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Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.
Your Opportunity
We are currently seeking a talented and ambitious Senior Fisheries Biologist to join our Ecology Team in one of our Ontario locations. The successful candidate will lead aquatic components of projects in the transportation infrastructure, oil and gas, mining, power/ renewable energy sectors, among others, depending on the experience and interests of the successful candidate. As a senior practitioner, you will help to shape our freshwater ecology practice and provide direction to intermediate and junior staff, including field biologists. Stantec has a flexible workplace strategy, which allows staff to work flexibly between home and the 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
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
Experience with Fisheries Act reviews, authorization, and species at risk permits; working with designers, clients, and agencies to obtain authorizations
Provide 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
