• Job Description

  Req#: 27534
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  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’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.
  Your Opportunity
  We are currently seeking a talented and ambitious Senior Fisheries Biologist to join our freshwater ecology team in one of our Ontario offices. The successful candidate will lead aquatic components of projects in the transportation infrastructure, land development and/or oil and gas sector among others. As a senior practitioner you will help to shape our freshwater ecology practice and provide direction to field staff. Stantec has a flexible workplace strategy, which allows staff to flexibly work between home and office.
  Your Key Responsibilities
  • Plan (i.e., develop scope and budget), lead, and manage freshwater ecology and/or aquatic species at risk components of projects
  • Understand standard practices and techniques for sampling and analysis of fish and benthic invertebrate communities, aquatic habitat, and water and sediment quality data from streams, rivers and lakes
  • Coordinate and oversee freshwater ecology field programs and field staff
  • Provide input to proposals and other business development activities
  • Prepare high quality deliverables from stand-alone reports to chapters in larger reports, DFO correspondence and agency consultation
  • Manage tasks and projects according to approved scopes of work, and deliver quality reports and deliverables on schedule and within budget
  • Prepare Requests for Review under the Fisheries Act, and applications for authorization under the Fisheries Act and Species at Risk Act pertaining to aquatic species and habitat
  • Develop and maintain client and regulatory contacts
  • Understand project goals and provide sound environmental project advice to external clients and internal Stantec contacts
  • Work with other disciplines and business lines within Stantec’s Ontario offices to deliver projects
  • Contribute leadership to Stantec’s Ontario-based Environmental Services staff by providing technical direction and mentorship to facilitate long-term sustainability and succession within the freshwater ecology team
  • Contribute to the team’s operational success by tracking workload and project budgets
  • Embrace and promote Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work
  Your Capabilities and Credentials
  • Knowledge and experience with environmental assessments, environmental impact studies, and natural heritage policies in Ontario especially regarding working in and around watercourses, waterbodies and fish habitat
  • Knowledge of current provincial and federal government regulatory requirements, including applied experience with federal Fisheries Act Authorizations, and Species at Risk Act and Endangered Species Act permits related to aquatic species
  • Knowledge and experience applying the MTO/DFO/MNRF Fisheries Protocol for Protecting Fish and Fish Habitat on Provincial Undertakings
  • Experience in business development, working with and guiding clients, and proposal writing
  • Experience liaising with industry clients, government agencies, regulatory bodies and the public
  • Experience working on a range of project phases (from baseline data collection programs to EAs, and the various phases of planning and design) across a range of sectors
  • Experience in leading field crews in fish and fish habitat field programs, and guiding staff in data management, data analysis and report preparation
  • Strong senior technical review skills
  • Proven technical communication, writing and organization skills, including demonstrated experience preparing technical reports
  • Strong project management skills
  • Able to work both independently and in a collaborative team environment
  • Thrives in an environment with diverse and dynamic projects, and enjoys working on multi-disciplinary scopes of work
  • Valid driver’s licence
  Additional Assets:
  • MTO/DFO/MNRF Fisheries Protocol Training
  • Registered in MTO’s RAQS for Fisheries Assessment
  • Experience planning and implementing Headwater Drainage Feature Assessments
  • Class I Electrofishing or Class II Backpack Electrofishing Certification
  • Familiarity with the Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol (OSAP)
  • Familiar with the application of mobile digital data collection tools
  • Experience working with Indigenous communities
  Education and Experience
  • A Master’s or Bachelor’s degree or technological diploma in Biology, Zoology or Environmental Sciences is required
  • Ten to Fifteen years of industry experience, with at least part of the experience at a senior level in environmental consulting
  Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Occasional field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. Travel within Ontario requires a valid driver’s licence.
  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.
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• About the company

  Stantec Inc. is an international professional services company in the design and consulting industry.

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