Project Coordinator in Waste Management at gbi since 2021, Ève Fournier has a unique background where people, logic, and the environment intersect. After completing a bachelor’s degree and spending several years pursuing a PhD in psychology, she took advantage of a world tour to rethink her career path.
This turning point allowed her to reconnect with her early interests: mathematics, logic, and solving tangible problems.
She then pursued studies in civil engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, where her interest in residual materials management and environmental issues naturally took shape. “I’ve always been passionate about the environment since childhood. Engineering allowed me to turn that interest into concrete action,” she explains.
Within gbi’s waste management team, Ève values the diversity of mandates and the collaborative environment.
This dynamic setting enables her to manage projects with multiple challenges simultaneously. Her versatility notably led her to play a key role in organizing la Journée LET, an event designed for stakeholders in the technical landfill industry.
The objective was to create a human-scale conference focused on a pragmatic approach and the industry’s real needs. “We wanted something different, with no blind spots, where we could discuss legal issues as much as leachate management or field operations.”
In the coming years, Ève hopes to contribute to the development of new services, particularly in the mining residues sector, and to participate in large-scale multidisciplinary projects. “I enjoy complex projects — the kind that make you think deeply and develop tailored solutions,” she says. What she values most is building trusted relationships with clients. “Reassuring the client and working toward the same goal is often where the greatest successes are born. Human relationships should never be overlooked in engineering.”
To describe gbi in three words, she does not hesitate:
flexible, diverse, and attentive.
