Senior Biologist

Location: CA.AB.Calgary.2200 - 144 4th avenue SW, CA.SK.Saskatoon.406 Jessop Avenue

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Come join us in reshaping the future with AtkinsRéalis. AtkinsRéalis is dedicated in engineering a better future for our planet and its people.

Our Environment Team is one of the most experienced environmental and geosciences engineering consulting teams in Canada. Our team embraces challenges and is engaged in contributing to our business objectives and values: safety, integrity, collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

We are seeking a Senior Biologist to join our Environmental Assessment & Community Engagement (EA&CE) Team, in the Prairie Region. In this role you will lead and support biological assessment, monitoring, reporting and field-based surveys across a wide variety of energy and infrastructure projects. You must have strong work experience in the biological sciences, specializing in vegetation, wetlands, wildlife, or aquatic biology. You will be motivated and detail oriented, and work across our national EACE Team.

Location: Preferably based out of our Calgary or Saskatoon offices.  Other key office locations across the Prairie Region could be considered as well, e.g., Edmonton, Regina, or Winnipeg

Your role

• Develop and deliver technical biology studies in support of environmental impact assessments (EIA) and other work programs in various environments, including providing technical advisory to clients and colleagues on legislation, regulation or policy related to key environments/species.
• Provide leadership to the team by mentoring and coaching to support career development, and high technical quality and standards.
• Design and implement field programs for the collection of baseline data, assess projects, guide research, author key reports, and provide senior technical reviews.
• Provide client and stakeholder engagement through conferences, presentations, workshops and publications to communicate the success of our projects.
• Contribute to key EA&CE strategies, including technical excellence, growth, profitability and business development.
• Demonstrable consulting experience and knowledge of ecosystems, protocol requirements and deliverables in the Prairies Region.

About you

• Master’s degree and a minimum of 10 years’ expertise in vegetation, wetlands, terrestrial, aquatics/fisheries biology or ecology management (or a Bachelor’s degree and 12 years’ relevant experience).
• Registered Professional Biologist designation (P.Biol./RPBio) and potentially other designations for technical professional sign-off, e.g., Wetland Authenticating Professional.
• Experience overseeing/submitting permits/authorizations under the Federal, Provincial, environmental acts or regulations.
• Experience in Environment Effects Monitoring studies.
• Experience in Impact Assessment methodology and Environmental Assessment process in the Prairies and Canada.
• Knowledge of ecosystems in other Canadian geographies and/or the USA.
• Technical leadership experience on large-scale and complex projects.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.