Wildlife Biologist

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada Tetra Tech Full time

Discover your full potential. At Tetra Tech, we are collaborating with industry-leading experts for a sustainable future for our world. We combine consulting and engineering with advanced analytics and technology to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Our innovation hubs across the globe will enable you to share ideas and best practices while growing your professional network. Wherever you are in your career journey, you will benefit from working with world-class engineers, scientists, and technical specialists. Tetra Tech combines the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than **470** locations around the world. Our reputation rests on the technical expertise and dedication of our employees — **22,000** associates working together to provide smart, scalable solutions for challenging projects. We are proud to be home to leading technical experts in water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.

We are looking for an individual with a strong passion for avian and terrestrial wildlife to join our team as a **Wildlife Biologist** in our Calgary offices. This position offers a wide variety of field and office work on a diverse range of projects that include biophysical inventories, environmental assessments, and monitoring of environmental impacts. While we have a very wide variety of projects across western and northern Canada, we are looking for someone that has a background and experience in coordinating and completing wildlife surveys and environmental assessments for renewable energy projects and transportation corridor projects.

Our reputation is built on our ability to find innovative solutions to complex quality-of-life issues around the globe. We pride ourselves on our forward-thinking, progressive-minded attitude. Our technical professionals strive for the highest level of excellence. We are a collaborative and team-oriented group. We work hard to provide exceptional customer service and provide high-quality deliverables to our clients while also still having a lot of fun. Although the position will be based in either Edmonton or Calgary, travel throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Northern Canada is anticipated.

**Your Role**:

- Coordinating and leading wildlife surveys following the Alberta Sensitive Species Inventory Guidelines (eg bird migration, breeding birds, burrowing owls, sharp-tailed grouse and sensitive raptors);
- Provide mentoring for and conducting pre-disturbance nest sweeps and construction monitoring;
- Leading amphibian surveys (acoustic and visual searches) and performing amphibian salvages;
- Developing and/or conducting reptile and mammal surveys;
- Bat survey design and monitoring, including programming ultrasonic recording devices, deployment/retrieval, data analysis and stats;
- Conducting data entry, reviews and analysis to support environmental assessments and inform risk identification to develop mitigation strategies;
- Designing and proposing wildlife field and desktop review studies to meet regulatory requirements, including conducting consultation with regulators;
- Completing environmental impact assessments;
- Preparing reports related to siting evaluation, environmental planning/permitting, and/or environmental reviews;
- Programing and deploying autonomous recording units (ARU) and/or wildlife cameras;
- Developing environmental protection/mitigation plans;
- Preparing proposals including scopes of work, budget estimates and formal RFP submissions;
- Working closely with a multi-disciplinary team of professionals and technical experts in biology and environmental science; and
- Staying current on technical and sector-based trends and legislation at the municipal, provincial and federal level.

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in biology, environmental science, ecology, natural resource science or related studies;
- **Minimum of 5+ years environmental consulting experience** completing and managing wildlife surveys, habitat assessments, and construction monitoring;
- The ability to positively identify prairie wildlife species including birds by sight and sound. **Multiple years of wildlife and survey experience are preferred.**:

- Familiarity with species habitat requirements and identifying prairie habitat types (e.g., native grassland).
- Familiarity with survey requirements for renewable energy development projects under the Wildlife Directives for Wind and Solar in Alberta and the Alberta Sensitive Species Inventory Guidelines.
- Demonstrated knowledge of provincial and federal wildlife legislation and regulatory requirements, primarily in western Canada
- Possession of a valid driver’s licence with no restrictions;
- **Registered as a Professional Biologist in Alberta or eligible to register for such**;
- Strong wildlife identification skills for avian species in prairie, parkland, boreal

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