Natural Resource Specialist 4

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**Natural Resource Specialist 4**

Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Edmonds 11

Employment type: Temporary Region: Lower Mainland

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid

Annual salary: $ 95,100.00 - 102,500.00

**What you'll do**
- Prepares documentation, budgets, terms of reference, standards, guidelines and contract specifications, etc. for, and

oversees, inspects and administers a full range of biological resource and environmental protection measures for major,
large, complex programs and projects to satisfy environmental plans and objectives, regulatory requirements, contract
specification
- Undertakes in-depth studies to determine the environmental impact of major, large and complex programs and future

Hydro facilities.
- Develops standards and strategies for parameters influencing the biological environment; prepares recommendations to

enhance consistency and quality of standards. Responds to unforeseen environmental concerns not covered by existing
regulations for standards.
- Ensures consistency in environmental inspection protocols, report preparation, liaison with outside groups and within BC

Hydro including project, field and resource staff.
- Facilitates meetings with government agency representatives from various Ministries and branches to determine and

incorporate routine regulatory requirements and options for compliance.
- Is deployed to the field to respond to unforeseen environmental concerns by coordinating mitigation and managing related

communication inside and outside BC Hydro.
- Provides technical direction to external consultants, crew leaders and staff in lower-level Natural Resource positions

engaged in environmental inspection and related activities, to ensure consistency, quality control requirements, standards,
guidelines.
- Provides work leadership to and performs all the functions of the Natural Resource Specialist 3 job.
- Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties that do not affect the rating of the job.

**What you bring**
- Completion of a Bachelor degree in Natural Resource or Environmental Studies with at least eight (8) years of relevant

work experience or as an equivalent, completion of Technologist Diploma in Natural Resources or Environmental Studies
with nine (9) years of relevant work experience.
- Must be eligible for membership with the College of Applied Biology.
- Valid BC Driver’s License required.

**What we offer**
- A comprehensive benefits package
- A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
- A lifetime pension
- Flexible work model, depending on your role type
- Training and development courses

** What else you should know**
- This is a full-time temporary (FTT) MoveUP Group 12 opportunity on the team until approximately October 2026, based at

our Edmonds office location based in Burnaby.
- The preferred headquarter location for this position is Edmonds (Burnaby, BC), however alternative BC Hydro

headquarters across the Province will be considered pending the required business approvals and workspace availability.
from headquarters a minimum of 2 days per week.
- A condition of employment is to maintain your Class 5 drivers license in good standing.
- In regards to being eligible for membership with the College of Applied Biology, we are also willing to consider those that

are qualified/eligible with a professional natural resource association listed under the Professional Governance Act (eg
RPF, P.Ag, etc).
- Spends approximately 10-25% of time outside of the Lower Mainland.
- Exposed to all types of weather conditions at work sites that may be remote.
- Up to 10% of time is spent traveling within Lower Mainland or other regions.
- Regular exposure to river and lake conditions when performing field work.
- May be required to operate 4x4 trucks on rough access roads.
- Climbs or walks on uneven, steep and/or rough terrain in all weathers during field work.
- Please be advised that this role has been assessed as safety sensitive and pre-qualification alcohol and drug testing will

be required as a pre-condition to employment.

any delays.

Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V3N 4X8.
**Date Posted**:2025-04-15 **Closing Date**:2025-04-29

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