Program: Clean Transportation

Reports to: Clean Initiatives Manager

Salary: $45-$50k

Hours: 35 per week (Permanent, Full Time)

Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

About Clean Foundation:
Clean Foundation helps the communities in which we work make real progress toward a cleaner future by taking on climate change challenges. We bring specialized teams together to work on complex problems, delivering clean projects and programming for communities. We’re here to make the biggest impact for a cleaner world.

Learn more about us and the work we do: cleanfoundation.ca

Summary of the Position:
Communities across Nova Scotia are making efforts to reduce their GHG emissions. They know that reducing fleet emissions (through electrification and right sizing) will play a critical role in this, and many municipalities have formalized their commitments around these goals. However, to be fiscally responsible and gain council approval for electrifying or right sizing their fleet, a business case is required.

Clean will be working with select municipalities to conduct fleet assessment studies on a subset of their fleets. Data loggers will be used to collect on-board diagnostics and driving data (idle time, daily travel distances, and driving duration). This data will be analyzed and provide participating municipalities with a summary report including vehicle use as well as opportunities for electrification and right sizing.

Clean will be hiring a Project Lead to deliver Taking the Wheel. This role will include of interviewing stakeholders, report writing and managing timelines. This position will include data collection and analysis, along with forecasting which will be used to create a report for the municipality.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing logistics, such as scheduling, communicating with stakeholders, and other general tasks for the program.
• Conducting interviews with stakeholders.
• Installation of data loggers and collection of data.
• Understanding and managing data in Excel spreadsheets, as well as the ability to use that data to forecast.
• Creating final fleet assessment reports from the collected data.
• Provide guidance for municipal fleet management and users.
• Researching current industry standards, practices and other relevant materials.
• Working with the Clean Initiatives Manager to identify research focus areas and complete research reports.
• Coordinating the delivery of outcomes.
• Supporting the preparation of reporting documents.
• Following proper occupational health and safety procedures.
• Completing other duties as required.

Education and Required Qualifications:

• Must be a Canadian citizen or legally entitled to work in Canada.
• University degree or diploma in environmental science, management, engineering or similar, or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Must possess a valid Canadian driver’s license and a clean Driver’s Abstract from the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
• Must possess excellent, written and oral communication skills.
• Must be self-motivated, adaptable, and able to work independently.
• Must have an aptitude for safe work practices and the ability to multi-task in a busy work environment.
• Must be proficient with common office software, such as Microsoft Office and Outlook.
• Must have superior organizational, research, and analytical skills.
• Work experience in electric vehicles (EVs) and/or low carbon transportation is considered an asset.
• Experience working in a non-profit organization is an asset.
• Valid First Aid and WHIMIS are be considered assets.

Equity Hiring:
Clean is committed to Employment Equity and our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels. Qualified self-identifying First Nations, Metis and Inuit, Visible Minority Groups, Persons with Disabilities and LGBTQ2+ applicants will be strongly considered for this position. If you are a member of one of the equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on either your cover letter or resume.

If you are interested apply for this role, please submit your cover letter and resume via e-mail to hrhire@cleanfoundation.ca on or before May 16th, 2022. We appreciate all interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.