Our focus is to work with clients to minimize the environmental impacts of human activities.

Your Career At Summit

The working environment at Summit Environmental Consultants Inc. provides the professional advantages of a large firm plus the benefits of working within a focused team where your efforts and input make a difference. Summit is an employee-owned firm.

Our Vernon office is located in British Columbia's beautiful Okanagan Valley where lakes, world-class skiing, mountain-biking and hiking trails, and golf courses are just minutes away. Our 7,000 square foot office is located in downtown Vernon and most of our staff travel for less than 15 minutes to get to work. The office is equipped with showers and indoor bicycle racks to encourage bike commuting and lunch hour fitness routines. Vernon has proven to be an excellent site for business as well as a great lifestyle location, as we are only 35 minutes from the Kelowna International Airport with its direct flights to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Victoria and Seattle.

Our Calgary office is situated in the Northwest corner of the city, about a 15 minute drive from Calgary's vibrant downtown core and within a 5 minute walk of the Crowfoot C-train station. The office is surrounded by many amenities, including shops, restaurants, and a cinema. Access to Calgary’s extensive pathway and bikeway network is available from the front door of the office. The mountains may be a 60 minute drive away, but the view from the office balcony makes them feel like they are in our backyard.

In addition to competitive compensation that includes profit-sharing and eligibility for bonus, Summit's standard working framework and benefit package includes the following:

• Dental, basic medical, extended medical, disability, and life insurance coverage;
• Group RRSP contribution by the company;
• Three weeks vacation to start, going to four weeks after five years;
• The ability to bank overtime and take it as time off;
• A "Healthy Benefit", currently up to $400/year that can be put towards a ski pass, gym membership, golf membership, or other regular physical activity;
• Ability to attend conferences, courses, and other training opportunities. All staff go to at least one such event per year; and
• Enhanced maternity leave benefits.

In addition, all staff members are supervised and mentored by a senior professional and are encouraged to help develop new lines of business that fit within their interests and abilities.

Summit is an active member of the communities in which we work. We have supported a range of charities and sporting, educational, and cultural organizations with our time as well as financially. These have included the Okanagan Science Centre, the Terry Fox Run, the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club, Hospice House, the Vernon Art Gallery, stream cleanup days, and school science fairs.

For more information on Vernon and area, see:

City of Vernon
Vernon Tourism
Silver Star Mountain Resort
Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park
University of British Columbia - Okanagan

For information on Calgary and area, see:

City of Calgary
Tourism Calgary
Banff and Lake Louise Tourism
University of Calgary
Kananaskis Country