Myriam de Grandpré-Ruel is a senior compliance specialist with over a decade of experience in environmental assessment, compliance, and project coordination. She excels in leading complex projects, such as ministerial authorizations and environmental compliance verifications. Her expertise spans many critical areas, including water runoff management, contaminated soil remediation, and greenhouse gas estimation.
Known for her strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills, Myriam demonstrates effective employee management, business development, technical support, and legal expertise. She is organized, autonomous, and detail-oriented with a collaborative mindset focused on delivering results.
What do you find most rewarding about the work that you do?
Having and actually seeing a real impact of my work for the client and on the environment. There’s nothing like completing a remediation knowing that the site can now be redeveloped or that a client finally gets the authorization for their treatment system.
What are you currently working on?
I’m currently working on an environmental compliance project for an industrial client—reviewing applicable laws and regulation, conducting a site visit, interviews, and documenting the findings. When a non-conformity is observed, I like brainstorming with the client for a solution that fits their site and works.
How can our clients benefit from this service/particular innovation?
Environmental audits are sometimes viewed as a pure expense. However, EHS Support audits should be seen as an investment. We not only list non-compliance but also suggest corrective measures tailored to your industry and based on our experience on what works best. The solutions are not imposed but are discussed with the people who will apply them, to ensure they are realistic with on-site operations. An environmental audit will help you plan long-term solutions rather than an expensive, urgent, temporary patch when environmental non-compliance has become too big to ignore.
What advice do you have for recent graduates?
Don’t neglect your fieldwork experience and all you can learn from it. All the time spent “boots on the ground” will help you be a better project manager later by actually knowing all the weird stuff that can be found on and in the ground, communicating with other parties, and having a better understanding when your future fieldwork team tells you about the unexpected things they found.
