Reporting to: Project Managers
Location: Lloydminster and Saskatoon
Duties and Responsibilities:
We are currently seeking to fill seasonal/contract positions for Environmental Technologists in our Lloydminster and Saskatoon office. The primary role of the successful candidates will be to support our senior biologists with vegetation and/or wildlife surveys, other environmental assessments, data entry, and associated reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Wildlife identification and surveys, focusing on breeding bird surveys
- Vegetation identification and inventory
- Environmental Site Assessment/Pre‐Disturbance Site Assessment
- Wetland classification (Stewart & Kantrud, Alberta, and Canadian Wetland Classification Systems)
- Soil sampling and field screening
- Data entry
- Help prepare environmental assessment reports for the oil & gas, utility, and mining industries
- Assist with general administration and project cost tracking
- Mitigation planning
- Participate in and adhere to, corporate and client safety programs
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Completion or current enrollment in a post‐secondary program in biology, environmental science or a related earth science discipline is required
- Must be able to demonstrate experience with plant identification and/or wildlife identification, in particular breeding bird calls
- Must be able to travel for extended periods to complete required field surveys or monitoring
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Must be able to work independently or in a team environment
- Strong technical report writing skills and the ability to track costs
- Demonstrated field experience conducting rare plant surveys using the Saskatchewan Rare Vascular Plan surveys and/or the Guidelines for Rare Vascular Plant Surveys in Alberta Protocols will be given preference
- Demonstrated field experience conducting breeding bird surveys using the Saskatchewan Grassland and Forest Bird and/or Alberta Sensitive Species Inventory Guidelines Survey Protocols will be given preference
- Wetland vegetation plant identification skills, in support of the delineation requirements of the Alberta Wetland Classification System, considered an asset
- Aquatics or fisheries field experience is considered an asset
- Valid Class 5 Driver’s License and clean driver’s abstract
- Valid Standard First Aid CPR‐C certification
- Valid H2S Alive certification
- Ground Disturbance Level II and TDG certifications are considered an asset
