Senior Aquatic Biologist

Senior Aquatic Biologist - ( 250000SC )

Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We are a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities we support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

We are actively seeking a talented Senior Aquatic Biologist to join our aquatics team. The successful candidate could work from any of our British Columbia or Yukon office (Burnaby, Sidney, Victoria, Terrace, Quesnel, Prince George, or Whitehorse), but would ideally be in the Lower Mainland and work two to five days per week in our Burnaby, BC office (potentially negotiable). The successful candidate will work in a team environment and contribute to environmental impact assessments, environmental effects mitigation and monitoring programs, research projects, and permitting under the Fisheries Act and the Water Sustainability Act. Depending on level of expertise, tasks may include conducting or planning field work, data analysis, report and proposal writing and reviewing, preparing and delivering presentations, and business development. The successful candidate will help shape our freshwater practice in BC and beyond, supporting projects in the mining, energy, transportation, and community development sectors.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage, plan, and lead field programs (e.g., fish distribution, health, and abundance; lake, river, and stream habitat assessment; water and sediment quality)
• Prepare complex assessment and permitting documents (e.g., Fisheries Act authorization applications, Water Sustainability Act Change Approvals, Waste Discharge Authorization applications, Environmental/Impact Assessment technical chapters)
• Contribute leadership to the group by providing supervision, training, technical direction, and mentoring to junior and intermediate staff
• Assemble, manage, and analyze large datasets
• Manage tasks and projects according to approved scopes of work, and deliver quality reports on schedule and within budget
• Lead the pursuit of new business development opportunities by preparing proposals and building and maintaining positive client relationships
• Understand recent and existing practices and techniques for sampling and analysis of data from marine intertidal, subtidal and pelagic environments
• Embrace and promote Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work
• Participate in Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work
• A people leadership (i.e., Team Lead) position may be available based on interest and qualifications, but is not a requirement for this position.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Proven technical, communication, writing and organization skills
• Familiarity with freshwater ecology and knowledge of current provincial and federal government regulatory requirement
• Required experience in:
• Working in a collaborative team environment
• Developing field programs and methods to meet specific project objectives
• Preparing Fisheries Act authorization applications with offsetting plans
• Preparing environmental/impact assessment technical chapters federally and provincially, preferably in British Columbia
• Leading field crews in the execution of field programs including developing health and safety protocols and developing custom field methods when required
• Collecting, managing, and analyzing data (statistical experience is preferred)
• Leading the preparation of complex, high-consequence technical reports, possibly multi-disciplinary
• Leading and contributing to proposals of varying sizes
• Business development through client relationships and/or technical expertise
• Leading junior and intermediate staff in data management and report preparation
• Experience in any of the following is an asset:
• Developing habitat offset and restoration plans
• Assessing fish distribution, abundance, and health using desktop, field, and laboratory data
• Construction monitoring and environmental management planning, including fish salvage, underwater noise, and erosion and sediment control
• Developing field study protocols for and deploying remote operated vehicles or drones
• Working closely with hydrologists and hydraulic modellers

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology is required and a M.Sc. or PhD in Biology is preferred.
• Current Registered Professional Biologist accreditation with the College of Applied Biology is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience as an aquatic biologist, 15 or more years preferred, with experience in freshwater ecosystems in British Columbia.
• Consulting experience is required.

Other types of safety training are assets: Intermediate First Aid and Transportation Endorsement certificate, UTV training, Electrofishing Crew Lead certificate.

Stantec British Columbia's standard work week is 37.5 hours. This position is eligible for overtime in the office and field for hours worked in accordance with British Columbia's labour laws. Our typical office environment involves working with computers and remaining relatively sedentary. Stantec offers a flexible work arrangement for desk-based tasks including working from Stantec office locations, working from home, or a mix depending on the situation. Field work may include exposure to inclement weather, and travel through rough and remote terrain, while carrying equipment.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Salary Range(s):

• Lower Mainland $110,200/BC Other Areas $104,000 - Lower Mainland $165,400/BC Other Areas $156,000 Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in BC (Lower Mainland includes Vancouver & Burnaby)

The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : Canada-British Columbia-Burnaby

Other Locations : Canada-British Columbia-Sidney, Canada-British Columbia-Terrace, Canada-British Columbia-Quesnel, Canada-British Columbia-Victoria, Canada-British Columbia-Prince George, Canada-Yukon-Whitehorse

Organization : BC-1232 EnvSvcs-CA British Columbia

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Mar 23, 2025, 1:27:50 PM

Req ID: 250000SC