Intermediate Vegetation Ecologist
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Your Opportunity
Stantec is currently seeking a highly motivated, personable Intermediate Vegetation Ecologist to work within our terrestrial environmental services team. The position will be based in our Calgary office with the possibility to be based in other Alberta offices. The ideal candidate will perform program research, planning and development, permitting, compliance monitoring, inspections, and technical support services in relation to biology. You will also write reports, develop plans, and implement steps to move projects toward closure in the most cost-effective manner. As an intermediate Vegetation Ecologist, you will also lead and mentor junior team members.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead and conduct wetland assessments and biological inventories with a focus on communities and species of concern, including rare species
- Work on a variety of natural resource planning projects, including natural area inventories and biophysical assessments
- Identify scope and budget for proposal submissions
- Interact directly with internal and external clients and contribute to developing relationships with clients, regulators, and stakeholders
- Attend client meetings and participate in regulatory strategy development for projects
- Ensure Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures are adhered to and participate in QA/QC reviews of deliverables
- Provide training, technical direction and mentoring to more junior staff
- Participate in Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Proficient in and consistently demonstrates and promotes policies and procedures for HSSE, including client-specific training (if applicable)
- Proficient at technical writing
- Skilled in communications and technical information exchange with clients, engineers and scientists, government regulators and agencies, and academia, as well as non-technical communication to the public
- Proficient as a field crew lead, planning and executing field surveys
- Proficient identification of plants of Alberta. Familiarity with plants in British Columbia and Saskatchewan is also an asset
- Familiarity with the Alberta Wetland Classification System and wetland identification and delineation procedures
- Ability to manipulate and analyze biological data
- Disciplined approach to project execution and technical excellence
- Ability to provide written and verbal direction on project delivery
- Shows leadership in striving to continuously improve technical performance
- Champions new ideas and initiatives and creates an environment that supports creativity and innovation
- Builds and maintains productive professional and personal networking relationships
- Drives collaborative efforts within the region and beyond to deliver consistent, high quality and appropriately scoped technical work
- Good driving record and valid Class 5 driver’s license required
- At least four years of experience successfully executing technical aspects of medium to complex projects
- Proficient in MS Office applications
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in biology, or related field.
Minimum 5 years related experience, or an equivalent combination of education (e.g., advanced degree) and experience.
Professional designation (P. Biol. or R.P.Bio).
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Potential for a hybrid approach for the office working environment Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement.
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.
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