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Remote Sensing Specialist

29 minutes ago

Edmonton, Canada Government of Alberta Full time

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 66744
Ministry: Forestry and Parks
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary position (minimum for a year with a possible extension)
Scope: Open Competition
Closing date: February 25, 2025

Classification: PS4 Market adjustment

**Salary**: $2,757.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967- $94,068.83 year)

As the Ministry of Forestry and Parks we are responsible for growing Alberta’s environmentally responsible wood products and forestry sector. We protect Alberta’s forests from wildfire and preserve our provincial parks for the recreation and enjoyment of Albertans. As well as enabling access to public lands for recreational and commercial purposes while prioritizing conservation. Forestry and Parks also manages public lands and balances sustainable rangelands and grazing leases for Alberta producers.

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Remote Sensing Specialist is a senior professional position that ensures emerging technologies and advancement in landcover observation and quantification methodologies are considered as well as incorporated into the provincial forest inventories.

Key responsibilities include development and interpretation of remote sensing standards related to landcover and forest vegetation inventories. The position is also responsible for reviewing novel remote sensing specifications submitted within AVI Plans providing unique analytical expertise, support and advice to technical and professional industry representatives, company-contracted consultants, and government staff.

As technologies evolve, the incumbent must be able to assess the impact of new technologies on current practice and make recommendations to improve both the policy as well as practice of quantifying forest vegetation inventories and landcover.

This position requires a combination of robust technical/analytical skills, writing abilities and strong communication skills.

Please

**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
Creative Problem Solving: Work in open teams to share ideas and process issues to solve issues. Use wide range of techniques to break down problems. Allows others to think creatively and voice ideas. Identify new solutions for the organization.

Systems Thinking: Take a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them. Anticipate outcomes and potential impacts, seek stakeholder perspectives. Work towards actions and plans aligned with APS values.

Agility: Incorporate change into processes, create opportunities for improvement while adapting to changing priorities. Remain objective under pressure and support others to manage their emotions. Readily adapts plans and practices.

Build Collaborative Environments: Collaborate across functional areas and addresses conflict. Encourage broad thinking on projects and work to eliminate barriers to progress. Facilitate communication and collaboration. Anticipates and reduces conflict at the outset. Provides credit and recognition to team members.

**Qualifications**:
Education and Experience:
A Bachelor of Science Degree in Remote Sensing, Forest Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, Data Science, Geography or Geomatics from an accredited university with 4 years of related experience.
- Experience may include:

- processing LiDAR points clouds.
- implementing and interpreting machine learning models.
- familiarity with GNSS systems.
- R and Python programing for process automation.
- experience with geospatial, scientific, and statistical libraries in R and Python environments.
- big data management.
- forest management.
- forest mensuration.
- statistical analysis.
- reforestation standards.
- forest resource analysis.
- and technical communication.

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered based on:

- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
- 1 year experience for 1 year of educations.
- Assets:

- A Master of Science Degree in Remote Sensing from an accredited university or equivalent.
- Additional formal specialized remote sensing certification.
- Member of the Association of Alberta Forest Management Professionals or eligible for membership.
- Working knowledge of all legislation, policies and standards that impact public and forestland management in Alberta.
- Knowledge of silviculture, forest ecology, reforestation, vegetation inventories, and forest management principles.
- Advanced programming skills for modelling and data management using statistical software (e.g. SAS, R, Python, FME, ArcGIS).

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum