Senior Marine Biologist
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 Marine Biologist to join our marine team, ideally located in the Lower Mainland and working 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. 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 marine practice in BC and beyond.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Manage, plan, and lead marine field programs (e.g., marine fish, marine mammals, intertidal diversity, water and sediment quality)
- Prepare complex assessment and permitting documents (e.g., Fisheries Act authorization applications, Waste Discharge Authorization applications, Environmental 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 marine 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 position may be available based on interest and qualifications, but is not a requirement for this position
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Proven technical, communication, writing and organization skills.
- Familiarity with coastal marine ecology and knowledge of current provincial and federal government regulatory requirements.
- 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 assessment technical chapters federally and provincially, preferably in British Columbia
- Leading field crews in the execution of marine field programs including developing health and safety protocols
- Collecting, managing, and analyzing data (statistical experience is preferred)
- Leading the preparation of complex, high-consequence technical reports, possibly multi-disciplinary
- Leading proposals of varying sizes, contributing to large proposals
- 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
- Designing and conducting underwater acoustic monitoring programs
- Construction monitoring and environmental management planning, including underwater noise
- Occupational Diver Certification (30 m) issued by the Diver Certification Board of Canada (“commercial certification”)
- Developing field study protocols for and deploying remote operated vehicles
- Coastal resiliency and climate change adaptation
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 7 years of experience as a marine biologist, 10 or more years preferred, with experience in marine ecosystems in British Columbia.
Consulting experience is required.
Other types of safety training are assets: SVOP, MED training, marine first aid.
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.
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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