Intermediate Environmental Specialist

Are you an Intermediate Environmental Specialist who enjoys working as part of a multi-disciplinary team committed to client excellence? Are you a self-starter with the ability to work on a variety of projects simultaneously and independently, while keeping your colleagues up to date? Are you looking for the opportunity to build a small team into something bigger? Do you have a passion for creating environmental solutions to exceed the expectations of our clients? If so, we want to hear from you

**A Little About Us***:
**We are engineers, technologists, planners, landscape architects, scientists, and their support teams***: that work together to deliver infrastructure, minimizing environmental impact and maximizing benefit to the community. We work hard and play hard because that is what #ISLLIFE is all about Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

**ISL’s Water and Environment Team**:provides expert environmental assessment, project permitting, construction monitoring and support for a wide variety of municipal, transportation, structural and land development projects within our local communities. We are a multi-disciplinary team, providing services in and around Western Canada. Committed to finding, mentoring, and growing the right individual, our team approach is integral to our success:

- We offer our team members a diverse range of projects on which to hone their skills
- We are committed to team member career progression
- Together we enjoy a challenge and variety in our work
- We pride ourselves on delivering quality service to our clients on each of our projects

**A Little About You***:
**Your cover letter must demonstrate**:

- Your approach to prioritizing simultaneously running projects for both internal and external clients
- A focus on client-centric results, while still meeting regulatory requirements.
- Your experience developing new clients and work types for a company
- Strategies you employ to ensure clear and consistent communication with the team
- Your experience working independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, particularly in a hybrid work world.
- Your enjoyment of working in the outdoors, often in challenging conditions, while maintaining the ability to produce high quality in-office deliverables

**Your resume should show us**:

- A Bachelors in Biology or Environmental Science or a related field from an accredited institution with 3 to 5+ years’ experience
- Environmental construction monitoring experience (i.e., wildlife sweeps, turbidity monitoring, etc)
- A high level of proficiency in report and proposal writing
- Experience completing biophysical field assessment and associated reporting
- Knowledge of regulatory approvals and environmental mitigation
- Familiarity with environmental deliverable requirements for municipal and transportation projects
- Registered or able to register as a Professional Biologist or a Biologist in Training, and/or BC equivalent

**Bonus points for***:

- Wildlife assessment experience (preconstruction sweeps, regulatory approvals)
- Alberta sensitive species inventory experience
- Electrofishing Certificate (Crew Lead for extra Bonus)
- Hands-on bioengineering and restoration experience
- Potential Effects and Residual Analysis experience
- Field experience completing weed surveys
- Demonstrated punctuality, verbal and written communication skills, organized, strong independent work ethic, a willingness to learn and to build with the ISL team

**A Little More About the Role***:
**Responsibilities**:
Working out of Calgary, Edmonton or our Fernie office as part of a multi-disciplinary team of professional biologists, hydrogeologists, engineers and technologists, the applicant will utilize their knowledge and experience to deliver a variety of services for our public and private sector clients. Travel will be required but is typically less than average in the environmental consulting industry. A typical work week could include:

- Performing a variety of environmental field assessments, preparing high quality field documentation, and conducting data analysis
- Conducting biophysical fieldwork and technical writing under the direction of a senior team member (e.g., habitat assessments, fish salvages, vegetation assessments, wetland valuations, construction monitoring)
- Supervision of contractors on site, and construction site monitoring to ensure compliance with the scope of work, environmental legislation and permits
- Travel as required for field programs (Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan) and working outdoors in a variety of weather conditions
- Working independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, often outside of typical office hours and days, to meet challenging deadlines and client requests
- Assisting other business lines and disciplines, both within and outside of the Water and Environment group.
- Business development, including scoping, proposal writing, and client development.
- Open communication wi