Ecologist

Overview:
**Your Opportunity**

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you a thoughtful leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Dillon’s **Environmental Sciences** technical group is looking for an **Ecologist** to join our existing talent base in Atlantic Canada. The position is for one of our New Brunswick **(Fredericton or Saint John) offices**. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

This position is largely focused on clients and projects in the Maritime Provinces, but will also include the potential to work on projects across Canada. As a biologist at Dillon, you will be responsible for developing and fostering healthy client relationships, managing and supporting projects, scoping and executing field programs, technical report writing, and working with a dynamic team of environmental scientists, engineers and technologists.

**Responsibilities**:
**Technical Development & Project Management**
- Lead the scoping, development, and execution of environmental investigations, environmental management programs and plans including research, field work, and technical report writing.
- Support the development of environmental impact assessments, compensation/offsetting plans, and related environmental permitting assignments at the provincial and federal levels
- Scope, plan, develop, and implement field programs for a variety of natural resource, municipal, land development, and infrastructure projects
- Manage the design and delivery of biological studies and programs
- Demonstrate leadership and coordination of staff across operating units
- Contribute to proposals (budget development and proposal writing)
- Liaise with public and private sector clients, government review and approval agencies, sub-consultants and community representatives including Indigenous communities as well as the general public and stakeholders on specific development proposals
- Coordinate project team activities, provide direction to project team members, and contribute to development of staff

**Business Development**
- Build client relationships through identifying market opportunities, client communications, preparation of proposals, and business development activities
- Identify and pursue business opportunities within the marketplace, where Dillon might succeed in securing work assignments
- Present at, and participate in, conferences, technical workshops, webinars, and professional associations to raise the Dillon profile in the business community and among peers
- Collaboration with staff across Canada for the purposes of project delivery, client relationship development, and opportunity/project research

**Learning & Development**
- Continued development of self, including both technical skills and business acumen
- Contribution to the career development of less tenured staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching, and mentoring
- Contribution to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

Qualifications:
**What you will need to succeed**
- An undergraduate degree in biology, ecology or a related environmental sciences field.
- 5+ years of demonstrated professional experience in environmental consulting, industrial, regulatory, or academic setting or related field with the specific emphasis on environmental assessment and permitting for development proposals
- Valid driver’s license (Class 5)
- Excellent communication and report writing skills
- Proficiency in English. Working knowledge of French would be considered an asset

**Experience**:

- Strong understanding and experience conducting terrestrial, wildlife, vegetation, and avian surveys. Specific experience in the Atlantic region is an asset.
- In-depth knowledge of relevant provincial and federal environmental legislation, regulations, policies, guidelines, and regulatory permitting and approval requirements
- Experience with the Provincial Environmental Assessment Process for Developments within New Brunswick under the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation.
- Experience in planning and executing field programs as part of environmental studies.
- Experience in executing wildlife field programs considered an asset.
- Demonstrated success in project management and client relationship skills
- Excellent oral and written communication, critical thinking, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Commitment to project quality and capability of meeting project deadlines

**Why choose Dillon**

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