Intermediate Biologist

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Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an Intermediate Biologist to join our Ecological Services team in BC (Vancouver). The successful candidate will carry out desktop reviews and collect terrestrial and aquatic field data for ecological projects.

As a Biologist with Arcadis youll soon discover you can make a difference in our company by collaborating with staff and contributing to an interesting array of projects. You will be a key member supporting strong technical communities within Arcadis.

Role accountabilities:

As a Biologist you will apply your technical knowledge to provide high quality deliverables to support planning and permitting for a variety of projects. You will be an important member of the Ecological Services team interacting with other biologists and ecologists environmental specialists planners engineers senior technical experts and project/program managers as part of an interdisciplinary team.

You will be responsible for completing flora and fauna surveys terrestrial and aquatic habitat delineation and assessments and other environmental surveys. This will require a working knowledge of GPS systems and the ability to walk and conduct fieldwork for long hours.

This role will require the ability to travel including overnight travel which will be primarily during the field season.

You will be tasked with preparing technical reports work plans and other environmental documents to support environmental permitting and you will lead the preparation of regulatory permit applications (e.g. DFO permits Species at Risk Permits).

Additional tasks may include stakeholder engagement and indigenous consultation as well as liaison with government agencies.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required qualifications for the role include:

• Bachelors degree in biology ecology or similar environmental discipline
• Masters degree is a plus
• 5 years of experience conducting surveys including flora/fauna surveys terrestrial and/or aquatic habitat assessments as well as the completion of associated reporting
• Experience with regulatory compliance
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive reports and/or permit applications

Preferred qualifications for the role include:

• Registered Professional Biologist or similar registration or eligibility for registration.
• Previous experience in the planning permitting and/or compliance with provincial or federal acts and regulations in support of oil and gas mining construction infrastructure development and/or environmental protection projects.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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