Senior Wildlife 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

Stantec has an opportunity for a Senior Wildlife Biologist to help lead our terrestrial wildlife programs. The position will be based in one of our British Columbia offices (Sidney, Burnaby, Terrace, Kelowna, Kamloops, or Prince George). The ideal candidate for this position is one that can lead the development and coordination of a variety of wildlife technical scopes. Working in a team environment, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the wildlife-component of projects, such as designing and leading wildlife field programs, preparing components of environmental assessments, writing wildlife management and monitoring plans, supporting caribou mitigation and offsetting plans, and supporting environmental permitting activities for a variety of projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

Promote a strong health and safety culture and actively participate in Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security and Environment Program

• Lead assignments or projects related to terrestrial wildlife that require critical thinking and mature technical knowledge

• Lead the development and implementation of assignments/projects, independently or as part of team, that have broad scope or are complex in nature

• Develop, manage, and implement terrestrial wildlife components of projects, such as biophysical inventories, environmental assessments, management and monitoring plans, and compliance reports

• Technical writing and report preparation

• Provide technical advice to clients relating to terrestrial wildlife on multidisciplinary projects

• Coordinate and track assignments, scopes, schedules, budgets, and deliverables and manage tasks according to approved scopes of work

• Communicate with clients and project management teams

• Assist with proposal writing and business development, including limited travel for project work and business development opportunities

• Provide technical direction and support to junior staff