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It’s just after 4 p.m. in Vancouver and Asifa Samji’s day is slowly winding down. She’s booked solid for the week, but has carved out a little time to talk about her career path and the steps she took to get into her position as vice-president and regional business leader of Environmental Services at Canadian engineering and design consulting firm Stantec Inc.
“There are no typical days in consulting,” says Ms. Samji, who admits her workdays are unpredictable at best. “It’s all about delivering for clients. There is some flexibility in our work hours, but when duty calls, we are at work.”
Ms. Samji joined Stantec in 2009 after her previous employer, environmental consulting firm Jacques Whitford, was acquired and she now leads a team of more than 750 environmental scientists, engineers, wildlife ecologists and project managers – just to name a few.
It’s Ms. Samji’s job to support all the working parts of a consulting project, put out fires where necessary – also known as “issues management” – and generally assist her team over the finish line.
More at the source: The Globe and Mail
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